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PM Modi’s Visit to Mauritius Elevates Partnership
March 13 , 2025 Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a visit to Mauritius, an Indian Ocean Island country and a member of African Union from 11-12 March 2025. The visit is momentous, as Prime Minister Modi was invited t...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Development. Maritime security , India , Indian Ocean , MAHASAGAR , Mauritius , Narendra Modi , SAGAR , Security

Greenland, Geopolitics and Global Power Shifts- The Run for Resources
March 13 , 2025 Nehal Sharma Zerin Osho
Article Views: 13
Even though Donald Trump’s recent withdrawal from the Paris Agreement was not a surprise, the language used in a flurry of executive orders along with announcing “national energy emergency” has been ana...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Arctic , China , Greenland , India , Monsoons , Northern Sea Route

Hamas-Pakistan Terror Nexus in PoJK: A Wake-Up Call for Bharat?
March 12 , 2025 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 45
दुर्जनः परिहर्तव्यो विद्ययाsलंकृतोऽपि सन्। मणिना भूषितः सर्पः किम् असौ न भयंकरः॥ - ‘नीतीशतक’, राजा भर्तृहरी [English Translation: “A wicked person should be avoided even if adorned with knowledge. Is a ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Bharat , Hamas , IM , Iran , Israel , JeM , Kashmir , LeT , Mujahideen , Pakistan , POJK , SIMI , Terrorism , UAPA , US

Suspect Signals Near Indo-Bangladesh Border: Need to Listen More
March 11 , 2025 Sudhir Saxena, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 50
During February 2025, Amateur Radio Operators in West Bengal reported monitoring suspect radio transmissions (mostly VHF) near India-Bangladesh border in areas like Saidpur, Shonepur, Basirhat, Bongaon,...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Amateur radio operators , Bangladesh border , ISI , Jamaat Islamists , Pakistan

Making Sense of Trump’s Ukraine U-turn
March 10 , 2025 Abanti Bhattacharya
Commentary Views: 63
The US President Donald Trump’s friendlier stance towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the one hand, and fiery altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the other, has baff...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cold War , NATO , Putin , Russia , Trump , Ukraine , US

Global Trends on Chip Design and Fabrication-Related Research
March 7 , 2025 Rahul Pandey
Article Views: 102
In September 2024, the then Senator Marco Rubio (now Secretary of State of the United States of America) published a ‘Made in China 2025’ (MIC 2025) report. This report has demonstrated China’s growth t...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASPI , Chip , Chip Design , Critical Technology , Research Output , semiconductor

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