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Kathmandu's Diplomacy Test on the Chinese Soil
October 6 , 2023 Nikhil Sahu
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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and his delegation reached Hangzhou, China, on 23 September. During his visit, he participated in the inauguration of the 19th Asian Games and subsequently ...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , India , Maps , Nepal , Prachanda

Pragmatic Approach to Procurement for the Indian Armed Forces
October 6 , 2023 Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty
Article Views: 4439
Chinese Threat
China remains an enigma and it is extremely difficult to predict its behaviour. The recently concluded G-20 summit was not attended by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the overall attitude remains hostile to India.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Atmanirbharta partnerships , building military deterrence , energizing defence production , expediting military modernization , organising military procurements

Eco Park Information Centre (EPIC) - a Sustainable World in itself
October 5 , 2023 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF
Positive Bharat Views: 4099
In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Promoting t...

Climate Change, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : biodiversity , Climate Change , de-centralization , eco-sanitation , Ecology , Millets , Miyawaki Forest , Positive Bharat , Sustainability , water security

Challenges in Reforms of DRDO
October 5 , 2023 Amit Cowshish
Article Views: 7694
The Government of India has set up a nine-member committee to revamp the Department of Defence Research and Development (DR&D) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which, tho...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : DARPA , DRDO , MoD , R&D

The Indian Inclusion in JP Morgan GBI EM index
October 4 , 2023 Praveen Menon
Article Views: 4860
On September 2023, JP Morgan announced that it will include Indian government bonds to it’s emerging markets bond index. India will be included in the GBI-EM global diversified index starting June 28, 2...

Economic Studies

Tags : Bond market , GBIndex , Government Bonds , Government securities , Indian Economy , JP Morgan

Assessing Internal and External Factors Leading to Instability in Manipur
October 3 , 2023 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 5896
The violence and instability in Manipur started on 03 May, though the seeds of the same have been there for years. The figures may vary, but the latest reports by IGP Muivah states that around 175 peopl...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Drugs , Kukis and Meities , Manipur Violence , Military Coup , Scheduled Tribes

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