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VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (16-31 March 2025)

Defence

  1. Raksha Mantri’s Meet with the US Director of National Intelligence
  2. India-Australia 9th Defence Policy Talks
  3. Director General Defence Intelligence Agen....

    April 17, 2025 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , Myanmar , Australia , Defence , Kashmir , Africa , Terrorism , J&K , Maoists , LWE , Italy , Netherlands , Bharat , Khalistan , FICN , Human Trafficking , VARUNA2025 , OPBRAHMA
Deep Seek and India’s AI Mission
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

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 o....

April 17, 2025 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , US , China , AI , Nvidia , DeepSeek , LLMs , India's AI Mission
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....

April 17, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , ISIS , IMF , Inflation , UN , Kulbhushan Jadhav , Maldives–Türkiye Relations , Salma Dam Water , Green Crypto currencies , Asian Development Bank ADB , Budget Surplus , Operation Brahma
India and the Shifting Sands of Geopolitics
Rajesh Singh Article

Geopolitics and geo-strategies are like shifting sands. They change according to developing circumstances and are also influenced by the quality and outlook of leaderships. They take into account the need to address old and emerging considerations of....

April 17, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Chabahar Port , Iran , Henry Kissinger , Muhammad Yunus , Mohamed Muizzu , Indo-Soviet treaty of friendship , Ayatollah Khomeini , India-Sri Lanka defence pact , Richard Nixon
Neighborhood News Digest - 16 April 2025

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Denies Smuggling of US-Origin Weapons to Pakistan-Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate has rejected a Washington Post report alleging that US-origin weapons are being smuggled from Afghanistan to Pakistan....

April 16, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Punjab , Balochistan , Germany , Panjshir , bitcoin , Landmines , Sindh. , Maldives–Türkiye Relations , Passport Ban , Myanmar-Malaysia Relations
Internal Security Monitor (1-15 April, 2025) Vol 1, No 12

Tahawwur Rana, a co-conspirator in the Mumbai multiple terror attacks in 2008 has been extradited to India. Speaking to the media, former Home Secretary G K Pillai said ‘he is a small fish’ and David Headly is yet to be extradited. However, it se....

April 16, 2025 Kashmir , Odisha , chhattisgarh , Terror , Amit Shah , Manipur , Sukma , Communist , Arunachal Pradesh , Armed Forces Special Powers Act , Kuki , Maoist , Cyber , Nigeria , Narcotics , Human Trafficking , Coastal Security , Gujarat , Internal Security Monitor , KYKL , surrender , Tahawwur Rana , Bijapur , Nagaland , Zo , Naxalites , Heroin , Cocaine , People’s Revolutionary Party Kangleipak , PREPAK , Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup , KCP , UPPK , Yawol Kanna Lup , Telangana , Kothagudem , Mulugu , Tamil Nadu , Hizb Tahrir , Unlawful Activities Prevention , National Investigation Agency , Indian Mujahideen , Lashkar Toiba , Narcotic Psychotropic , Enforcement Directorate , Methamphetamine , International Maritime Boundary.
The Ramakrishna-Vivekananda’s Influence on Gandhi
Nikhil Yadav Article

Gandhi’s Connection to the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Movement
India in the nineteenth century witnessed the birth and work of three great stalwarts whose impact and influence continue to grow with each passing day: Sri Ramakrishna Paramah....

April 16, 2025 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Vivekananda , Gandhi , Sanskrit , Ramakrishna , Theosophical
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Through the Eyes of the Survivors
Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

April 13, 1919, a day meant for celebrating the spring harvest, was turned into one of the darkest days in Indian history by the malevolent British Raj. It was the day of Baisakhi, and thousands of people had come from different parts of Punjab to vi....

April 15, 2025 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Punjab , Indian National Movement , Jallianwala Bagh massacre , British imperialism , Reginald Dyer , Hunter Commission , Colonial Atrocities
Neighborhood News Digest - 15 April 2025

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Reaches Preliminary Agreement to Send Workers to Qatar-Tolo News
Amid growing complaints from daily wage workers about the lack of employment, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced tha....

April 15, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Iran , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , IMF , Remittances , Myanmar Junta , Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) , US tariff , Maldives – Türkiye , ASEAN-China Media and Think Tank Forum
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 institutions....

April 14, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , China , Russia , Iran , Australia , USA , Ukraine , Netherlands , Germany , Belgium , Kenya , South Africa , Finland , Denmark , Hungary
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