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Neighborhood News Digest- 10 May 2024

Afghanistan
Mawlawi Kabir: If We Had Means, No Foreign Drones Would Patrol Airspace-Tolo News
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy of the Prime Minister's Office, at a public meeting in Panjshir said that American drones ....

May 10, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Europe , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Qatar , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka elections , Tourism , Inflation , Migration , Journalism , PTI , Suu Kyi , India-Bangladesh , Drones , India-Myanmar , Thailand-Myanmar , NPP , Boundary Dispute , Nepal-Switzerland
Myanmar Round Up: April 2024

In April, the Myanmar military regime continued to face challenges from the opposition forces such as the Arakan Army (AA) and other ethnic armed groups. The conflict has caused displacement and casualties, affecting Rohingya civilians in particular.....

May 10, 2024 Myanmar Round Up , NUG , IndiainMyanmar , Drones , PDFs , Thailand-Myanmar , ChinainMyanmar , UN Special Envoy
West Asia and the Case of Measured and Controlled Escalation: A Trend in Future Warfare
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On the night of 13/14 April 2024 Iran launched an unprecedented 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120-130 ballistic missiles against Israel. Iran stated that bombardment was in response to the 01 April 2024 air strike on the Iranian consulate buildi....

April 29, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Iran , Air defence , Nuclear Weapons , Ballistic Missile , Iron Dome , Netanyahu , Drones , cruise missile , Future Warfare
Neighborhood News Digest- 05 April 2024

Afghanistan
Amnesty International Asks Pakistan to Reverse Refugees Expulsion Plan-Tolo News
Amnesty International has called for the immediate cancellation of the plan to expel Afghan migrants from Pakistan through a statemen....

April 05, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Supreme Court , Bangladesh , Artillery , Prime Minister , Dalai Lama , Geopolitics , World Bank , India-Bangladesh Relations , Civil war , Amnesty , Drones , Mines , Katchatheevu island , Upazila Election , BOP , Indian Troops in Maldives.
Neighborhood News Digest- 22 March 2024

Afghanistan
Explosion in first district of Kandahar city leaves 21 dead, 50 injured-The Khama Press
According to sources from Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, it was claimed that in the explosion on Thursday in the f....

March 22, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Racial discrimination , Imran Khan , Srilanka , Azerbaijan , IMF , Italy , UN , Sheikh Hasina , Drones , Shehbaz Sharif , Kandahar , Aragalaya , World Happiness Report , PM Visit , Agreement , Maldives-Turkey , Rohingyas.
Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War 2022-2024: Battleground of Adaptations and Innovations
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war that commenced on 24 February 2022 between Ukraine and Russia, has limited parallels with the ongoing war! The sheer dynamism in adaptation, by initiative, ingenuity and vitality of the battleground and industrial interface, is a lesson by it....

February 23, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Drones , HIMARS , Decoys , End game , EW
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 16-31 December 2023, Issue 28

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. INS Imphal, Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer, Commissioned
  2. Induction of MCA Barge, LSAM 10 (Yard 78)
  3. Delivery....

    February 01, 2024 AI , Satellites , Science & Technology , Nuclear energy , Drones , semiconductor , Foxconn , COP28 , Machine Learning , ASML , MCA Barge , INS Imphal , AstroSat , Digital Payment , GPUs , KAPP-4 , Lithography , Meteorological Research , Space Start-Ups , Synaptics , RAND
Contemporary Land-Centric Operational Environment: Need for Dynamism and Adaptability
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It was half a decade ago, when the ‘strategic community’ commonly opined that conventional wars were passe, and if and when future wars did occur, they would ‘likely to be ambiguous, uncertain, short, swift, lethal, intense, precise, non-linear....

January 09, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , LoC , Military technology , LAC , Drones , Army manpower , Counter terrorism grid
Swamitva Yojana: Another Crucial Instrument of Rural Empowerment in India
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

The Government of India launched the Swamitva Yojana, also known as the "Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas" scheme. With the intention of giving rural property owners legal papers and facilitating the developm....

July 12, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Women empowerment , Panchayat , Drones , Positive Bharat , Survey of India , rural development , land records
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-30 Jun 2023)

Defence

  1. Raksha Mantri (RM) to hold talks with Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence in New Delhi.
  2. MoD to hold two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’.
  3. Multinational Pea....

    July 05, 2023 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , Terrorism , USA , MoD , Egypt , Vietnam , Thailand , Kenya , Tanzania , Bharat , Drones , Khalistan , Chintan Shivir , Ex Khaan Quest 2023 , Cap-UG , INDUS X , Defence ecosystem , MQ-9B drones , INS Kirpan
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