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Manipur Ethnic Clashes: Maintenance of Law and Order and Deployment of Army Columns
June 12 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4215
Dominant or major communities agitating for redressing their grievances, is not uncommon in India. Even before the ongoing Meitei-Kuki agitation in Manipur, Jats in Haryana, Patidars in Gujarat, and Mar...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : AFPSA , Army columns , Magistrates , Manipur

Drone Threat is Real: India Needs a Comprehensive Counter Drone Strategy
June 9 , 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)
Article Views: 6505
The Drone Threat
Unmanned vehicles, referred to as drones in this paper for ease, are unquestionably useful, but the problem is that this is true even for bad guys. The million-dollar question in the billion-dollar unmanned industry is how to stop rogue drones while maintaining complete operational freedom.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : 5G , Counter Drone Strategy , DRDO , Drones , India , NATO , Ukraine

Mukhyamantri Balika Cycle Yojana
June 8 , 2023 Samir Bhattacharya
Positive Bharat Views: 5350
Education of women is essential for a just society as well as for accelerating social transformation. Despite significant progress in reducing the gender gap in education, several obstacles still preven...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Africa , Bihar , cycle scheme , Education , girls’ education , India , Positive Bharat , Women empowerment , Zambia

Critical Gaps in Atmanirbhar India
June 8 , 2023 Vrinda Kapoor
Commentary Views: 4375
Atmanirbhar Bharat requires much more than just local sourcing- and that local sourcing itself is a function of availability of indigenous technology. This remains the most critical gap in the realizati...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Atmanirbhar Bharat , Critical Technology , Defence industry , DRDO , procurement

A Counterintuitive Assessment of China-Russia Energy Ties
June 7 , 2023 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4324
Since the 04 Feb 2022 Xi-Putin summit, strategic analysts have accorded greater attention to the growing ties between China and Russia. The Russia-Ukraine war that would start twenty days later has brou...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Arctic LNG , BRI , China-Russia ties , Coal to Gas Switching , Electricity , Power of Siberia , renewable energy , Uranium , Venezuela , Yangtze

World Environment Day: Sustainable Lifestyle is the Key to Protect Our Environment
June 6 , 2023 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF
Commentary Views: 4626
Every year, the world celebrates “World Environment Day” on 5th June.

Climate Change, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : adaptation , behavioral changes , Climate Change , Environment , globe , Nature , plastic pollution

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