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India-UAE Set to boost ties and Strengthen Strategic Partnership
Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

UAE’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is scheduled to visit India on 21st November 2022 on a bilateral visit. In an earlier bilateral engagement this year, he and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar co-chaired the 14th In....

November 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Investments , energy , G20 , Remittances , UAE , CEPA , COP28
VIF Cyber Review: October 2022

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Tata Power’s IT infrastructure suffered a cyber-attack; critical systems were not disrupted
On 14 October 2022, Tata Power announced that their IT infrastructure dealt with a cyber-attack and some systems were impacted.....

November 17, 2022 India , Pakistan , China , Australia , Japan , Turkey , CBI , CERT-In , FBI , Interpol , VIF Cyber Review , cyberattack , Delhi declaration , MeitY , Chile , WIP19 , SQLMaggie , OperationChakra , AFP , UNCTC
India’s Preparedness in the Digital Milieu
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....

November 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , India , China , Russia , 5G , Digital Currency , Cyber , Data Protection , Telecom , PDP
Assessment of China’s 20th Party Congress
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Presenting the Work Report titled ‘Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in all Respects’, at the opening session of the 20th Party Congress on October 16, 202....

November 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , economy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , PLA , Security , 20th Party Congress , Tibet , Hu Jintao , Polit Bureau , Zero-Covid policy
VIF Cyber Review: September 2022

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Pegatron Mobile Manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu: another milestone added to PM’s vision of making India a global electronics manufacturing hub.
On 30 September 2022, the Minister of State for Electronics & Informa....

November 07, 2022 India , China , Australia , Bangladesh , Thailand , Indonesia , Ransomware , cryptocurrency , VIF Cyber Review , CERTIN , ITU , Optus
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 October 2022

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Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative: China’s New Approach to Global Governance
Amb Ashok K Kantha, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Post-the Belt and Road Initiative, which was a flagship Chinese program launched by President Xi Jinping that amalgamated Chinese geoeconomic and geostrategic initiatives, we have seen two new initiatives being announced in the last two years. In thi....

November 03, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , BRI , Podcast , Taiwan Straits , GDI , GSI , Ukrain Conflict
China: Daily Scan, November 2, 2022

Chinese vice premier stresses water conservancy, agricultural production: Xinhuanet
November 1, 2022
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Tuesday stressed efforts to boost the construction of water conservancy facilities during t....

November 02, 2022 India , Pakistan , US , Vietnam , Beijing , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest
India-ASEAN Relations: Growing Convergence
Prof. (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

The momentous convergence of strategic interests in India-ASEAN relations over the years has enormously propelled robust cooperation between the two sides on multidimensional issues of mutual interests. The implications of consolidation of India-ASEA....

November 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Strategic , Act East Policy , Cooperation , Geostrategic , IPOI , Partnership , Plan of Action
India-Africa Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“We are very conscious of the expanding threats posed by radicalism, fundamentalism, and terrorism to African societies. These have been the subject of our contemporary agenda of cooperation.”

- Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minster....

October 31, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Islamic State , Africa , Terrorism , ISIS , Al Qaeda , Counter terrorism , France , Somalia , Mali , Nigeria , Al Qaida , JNIM , DRC
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