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Neighborhood News Digest - 02 April 2024

Afghanistan
CNN: ‘Taliban’s Pashto chauvinism helps ISIS-K’ recruitment from other ethnic groups-The Khama Press
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior adviser to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project, told CNN that ISIS-K....

April 02, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Cyber Security , Remittances , Inflation , UN , Civil war , PTI , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , Myanmar-India , Katchatheevu island , India-Out Campaign , Historical Artefacts , Omar Ayub , Visa-Free entry , Anti-Defection Law
Neighborhood News Digest- 01 April 2024

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Confirms Detention of Two US Citizens- Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, told TOLO news that two American citizens and some other foreign nationals are currently de....

April 01, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , US , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Maritime Security , Bhutan , trade , Bangladesh , Nepal-China Relations , Iran Sharia , Allied forces , Junta Authorities , Maldives-China Defence Agreement , International Solar Alliance (ISA) , Katchatheevu island , India-Out Campaign , Regional Cooperation.
Mapping Terrorism & Extremism in Bharat
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्‌ । कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्‌ ॥ [Translation: “O Partha, how can a....

April 01, 2024 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Kashmir , Jammu , J&K , insurgency , LWE , Naxal , Punjab , PFI , Maoist , Bharat , Khalistan , Islamic
Neighborhood News Digest- 28 March 2024

Afghanistan
Hekmatyar's 'Honor and Dignity' Intact: Mujahid-Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said that the residence of the leader of the Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was a subject ....

March 28, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Afghanistan , Bhutan , trade , Bangladesh , IMF , Nepal-China , Maldives-India , Nepal-India , Myanmar-India , Afghan refugees , Maldives-Turkey Relations , India-SriLanka , SriLanka-China , Hekmatyar , Pirates , Hijacking , Tranche , : Maldives-China , Armed Forces Day.
Neighborhood News Digest- 27 March 2024

Afghanistan
Mujahid: 24 Islamic Emirate Officials on UN Blacklist-Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, told TOLO news that the names of 24 officials of the Islamic Emirate are still on the Un....

March 27, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Aircraft , United Nations , PTI , Nepal-China , Space , Nepal-India , Myanmar Bangladesh , Maldives-Bangladesh , Myanmar-China , Armed Forces Day , Exchange rate , Railway , Gelephu , Woman , Thimphu , Maldives-Japan , India-SriLanka , SriLanka-China , Afghan Refugees.
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (18-24 March 2024)

Economic

With ‘made-by-China’ under US pressure, Mexican trade probes spark concerns over curbs
Mexican tariffs on Chinese steel products indicate a willingness to accommodate US demands, analysts said, with additional tra....

March 27, 2024 ISIS , West Bank , Moscow , IMF , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , China-Australia , Europe-Japan , Quad MDA , Bank of Japan , Vietnam President resignation , Ukraine ‘sponsors of war’ list
Bharat Rising: Dharma, Democracy, Diplomacy; Author: Utpal Kumar; BleuOneInk; Rs. 599/-
Rajesh Singh

When a colonised nation gets rid of its masters, one of its first acts is to reclaim its civilisational and cultural narrative, a legacy that had been pummelled and distorted beyond recognition and replaced by the coloniser’s worldview. For, what b....

March 27, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , democracy , Book Reviews , dharma , Diplomacy , Bharat
The Paddy Gene Bank of Sathyanarayana Beleri
Sarada Subhash, Research Assistant, VIF Positive Bharat

Shri. Sathyanarayana Beleri, a paddy gene bank conservator and farmer from the Belur village of Kasargod, Kerala was recently conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of agriculture....

March 27, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , agriculture , Positive Bharat , paddy gene conservationist , traditional food sources , indigenous rice varieties
Why a Code of Conduct on South China Sea Remains Elusive?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
Recent developments in South China Sea have necessitated fast-tracking the finalisation of a legally binding Code of Conduct (COC) for all competing parties in the disputed waters. There are doubts, however, if such a documen....

March 26, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , South China Sea , UNCLOS , Code of Conduct , CNOOC , EEZ , ONGC , military installation , island reclamation
Neighborhood News Digest- 26 March 2024

Afghanistan
Pakistani Delegation Arrives in Kabul-Tolo News
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said that a delegation headed by Pakistan's Federal Secretary of Commerce, officially invited by the ministry, arrived in....

March 26, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Pipeline , Humanitarian aid , UN , Independence Day , Political Crisis , Nepal-China , Maldives-India , Thailand-Myanmar , PM Visit , Hizb-e-Islami , Turbat , Indonesia-SriLanka , SriLanka-Kenya , Policy Rate
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