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Neighbourhood News Digest - 23 April 2025

Afghanistan Joint Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Exhibition Held in Kabul-Tolo News The third Kazakh-Afghan Business Forum and a joint exhibition showcasing products from Kazakhstan and Afghanistan were held in Kabul. The acting Minister of Industry and...

Africa Now (01-15 April, 2025)

Overview The African continent witnessed significant developments over the past two weeks. Significant strides in infrastructure, international diplomacy, political developments and economic reforms were made but the continent still grappled with...

Europe News Digest (1-15 April, 2025)

Trump Unveils 10% Tariff on all Imports to US and 20% on the EU US President Donald Trump unveiled the much-anticipated “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in a speech at the White House Rose Garden, imposing a minimum 10% tariff on all countries...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 21 April 2025

Afghanistan Pakistan’s Deputy PM Visits Kabul to Discuss Security and Trade- Tolo News A high-level Pakistani delegation, led by Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, arrived in Kabul today (Saturday, April 19...

China Digest (14–20 April, 2025)

India-China Relations India and China Hold Talks on Resuming Direct Flights, No Timeline Yet India and China have conducted initial discussions about restarting direct passenger flights, marking a step forward in improving bilateral ties since the...

What Should be India’s Response to Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs

On April 2, (at around 4.00 p.m. (EST), President Trump in his characteristic fashion, threw a bombshell on the way international trade and trade negotiations were conducted by unilaterally announcing a set of shockingly high tariffs on US trading...

Deep Seek and India’s AI Mission

What is DeepSeek? DeepSeek is a China-invented AI model which represents a paradigm shift in the development of Artificial Intelligence Models. As the Chinese paper which developed DeepSeek said, “Our goal is to explore the potential of LLMs to...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 17 April 2025

Afghanistan Pakistani Special Envoy Visiting Kabul to Attend JCC Meeting-Tolo News The spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate stated that Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan, has arrived in Kabul to participate in the 7th...

Global Dialogues and Strategic Perspectives: Interaction with Visiting Delegations- March 2025

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted several delegations on the sidelines of The Raisina Dialogue, an annual multilateral conference held in New Delhi, from March 17-19, 2025. Representing premier think-tanks and eminent...

Africa Now (16-31 March, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now looks at significant developments across the African continent, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. In the security and political front, Niger has withdrawn from the Multinational Joint...

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