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Cyber Review - October 2023

National The Cabinet approved the MoU between Bharat and Papua New Guinea on Digital Transformation On 11 October 2023, the Union Cabinet approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 28 July this year between Bharat’s Ministry of Electronics...

November 7 , 2023

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (11-17 September)

Economic China outlines plan to make Fujian a zone for development with Taiwan China disclosed on Sept 12 more details of its plan to make southeastern Fujian province a zone for integrated development with Taiwan, including financial market...

September 22 , 2023

Multilateralism Digest: May 2023 - Issue 5

Contents I. India and the UN Way forward on the IGN on UN reforms India helps LLDCs with disaster risk reduction II. India’s G20 Presidency 2nd Culture Working Group meeting held Second G20 TIWG Meeting held III. Multilateral Institutions...

August 16 , 2023

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (10-16 July)

Economic Nations where 3.3 bn live spend more on debt than health, schools Approximately 3.3 billion people – almost half of humanity – now live in countries that spend more money paying interest on their debts than on education or health, according...

July 28 , 2023

Trilateral Dialogue on India-Japan-South Korea: Promoting Peace, Prosperity and Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a virtual India-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Dialogue on the topic “India-Japan-South Korea: Promoting Peace, Prosperity and Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region” on June 15, 2023. The partner...

June 21 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 05 June 2023

Afghanistan Pakistan Permits Barter Trade With Russia, Iran And Afghanistan – Republic World In a bid to ease the mounting pressure on its fast-depleting foreign reserves, cash-starved Pakistan has announced a barter trade agreement with Russia,...

June 5 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 01 June 2023

Afghanistan How a Covert Relationship With the Taliban Backfired for US Ally Pakistan – Bloomberg About two weeks after the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021, the then head of Pakistan’s spy agency arrived at one of Kabul’s plushest hotels,...

June 1 , 2023

Neighbourhood News digest – 28 April 2023

Afghanistan U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women – The Hindu The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh...

April 28 , 2023

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 April 2023

DEFENCE Defence exports reach an all-time high of Rs 16,000 crore in financial year 2022-23. Prime Minister reviews operational readiness of the Armed Forces during Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal. General Manoj Pande proceeded on a...

April 24 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 April 2023

Afghanistan US watchdog ‘cannot assure’ Afghanistan aid not going to Taliban - Aljazeera The head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has decried a lack of transparency from United States agencies that he said has...

April 20 , 2023