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Neighbourhood News Digest - 08 January 2024

Afghanistan
Pakistan Delegation Led by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman Arrives in Kabul-Tolo News
After meeting with the Pakistani delegation headed by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, Amir K....

January 08, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , India-Nepal , Bhutan elections , IMF , United Nations , Arabian Sea , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Nepal-Russia , General Elections , Sunni Cleric , Baloch protest , BRP , Military Airstrike , India-Maldives. Maldives-China
Neighborhood News Digest – 05 January 2024

Afghanistan
Supreme Leader Attempting to Find Way for Girls' Education: Mujahid – Tolo News
Spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate said that the entire leadership is concerned about the issue and that the supreme leader, Heba....

January 05, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Parliamentary elections , India-Maldives , Nepal-India , Bilawal Bhutto , Myanmar-China , Myanmar-India , Sri Lankan Navy , BTP , Bangladesh National Election , J-31 , Myanmar Independence , Mizoram Border , Jaishankar Visit
Neighborhood News Digest – 01 January 2024

Afghanistan
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution on Afghanistan-Tolo News
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday co-penned by the UAE and Japan that focuses on a path for Afghanistan's reintegration into the i....

January 01, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , ASEAN , Maldives , Kazakhstan , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , United Nations , Economic crisis , Bangladesh Election , ULFA , India-Myanmar , Bhutan Agriculture , 2023 Presidential Election , Nepal Earthquake
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 52, 2023)

Commentary

How the Global South is rediscovering centuries of shared history to challenge Western domination
India’s engagement with Africa, backed by the common legacy of a colonial past, aims to create a true multipolar wo....

January 01, 2024 China , modi , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , South Sudan , BRICS , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , BRI , Algeria , Sudan , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Global South , Cameroon
Neighborhood News Digest – 29 December 2023

Afghanistan
Resolution About Afghanistan on UNSC Table: Andisha- Tolo News
Nasir Ahmad Andisha, the permanent representative of Afghanistan to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, said that there is a resolution on the table....

December 29, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Palestine , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , United Nations , Economic crisis , Bangladesh Election , Thailand-Myanmar , Nepal Plane Crash , Electoral Laws Violations , Maldives State Expenditure , Myanmar Ceasefire , Mosquito control program.
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (18-24 December 2023)

Economic

US Aims Tougher Sanctions at Banks in New Bid to Hurt Putin
The US targeted banks that facilitate payments for Russia’s military-industrial complex, the latest in a series of restrictions that have tried — and so ....

December 26, 2023 China , Covid , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Yuan , Red Sea , US-UK Trade Deal , US Secondary Sanctions , EU Diamond Sanctions , Rare Earths Processing , US Steel , Arctic LNG 2 , Japan Patriot Missile Transfer
Fortifying State Secrets: China's Authoritarian Revamp of the State Secrets Law
Ankit K Commentary

China's State Secrets Law, a cornerstone in the nation's authoritarian stranglehold on information, is undergoing a radical overhaul with the recent submission of a draft amendment. To fully grasp the implications of this legislative overhaul, it is ....

December 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Xi Jinping , CCP , Chinese politics , Chinese State , PLA and Politics
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 51, 2023)

Commentary

China’s de-dollarization message finds a receptive audience in North Africa
Earlier this year, three of five countries in North Africa—Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt—applied to join BRICS, the loose affiliation o....

December 22, 2023 China , modi , Liberia , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , South Sudan , BRICS , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , BRI , Algeria , Sudan , Kenya , Somalia , Vaccine Diplomacy , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , COP28 , Cameroon , Malaria
Bangladesh’s Upcoming Election: Regional & Global Response
Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

The last date for the submission of nomination forms for the upcoming Bangladesh’s parliamentary election known as ‘Jatiyo Sangsad Nirbasan’ ended on 30 November confirming that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the leading Opposition Party i....

December 21, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , India , US , China , Bangladesh Nationalist Party , Bangladesh Election , Awami League
Neighborhood News Digest – 19 December 2023

Afghanistan
Women’s Rights Activist Julia Parsi freed from Taliban prison- The Khama Press
Julia Parsi, a women’s rights activist, senior member of the spontaneous women’s protest movement and founder of the women’s li....

December 19, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Imran Khan , WHO , AI , United Nations , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , National Day , Suu Kyi , ADB , Asim Munir , Prison , Railway , Housing Crisis , Maldives International Aviation , Indian workers , Turbat protests , Foreign Research Vessel , Sri Lanka Nepal
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