GROWING BILATERAL RELATION BETWEEN INDIA AND RUSSIA IN DIFFERENT SECTORS AND EMERGING AS GLOBAL POWERS

73 years of bilateral relation between India and Russia, Today India and Russia have emerged as global powers with cooperation in different sectors like technical, nuclear energy, outer space, security, education,counter terrorism, defense, politics, the food security has recently become an area of cooperation between the two countries. With the coming of Putin to power, we see India and Russia bilateral relationship entering new areas of cooperation. A healthy relation with Russia is a key element for the cultivation of India Foreign policy. The foundation element for the rapid increase in bilateral relation between the two countries can be traced back to October 2000 with the signing of the Declaration on the Indo –Russia Strategic Partnership. India and Russia are dependent on each other and the cooperation exists because of much mutual self-interest. Both India and Russia are part of BRICS, SCO AND RIC which have provided them a platform to have discussion on issues outside the Western block and emerge as global power in Asia, The cultural exchange programme and education initiatives programmes with people to people contact play a vital role in strengthening and bringing the two countries close to each other. Economic partnership between the two countries is regarded as a strong pillar for strategic partnership along with defence cooperation which provide maximum economic growth and development for both the countries. Keywords: Bilateral relation, economic, defence cooperation, mutual self-interest, strategic partnership, cultural exchange

Rumor and Communication

An ocean of rumors, hearsay, half-truths, fake news, factoids, speculations, and conspiracy theories engulfs us. Rumor is a pervasive characteristic of human communication, a quintessentially social activity in service of making meaning. It is not surprising then that rumor has attracted attention from ancient peoples, from a wide array of scholarly disciplines (e.g., psychology, communication, political science, sociology, philosophy, literature, mathematics, computer science) and from a varied assortment of practice-oriented specializations (e.g., medicine, law, defense, politics, journalism, intelligence, marketing, management, finance, public relations). The intensity of interest in rumor has risen of late in exponential fashion amidst polarized political landscapes, reduced trust in institutional authorities (e.g., the academy, government, business, and the press), the ever-increasing ubiquity of the Internet, and a general lassitude about the concept of truth. This annotated bibliography reflects thinking and research about foundational issues inherent in rumor research (e.g., What is rumor?), features of rumor activity that have attracted longstanding attention (e.g., Why do people believe and transmit rumors? How do they become more accurate or more distorted?), and current areas of active inquiry (e.g., conspiracy theories, rumors about health and risk, organizational rumors, propaganda, intergroup stereotyping and conflict, journalism and fake news, and the prevention and management of harmful rumors).