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Re-asserting ‘Neighbourhood First’- External Affairs Minister’s Sri Lanka Visit
February 22 , 2016 Anushree Ghisad
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Keeping up with the momentum of 2015 which was a historic year in terms of high level bilateral visits, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj paid a successful visit to Sri Lanka on February 5 and 6, ...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : India-Sri Lanka Relation , MEA , Sri Lanka Visit , Sushma Swaraj

Pak-Bangladesh Diplomatic Spat: Tip of the Iceberg
February 22 , 2016 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Views: 4000
Recent months have seen Pakistan and Bangladesh expelling each other’s diplomats and ‘summoning’ each other’s envoys to lodge ‘strong’ protests. The expulsions and ‘summoning’ are just the tip of the ic...

Bangladesh, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bilateral ties , Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh , Pak-Bangladesh

Indian Army: State of War Readiness – A Contemporary Perspective
February 22 , 2016 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
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Overview of State of Readiness

Defence

Tags : Chinese PLA , India - China , Indian Army , People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

Steadfast in Siachen
February 22 , 2016 Sushant Sareen
Views: 2993
After every tragedy in Siachen, it is almost laughably predictable to see a spate of articles and programs advocating a settlement (largely on Pakistani terms), if not an outright withdrawal, from the a...

Military Affairs

Tags : Indian soldiers , Pakistan , Siachen

Uniting through Oceans
February 18 , 2016 Sarosh Bana
Views: 3210
Bolstered by its robust surface, undersea and aerial capabilities, the Indian Navy staged a spectacular maritime pageant off the eastern seaboard, as it hosted its International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 ...

Military Affairs, Defence

Tags : Eastern Naval Command , Indian Navy , Indian Ocean , Visakhapatnam

Housing for all by 2022- The Vision and Challenges
February 18 , 2016 Devyani Bhushan
Views: 6430
September 2015 witnessed a momentous gathering of 193 member states of the United Nations in New York for the “Summit on Sustainable Development”. After three days of intense deliberations, on 25th Sep...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 2022 , Housing , PM Modi's Vision

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