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India’s Energy Diplomacy: 10 Years of Modi Government

India’s GDP was a little over USD 2 trillion in 2014. [1] That has grown to USD 3.7 trillion currently. This near doubling of the GDP in ten years of the Modi government has also increased India’s energy demand. This was managed despite fluctuations...

June 19 , 2024
Russia’s Fuel Export Ban and its Implication for Africa and Beyond

Background On September 21, by a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russia banned the export of all types of diesel, including summer, winter and Arctic blends, as well as heavy distillates, including gasoline and diesel.[1] As per...

November 20 , 2023
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 1-15 October 2023, Issue 23

In this Issue I. Defence and Security First Training Squadron (1TS) in Port Klang, Malaysia Digital Initiatives of Defence Accounts Department ‘INS Sagardhwani’ on Sagar Maitri Mission-4 to Establish Scientific Partnerships Focus on Enhancing...

November 6 , 2023
What does China-Central Asia Bonhomie Mean to the World?

When the G-7 leaders were meeting in Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the host, Chinese President Xi Jinping was hosting the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in a two-day China-Central...

May 25 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 11 April 2023

Afghanistan 2 killed, 4 injured in accident in Afghanistan's Paktia – Devdiscourse Two people were killed, and four others were injured due to a accident in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province on Monday, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported....

April 11 , 2023
India’s Energy Transition in a Carbon-Constrained World - Final Report

The concern for climate change has spurred an intense debate on energy transition to a low carbon economy. Climate change is an existential problem facing humanity. While the developed world has contributed most to global warming, its consequences...

December 22 , 2022
Talk on Indo-Indonesia Relations

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk on “Global and Regional Uncertainty and the Prospects for India-Indonesia Relations” on 10 November, 2022. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired the session and gave welcome remarks...

November 17 , 2022
China’s Great Game in the Sahel

On November 29–30, 2021, the Eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), under the theme "Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era," took place in...

October 12 , 2022
India's Clean Energy Transition

In this episode of the VIF podcast, Mr PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow and Ambassador DP Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation discuss the ongoing clean energy transition and what it means for India and the...

August 17 , 2022
Interaction with Dr. Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS), Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Dr. Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS), Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Dr. Aripov was accompanied by H.E. Mr. Dilshod Akhatov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan...

May 12 , 2022
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