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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (18-24 September)

Economic

Global growth forecast slashed
Growth in the global economy will remain anemic as rising interest rates squeeze business activity, while China's recovery from the pandemic has proved weaker than expected, the Organiza....

September 29, 2023 South China Sea , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Blinken , US Shutdown , Nagorno Karabakh , Saudi Enrichment , Lizi Port , MONUSCO , China-Syria , IMF Pakistan
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 39, 2023)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters.

Commentary

India’s G20 Presidency was a tribute to India-Africa Friendship
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September 29, 2023 China , modi , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , BRICS , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , G20 , Algeria , Sudan , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Wagner , Zimbabwe , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon
Neighborhood News Digest – 29 September 2023

Afghanistan
UN Deputy Secretary-General calls for putting pressure on Taliban to ensure women’s rights in Afghanistan - Telangana Today
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for putting pressure on the Tali....

September 29, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , elections , GCC , LeT , IMF , Women , dialogue , Exports , media freedom , Electricity , Power Agreement , Myanmar-India , Canada Row , HR
United Nations in a World of Crises
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The 78th session of the United Nations opened amidst a deepening sense of crisis. The UN Secretary-General said that the ‘world is becoming unhinged.’ [1] The UNGA President ....

September 29, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Climate Change , BRICS , South Asia , Global South , UN reforms
Neighborhood News Digest – 28 September 2023

Afghanistan

UN to declare gender apartheid as mental health of Afghan women worsens – Business Standard
The UN's most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanista....

September 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Bhutan , elections , UNHRC , Taliban , ISI , military , Tourism , IMF , Afghan women , Trafficking , HRW , Power line , Pakistan PM , LPG , Malaysia-Myanmar
A talk on “National Security Planning in India” by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF to 63rd NDC Course on Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023

Talking Points
National Security Planning in India
  1. Post Covid, Post Ukraine, the world is in a transition. The transitional phase brings a change in the balance of power in the world and also the rise of new players. A....

    September 28, 2023 Talk , NDC , Welcome remarks
The IMEC Way
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On the sidelines of G20 leaders of India, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France, Italy, Germany and EU announced a new maritime and overland connectivity corridor between Asia and Europe i.e. India, Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). Recently, som....

September 28, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , PM Modi , BRI , UAE , Biden , Middle East , IMEC
The India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC): Reviving Prosperity; the Mauryan, Chola Connect
Sumedha Verma Ojha Article

Introduction
The India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) which was announced at the G20 Leaders Event on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment on 9th September will have a profound global effect on the 21st ce....

September 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , G20 , IMEC , Trade Routes , World GDP , Global Geo-politics
Bihana Didi: The Third Indian Scientist to Receive Norman Borlaug Award
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

As the industrial and service sectors have overgrown, agriculture’s share of the Indian economy has steadily decreased to less than 15%. However, the importance of agriculture in India’s economic and social fabric goes much beyond the boundaries ....

September 27, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , agriculture , Indian Economy , Food Security , Positive Bharat , rural development , Nutrition
Neighborhood News Digest – 27 September 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Currency Is World's Best-Performing Currency This Quarter: Report – NDTV
The currency of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has emerged as the best-performing currency in the world this quarter, according....

September 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Bhutan , elections , Indian Ocean , Tourism , IMF , UN , AIIB , China-Sri Lanka , Rare Earth , China-Myanmar , US Envoy , PM Prachanda , China-Bangladesh , Afghanistan currency , Afghan immigrants , Permanent Membership , Taiwan independence
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