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President Rahmon’s Visit: India-Tajikistan Relations Reach New Heights
January 6 , 2017 Dr Rashmini Koparkar
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State Visit India and Tajikistan have nurtured warm and strong relations through the ages. Tajikistan is in India’s extended neighborhood, and is a geo-politically significant country. Indo-Tajik ...

Tags : India-Tajikistan Relations , Indo-Tajik , President Rahmon

Developments in Myanmar
January 5 , 2017 PM Heblikar
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A week-long business exploratory trip to Myanmar was a rewarding experience and confirmed the availability of exponential opportunities to participate in developmental activities. The first thing to str...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Myanmar , Yangon

Is Swapping Hambantota Port Debt to Equity a Panacea for Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis?
January 4 , 2017 Anushree Ghisad
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The Sri Lakan cabinet has approved a proposal under which Sri Lanka will lease 80 percent of the Hambantota Port to Hong Kong-based China Merchants Port Holdings Company (CMPort) for 99 years for $1.12 ...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

आसियान में बढ़ती अनिश्चिततताः चीन के खेमे में जाना या चीन के खतरे से बचाव?
January 4 , 2017 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
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इस वर्ष जुलाई में दक्षिण चीन सागर पर हेग अंतरराष्ट्रीय न्यायाधिकरण का फैसला आने के बाद हुए घटनाक्रम आसियान के रहस्यमय ढंग के कारण विरोधाभासी रहे हैं। क्षेत्रीय संगठन के रूप में दक्षिण पूर्व एशियाई राष्ट...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi

Post-Demonetisation – The Way Forward
January 3 , 2017 Rajesh Singh
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On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook the economy by the scruff of its neck with his decision to demonetise more than 85 per cent of the Indian currency (by value) then in circulation....

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Policies & Perspectives

NIA is Fast Emerging as a Professional Investigating Agency
January 3 , 2017 C D Sahay Dr Ramanand Garge
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) that was established in 2009, post-26/11 Mumbai terror attack, with the specific charter to investigate terror related incidents, achieved a major success on 13th...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Afzal Guru , IM , Indian Mujahedeen , NIA , Parliament Attack , Professional Investigating Agency

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