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India’s Preparedness in the Digital Milieu
November 14, 2022 The Cyber Task Force, VIF Commentary

On 04 August 2022, the Cyber Task Force members reviewed some significant developments in India’s digital domain, including Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), FinTech, Blockchain activities, Non-Personal Data (NPD), a proposal for a new Telegraph....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Russia , 5G , Digital Currency , Cyber , Data Protection , Telecom , PDP
Border Management in India: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities
November 14, 2022 Maj Gen (Dr) Ashok Kumar, VSM (Veteran) Article

Genesis The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was finally put in execution on 18 July 1947 giving out the broad details of the partition of British India into the two dominions of India and Pakistan, based on Hindu and Muslim majorities respe....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security

Tags : Article , Border management , Bangladesh , Border Security Force , Indo-Tibetan Border Police , Assam Rifles
COP 27: High Stakes, Low Expectations
November 04, 2022 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF | Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27, will take place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt from 6 to 18 November. The main aim of the conference is to spur action towards achieving the world’s collective climat....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Article , Climate Change , Extreme weather events , COP 27 , Climate Tipping Points
A Perspective on Kashmir Situation: Tunneled View and Wide-Angle Scan
October 17, 2022 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Setting the Panorama While India was in her biggest ‘festival mood’, the Home Minister was in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit to Rajouri and Baramulla. Since the announcement for this visit on 4th and 5th ....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Home Minister’s Visit to Kashmir , Kashmir Central , J&K GSDP
A ‘Quiet’ Test with a ‘Big’ Impact
October 14, 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The brief news item about the successful test-fire of the indigenously developed Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur on 27 Sep 2022....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Article , DRDO , MANPADS , VSHORADS
Indigenization of Defence Production: India’s Journey from Vision to Outcomes
September 19, 2022 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

The Changing Landscape of Defence Production in India In 2013 India was the top importer of arms. This dubious distinction stayed for the next five years- accounting for 12% of total global imports by all the countries....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Indigenization , Defence Public Sector Unit (DPSU) , Ordnance Board , Tejas Mk II , INS Vikrant
Next Step in Disengagement in Eastern Ladakh and Contemplating Larger Implications
September 13, 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 8th September 2022, 50 days after the 16th Round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting at Chushul-Moldo in Eastern Ladakh, consensus was reached on disengagement of the Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan La (Daban) also designa....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , PLA , logistics , LAC , Ladakh , Infrastructure , PP15
US Military Assistance Package to Pakistan will have a Direct Bearing on India’s National Security
September 12, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

On 7 September 2022, the US notified the US Congress that it had made a “determination” approving a possible “Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of Pakistan of F-16 for sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $450 ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , India , Afghanistan , counterterrorism , F-16
Impact of Climate Change on the Blue Economy of the Indian Ocean Region: Case Study of the Fisheries Sector
September 09, 2022 Anagha P. Article

Introduction Over the last decade, the concept of blue economy, which refers to sustainable economic development through proper utilization of marine resources, has become widespread including in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The Indian ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Article , Blue Economy , sustainable development , IOR , Fisheries , Deep sea mining , Marine Resources
India’s Freedom: Subhas Bose and INA
September 08, 2022 Raghvendra Singh, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The British consistently endeavoured to black out all news concerning the Indian National army (INA) throughout the period of its existence. As a consequence, very little was known of the INA in India. The British called it ‘JIFs’, the Japanese I....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , Japan , INA , Subhas Bose , India’s freedom struggle
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