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The 2016 Budget could be the last chance for the government to redeem itself and find a way back into the common man’s heart. Too many opportunities have been lost in the past with policy architects focusing on the minutiae; FM Arun Jaitley has the opportunity to make enduring course corrections.
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Recently-released blockbuster Airlift, on the biggest evacuation by air in history conducted by the Government of India during Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990, falls disappointingly short of presenting the true picture of the government’s laudable and timely intervention.
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Over the course of 2015, India conducted eight ballistic missile tests. The range of these missiles varies from as low as 250 kms of Dhanush to as high as 8000 kms of Agni V. Most of these missiles were tested from the integrated test range at Odisha's former Wheeler Island, which was renamed Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island in honour of India’s ‘Missile Man’.
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Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Gateway House, appeared on Lok Sabha TV to discuss the significance of the victory of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, and the end of military rule in Myanmar.
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French President Hollande was the chief guest at the Republic Day parade on 26 January 2016. India-France relations, post President Hollande’s visit, are promising, and will have a positive impact on Prime Minister Modi’s scheduled visit to Brussels later this year including India's trade with the EU. Informed citizenry should appreciate the huge stakes involved.
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Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia's article 'Myanmar: Transition within transition' was republished by The Political Indian.
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Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Gateway House, appeared on DD News to comment on the developments in Myanmar after Aung San Suu Kyi's landslide victory in last year's elections
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The Times of India featured an article on Gateway House and other Indian think tanks' performance in the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report published by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), USA.
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The Hindu featured an article on Gateway House and other Indian think tanks' performance in the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report published by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), USA
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Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House delivered a lecture at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata on 30 January, 2016.