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India-Africa Partnership: Key Areas
October 14 , 2024 Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 504
India’s President Draupadi Murmu’s visit to Algeria, Mauritania and Malawi from 13 -19 October 2024, has put the spotlight on India’s partnership with Africa. This visit comes in the backdrop of signif...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : critical minerals , Digital infrastructure , Draupadi Murmu , Food Security , Higher Education , IAFS , India Africa

My humble Homage to the great man, Ratan Tata
October 10 , 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Commentary Views: 581
Ratan Tata my friend whom I admired immensely is no more. My 5 decades of relation with him became more intense during & after globalisation hit Indian industry like a tsunami. Indian businessmen we...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Jamshed Tata , Ratan Tata , Tata group

Taiwan’s Tipping Point
October 10 , 2024 Rup Narayan Das
Article Views: 584
As Taiwan, officially known as Republic of China, celebrants its ‘Double Ten’ National Day on 10 October, there is gnawing anxiety of its existential survival since Chiang Kai-shek, its founding father,...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP Mao Zedong , China , Chips Act , Kissinger , KMT , Nixon , Shanghai Communique , Taiwan , Taiwan Strait Crisis , US

Myanmar's Civil War: A Turning Point, or a Descent into Chaos?
October 9 , 2024 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 845
Myanmar's civil war has taken a major turn. The rebels have scored big wins, pushing the military out of many border regions. The conflict has become increasingly militarised, with a rise in violence fr...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : ASEAN , Conflict in Myanmar , Myanmar Civil War , Myanmar military

West Asia Peace: The Lost Chance in Camp David Summit of 2000
October 8 , 2024 Rajesh Singh
Commentary Views: 528
The Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis and all those others pitted against Israel in the ongoing conflict in West Asia have demanded that Israel should vacate the territories it has occupied; territories they th...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bill Clinton , Camp David Summit 2000 , Ehud Barak , Hamas , Iran , Mosab Hassan Yousef , Palestine , Yasser Arafat

The Art of Escape: From Fleeting Getaways to Profound Journeys/ Purushartha
October 7 , 2024 Anshika Agrawal
Commentary Views: 539
Have you ever gotten burnt out from the mundane routine and yearned to lose yourself amidst the towering peaks of majestic mountains or the soothing caress of sun-kissed shores by leaving all the weight...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Balance , Escape , Journey , LIFE , Meaning , Philosophical , Purushartha , Travel , Weekend , World

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