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

Defence

  1. MoD inks Rs 2,960 crore contract with BDL for Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missiles for Indian Navy.
  2. Raksha Mantri’s telecall with UK Secretary of State for Defence.
    3. February 27, 2025 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Indian Air Force , Indian Army , Africa , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , Maoists , LWE , MoD , IS , Indian Navy , Assam , LeT , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Somalia , Bharat , Nigeria , Indian Coast Guard , Khalistan.
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (01-15 January 2025)

Defence

  1. 2025: Year of Defence Reforms
  2. French Carrier Strike Group Visits India
  3. INS Tushil Completes its Visit to Senegal
  4. Raks....

    January 29, 2025 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , Terrorism , J&K , Maoists , LWE , IS , Assam , LeT , TTP , Bharat , Khalistan , Nigeria , FICN , Nijjar.
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (01-15 December 2024)

Defence

  1. India and Cambodia Commence Inaugural Joint Table Top Exercise CINBAX.
  2. India-Malaysia Join Military Exercise Commences in Malaysia.
  3. DAC Approves....

    December 23, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , US , Russia , Nepal , Defence , Terrorism , Europe , J&K , Maoists , LWE , Bangladesh , Balochistan , IS , Thailand , Baluchistan , DIA , Malaysia , Bharat , Cyber , Human Trafficking , HM , ICG , Philippine
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (1-15 June 2024)

Defence
  1. CDS Gen Chauhan Reviews Agniveer Training at INS Chilka.
  2. Keel Laying of Second Cadet Training Ship at L&T Shipyard.
  3. MoD Partners with ....

    June 24, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , artificial intelligence , Australia , Afghanistan , Indian Air Force , Maritime Security , Islamic State , Indian Army , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , LWE , MoD , Punjab , IS , Indian Navy , Al Qaeda , Italy , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Bharat , Khalistan , Indo–Pacific
Neighborhood News Digest – 27 March 2023

Afghanistan
Kabul rejects Washington’s claim over IS strength in Afghanistan – The Statesman
The Taliban-led caretaker government in Afghanistan has dismissed Washington’s claim over the alleged stronger presence of Daesh o....

March 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Nepal , SCO , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Nepal politics , Nepali Congress , Bhutan , election , ethnic armed organizations , Bangladesh , IS , Taliban , Assam , Tourism , IMF , Inflation , Independence Day , Education , Military Coup , junta , Rohingyas , Kalapani , Bhutan politics , US Army , India engagement , Hajj , Chinese debt trap , Local Election.
New Trends in Terrorism

On 25 November 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a brainstorming session on the “New Trends in Terrorism”, focussing on the lessons learned from the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks. Under the Chatham House Rules, ....

January 09, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Islam , IS , blockchain , 9/11 attacks , Popular Front of India , Communication strategies , Coastal Security , Dark Web
Annual Review of Islamic State and Al Qaeda: What is on the Horizon in 2021?
Soumya Awasthi Article

Background
The past year began with a pathological threat for the world which was detrimental not only for public health, politics, and economics but also for global security. The keywords for the year 2020 were COVID-19, geopolitical rea....

January 21, 2021 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , West Africa , Iran , Islamic State , ISIS , IS , Al Qaeda
Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?

India’s historic move on August 5, 2019, heralded a new era in Jammu and Kashmir, a state which witnessed an uncertain political status and 30 years of Pak-sponsored Jihadist militancy. Before the abrogation of article 370, the normal life had come....

June 26, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , IS , Al Qaeda , Article 370 , Big Outreach
War Against Daesh (ISIS) – An Assessment of Mosul Campaign
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

After having crushed the concept of the Caliphate little over 90 years ago by Kemal Ataturk, the first president of the modern-day Turkey, a renewed effort was made by a newly-founded Sunni militant group, which, today, is known by the name Islamic S....

November 13, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Mosul , Iraq , Daesh , ISIS , IS , Al Baghdadi , Peshmerga , Mosul Campaign , Alvite Singh , Kemal Ataturk
India Wakes up to ISIS Threat
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

India and the ISIS It is undeniable that the influence of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) is not seeped into the Indian society even though it has not staged any attack inside the country. Ever since this outfit announced its cal....

October 05, 2015 Islamic State , Daesh , ISIS , IS , Syria and Iraq , Radicalised Muslim
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