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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 October 2022

DEFENCE Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Indian Navy, visit to New Zealand. Indigenously Designed and Developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) inducted into Indian Air Force. India-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting. First Training...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 42, 2022)

Welcome toAfrica Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters. COMMENTARY Harnessing the Trade Winds: History of Indian Traders in Eastern Africa Imagine someone telling...

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 41, 2022)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters. Week 41, 2022 COMMENTARY Coups d’état as Instrument of France Non-grata in Africa: The Cases of Mali and...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 September 2022

DEFENCE Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visit to Egypt. MOD signs a deal for dual role Surface-to-Surface BrahMos missile with BAPL. Mehar Baba Competition –II. Preparations for Def-Expo 2022. Participation in Combined Maritime Forces Exercise...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 September 2022

DEFENCE Indian Army Contingent Participates in Exercise Vostok- 2022. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi commissions India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Manoj Pande, to visit Nepal....

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 August 2022

DEFENCE Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy is on an official visit to India. Ex UDARASHAKTI between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) culminates. Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise VINBAX 2022 concludes. Indian...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 July 2022

DEFENCE Chief of Army Staff Proceeds on a Three Day Visit to Bangladesh. Prime Minister unveils ‘SPRINT’. Joint Press Release of the 16th Round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting. Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) conducted between...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 March 2022

DEFENCE Inauguration of Flight Control System Integration complex. Releases India’s Arctic Policy in New Delhi. Second India- Indonesia Security Dialogue. Brazilian delegation visits Headquarters Western Naval Command. Joint military exercise...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 August 2021

DEFENCE Webinar between India & Malaysia on ‘Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership’. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to launch Defence India Startup Challenge 5.0. Indian Navy undertakes bilateral maritime...

All Eyes on the Horn of Africa and its Balancing Act

The 38th Summit of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) held in late December 2020, has been a focus of attention. This is unusual for the organisation. The IGAD is headquartered in Djibouti and was formed in 1986. The IGAD was...

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