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Gateway House's Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow Rajni Bakshi's article on the developments at the WTO written for the Gateway House website was republished in the online news site Firstpost
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Gateway House's Co-founder and Executive Director Manjeet Kripalani's blog on the BRICS bank for The Financial Times was quoted in an article in the Forbes magazine. In her piece, Ms Kripalani had argued that there was a strong case for the bank to be headquartered in Mumbai
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If Budget 2014 is used as a reference point to examine how closely the Modi government kept to its election promises, it is evidently not easy to extirpate the old ways of doing business. This is clear, for example, in the punitive capital gains tax rate on debt mutual funds. Budget 2015 must correct the anomalies
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Neelam Deo, Director of Gateway House was quoted in an article on the Chinese online news magazine Ltaa.com on the India-U.S relationship. The article looks at the future course of the bilateral under the charge of PM Modi
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Manjeet Kripalani, Co-founder and Executive Director of Gateway House was quoted in an article in The New York Times on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Nepal. This was the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister to Nepal in 17 years
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An article written by Amit Bhandari, Energy and Environment Fellow at Gateway House was republished in the online newsmagazine The Political Indian. The article examines the possibilities of collaboration between India-Nepal in the field hydropower generation
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The sharp Latin American response to the Israeli bombings in Gaza, on the back of solid support from the U.S., is attributable to the memory of the atrocities committed by past Latin American military dictators with similar U.S. backing. Their strong response is also a sign of the increasingly independent and assertive Latin American voice on the global stage
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Squabbling over Afghan election results still continues but the collapse of the process has been averted for now. More than 700 international election observers are in Kabul ready to conduct the 100% audit of the Afghan runoff election. India has always supported a peaceful transition but the situation in Kabul remains as unpredictable as ever
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There has been strong criticism of the Modi government’s tepid response towards Israel’s offensive in Gaza, with many insinuating religious reasons. However the reality is that India’s engagement with Israel has grown substantially since the two countries established full diplomatic relations in 1992.
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Much was made of the ‘incredible possibilities’ for India-U.S. ties preceding John Kerry’s visit to India. The American emphasis on rhetoric touched a new high when Kerry formally invited Indian PM Modi to Washington in September. The two sides must now get beyond words to work towards a resolution of differences for the bilateral to blossom