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VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16 - 31 October 2023)

Defence Defence Ministry signs contract for construction of the first Indian Coast Guard Training Ship with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders. India-France Military Sub-Committee meeting. Conduct of operational sea training of South African ship SAS Mendi...

Sheetal Devi: An Epitome of Perseverance

अप्राप्यं नाम नेहास्ति धीरस्य व्यवसायिनः ॥ (there is nothing unattainable in this world for the steadfast and determined.’) This is a verse from an ancient Indian text, Kathasaritsagara (Verse 12.20.23), written by Somadeva in the 11th Century, and...

VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01 – 15 October 2023)

Defence Chief of Army Staff Visits Tanzania. First Training Squadron visits Port Klang, Malaysia and Changi, Singapore. Indian and Bangladesh Armies Joint Exercise. RRM hands over Twin seater LCA Tejas to the Indian Air Force team. Annual Joint...

VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16 - 30 September 2023)

Defence Visit of INS Sharda to Mauritius. INS Nireekshak visits Trincomalee for Joint Dive Training. INCGS Samudra Prahari on an overseas deployment to ASEAN countries. Interaction of US delegation with iDEX team. Meeting of India-Malaysia Joint...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01 – 15 September 2023)

I. Defence Visit of INS Delhi to Colombo. Launch of Y - 12654 (Mahendragiri) Visit of Brazilian Navy Delegation. Indian Army organises North Tech Symposium. Exercise Bright Star-23 Concludes at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt. IAF chief takes...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 August 2023)

Defence Indian Coast Guard carries out successful medical evacuation of a Chinese national. Launch of Yard - 3024 (Vindhyagiri). INS Vagir on extended range deployment to Australia. Exercise Malabar -23 concludes. INS Sunayna Visits Durban, South...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01–15 August 2023)

Defence Port call of INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata to Port Moresby. Border Roads. Master Shipyard Repair Agreement (MSRA) between Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Shipyard Kattupalli and the US. Rajya Sabha passes Inter-Services OrganisationBill – 2023...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01-15 July 2023)

Defence INS Sunayna Visit to Port Beira, Mozambique. Indian Navy – French Navy Maritime Partnership Exercise off Visakhapatnam. Defence Secretary visits Myanmar. Visit of Lebanese Armed Forces to Southern Naval Command. Raksha Mantri (RM) Shri...

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 May 2023)

Defence Indian Defence Secretary & US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy co-chair 17th India-US Defence Policy Group meeting in Washington DC. 164 Positive Indigenisation List items, with import substitution value of Rs 814 crore,...

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,...

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