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Neighbourhood News Digest - 15 July 2025

Afghanistan
Mass Return: Over 600,000 Afghans Deported from Iran in Just One Month-Tolo News
The High Commission for Addressing Migrants' Issues reports that over 600,000 Afghans have returned from Iran to Afghanistan in the p....

July 15, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Nepal , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Bangladesh , UK , IMF , PM Oli , Spin Boldak , Drones , Kandahar , US Tariffs , Myanmar-Russia Relations , Economic Stimulus Programme , Ulfa –I , Museum
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 June 2025), Issue 63

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. DRDO Transfers Technologies of Nine Systems to Ten Industries
  2. QuBeats Wins MoD’s iDEX ADITI 2.0 to Build Quantum Navigation Systems<....

    June 27, 2025 AI , Science & Technology , Carbon emissions , Drones , semiconductor , Starlink , Patrol Vessel , International Space Station , Air Defence System , Fusion Energy , LLM , Axiom Mission 4 , iDEX ADITI 2.0 , I-STAR Spy Planes , Photonic Processor , Space Cooperation , Space Domain Awareness , Nanotechnology , Nuclear Science
Neighbourhood News Digest - 09 June 2025

Afghanistan
Daily Mail: Taliban employs advanced technology to build sophisticated drones-The Khaama Press
The Taliban are using advanced, smuggled technologies to build drones with precision capabilities, including navigation....

June 09, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , India-Bhutan Relations , Drones , Gelephu Mindfulness City , GMC , TNLA , Maldives-Saudi Arabia Relations
India’s New War Doctrine: Responding to Terror with Remote Warfare
Dr Dalbir Ahlawat Commentary

On 22 April 2025, the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, carried out by two Pakistani and one Indian national, once again tested India’s patience. It was not just an attack on innocent tourists—it was an assault on India’s sovereignt....

April 30, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , Indus Water Treaty , Drones , Pahalgam , remote warfare
Coming of Age - ‘Instruments of Air Denial’
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On the night of 23/24 Feb 2022 when the Russians fired the first salvo of the current round in Russo-Ukraine war in the form of a strong pre-emptive air strike complete with strike aircrafts, cruise missiles, multi-barrel rocket launchers and more, i....

April 30, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Russia , Article , Air defence , Drones , GBAD , Swarms
Neighborhood News Digest- 30 December 2024

Afghanistan
Pakistan's Rocket Attack on Afghan Mosque Kills 3 People- Tolo News
Residents of Dand-e-Patan district in Paktia province report that on Saturday, three people were killed and five others were injured when a rocket....

December 30, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Human Rights , India-Myanmar relations , Drones , Madrassa , BNP , Amu Darya , Quaid-e-Azam , Religious scholars , Gelephu Mindfulness City , Uruzgan , Myanmar-China Relations , Abu Dhabi Fund for Development , ADFD , Kam Air , Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) , Iran.
Neighborhood News Digest- 18 July 2024

Afghanistan
Nadim: Afghanistan's Affairs Guided by Islamic and Cultural Principles- Tolo News
The Acting Minister of Higher Education, during a meeting with the Uzbek Ambassador in Kabul, stated that Afghanistan, as an indepen....

July 18, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , ASEAN , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , EU , Drones , BNP , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Electricity trade , Sri Lankan Presidential Election , Hydroelectricity , United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) , Quota Movement , Nepal-Kiribati , Ministry of Education , Royal Civil Service Commission , New Gwadar Airport , China.
Neighborhood News Digest- 13 June 2024

Afghanistan
Countries Pledge $842M in Aid for Afghanistan at Brussels Meeting-Tolo News
Senior officials from various countries have pledged nearly $842 million to address the humanitarian emergency in Afghanistan during a mee....

June 13, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Brussels , illegal immigrants , World Bank , IMF , GDP , Taxation , PTI , Budget , India-Bangladesh , Drugs , Drones , India-Myanmar , China-Nepal , Electricity , Bangladesh-Myanmar , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) , Palestine.
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (16-31 May 2024), Issue 38

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. Delivery of 25T Bollard Pull (BP) Tug, Baljeet to Indian Navy
  2. Delivery of ‘Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 20
    3. ....

    June 10, 2024 Defence technology , AI , Emerging technologies , Science & Technology , Drones , ChatGPT , OpenAI , Agnikul Cosmos , Air-to-Surface Missile , Biological Weapons Convention , Digital Public Infrastructure , Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology , Next-Generation Nuclear Fuel Technology , Research Reactor , Startup Ecosystem , Telemedicine Innovations
Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan....

June 04, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Missiles , Iron Dome , Ukraine , Gaza , GPS , Air Power , Hamas , Drones , VKS , rockets , Electronic warfare , Katyusha rockets
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