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Multilateralism and India during 2014-2024

Between 2014 and 2024, India has navigated the multilateral world to ensure a supportive external environment of peace, security, and stability to accelerate the transformation underway in India. The fact that India is both a founder-member of...

VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 May 2024)

Defence 12th India-Mongolia Joint Working Group meeting held in Ulaanbaatar. 2nd India – Australia – Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop (TMSW) conducted at Kochi. Jointness 2.0 is the way forward, says CDS Gen Anil Chauhan. Chief of...

Multilateralism Digest: May 2024-Issue 5

I. India in the UN Indian inputs for a substantial Summit of the Future India contributes to CTTF India chairs Committee A of WHA II. Plurilateral Developments G20’s Bioeconomy initiative takes off G20 moves on hunger and poverty 3rd Research...

Overview of India’s Trade Policy from 2014-2024

India’s trade policy through 2014-24 has seen both hits and misses, fortunately more hits than misses. Getting a permanent peace clause at the WTO for our food security schemes in 2014, walking out of the RCEP agreement in 2019, and focusing on FTAs...

Neighborhood News Digest- 27 May 2024

Afghanistan Afghanistan 6th Most Vulnerable Country to Climate Change: UNDP-Tolo News The representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Stephen Rodriques, said that although Afghanistan does not contribute to climate change, it...

The Changing Nature of Warfare: Lessons for India

The Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza provide several pointers to how the nature of warfare is changing. Indian strategic thinkers need to carefully study these wars and imbibe the lessons. Indian armed forces are in the process of being...

Neighborhood News Digest- 24 May 2024

Afghanistan Qatar's Al-Khulaifi Requests Islamic Emirate Attend 3rd Doha Meeting-Tolo News Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh al-Khulaifi, Minister of State for the Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, in a meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,...

India Denmark Relations: Green Strategic Partnership a Force for Global Good

India and Denmark are natural partners connected by common democratic traditions, strong institutional affinity and historical links of trade relations dating back to 400 years ago. The diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Copenhagen were...

Discussion on Transformation Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties

On 08 May, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the book titled, “Transformation Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties” by Ambassador Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, published by KW Publishers...

Gloomy Economy Amidst Recovery in Nepal

After COVID-19, certain signs of economic recovery are being visualised in Nepal. The rate of economic growth that was merely 1.9 per cent a year ago in 2023 is almost set to rebound to 3.3 per cent in the current fiscal year 2023-24. As per the...

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