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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 (16-31 December 2024)

Defence

  1. ICG’s Offshore and Fast Patrol Vessels Visit Maldives.
  2. Mumbai Harbour Accident Involving Indian Navy Craft and Civil Ferry Neel Kama.
  3. INSTushil....

    January 10, 2025 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , Terrorism , J&K , Maoists , LWE , Balochistan , Assam , JeM , Baluchistan , ULFA , Bharat , HM , Trafficking.
Neighborhood News Digest - 02 January 2025

Afghanistan
UN Calls for Lifting Ban on Women Working in NGOs-Tolo News
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has called for the repeal of the ban on women working in non-governmental organizations in A....

January 02, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Assam , IMF , Remittances , UN , war crimes , BNP , Kurram , Myanmar-China Relations , Fisherman issues , Foreign Currency Act , India-Myanmar Border Fencing , Red Tape , Samrang , Pension , 7th Agricultural Census 2025
Internal Security Monitor Vol 1, No 5

The last fortnight of 2024 concluded rather largely peacefully. Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the Maoists to lay down arms, join the mainstream and avail of the surrender and rehabilitation scheme. While a few surrenders of Maoists have b....

December 31, 2024 Kashmir , Jammu , chhattisgarh , Assam , NIA , Amit Shah , Manipur , ULFA , Bastar , Drone , Narcotics , Dawood , SSB , Maharashtra , NDPS , Internal Security Monitor , Digital Arrest , Home Ministry , Naxal Maoist , DKSZC , Ranchi , NRB , Gadchiroli , JuD , Hafiz , Rahman , Makki , Paresh Baruah , KCP PW , KZF , Danish Merchant , Siliguri
Moidams: The Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty
Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

In Upper Assam’s Charaideo district on the foothills of the Patkai Ranges, amidst the vast expanse of greenery, one can find a place where the holy spirits reside, the Moidams. There are around 90 big and small dome-shaped earthen mounds in Charaid....

August 14, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Assam , conservation , UNESCO World Heritage site , Archaeological Survey of India , Sukaphaa , Buranji , Moidams , Ahom Dynasty , Charaideo , Me-Dam-Me-Phi
Neighbourhood News Digest- 31 January 2024

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s neighbours reluctant to prioritize Afghan women’s rights, says ICG-The Khama Press
In a recent report, the International Crisis Group reports that regional authorities are not inclined to emphasiz....

January 31, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , China , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Balochistan , Taliban , Assam , demonetisation , Imran Khan , IMF , US-China , Nepal-India , BNP , Maldives-India relations , Indian Fishermen , International Crisis Group , Foreign Secretary Kwatra , National Debt
Neighborhood News Digest – 08 November 2023

Afghanistan

Deadly bus explosion in Kabul kills seven: Police – The Khaama Press
According to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran, the explosion took place in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of the capital. This area is kn....

November 08, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Protests , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Women empowerment , elections , Assam , India-Bangladesh , earthquake , Military Rule , Bhutan King , Caretaker government , Tamil Nadu Fishermen , U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (US-DFC) , Kabul explosion , Mullah Baradar , Pakistan loans , Airbase , Brain Drain , Garment workers , Solar Photovoltaics
Neighborhood News Digest – 02 November 2023

Afghanistan

Over 1 lakh undocumented Afghans returned to Afghanistan: Pak official – Hindustan Times
Pakistan's deadline to expel all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, is expiring ....

November 02, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Terrorism , elections , India-Nepal , Assam , Pakistan Elections , Bhutan elections , IMF , Inflation , India-Maldives , Myanmar China , Bangladesh-India , India-Sri Lanka , Bhutan King , US-Bangladesh , Afghan immigrants , Operation 1027 , Israel-Gaza , Economic and Technology Corporation Agreement (ETCA) , Maritime Corporation , Transfer capital , Uzbek delegation , Thorthomi Lake , Ground Report
Neighborhood News Digest – 8 August 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute With Iran - Bloomberg
In mid-May, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning to the Taliban: honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequen....

August 08, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Air Force , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , Bangladesh , Taliban , Assam , Two Front war , Asim Munir , President Solih , Indo-Nepal , PM Prachanda , energy trade , Water Dispute , Trilateral highway , Iran gas pipeline , Awami League party , Gress tax , Tin mining , US general licence
Neighborhood News Digest – 14 July 2023

Afghanistan

Kabul Residents Say They Struggle With Lack of Water – Tolo News
Residents of the capital are concerned about the lack of drinking water in Kabul these days. They said that they do not have access to city water s....

July 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Kabul , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Balochistan , Assam , IMF , UAE , junta , Hydropower , Teacher Training , Secretary Raut , Tomatoes , President Ranil Wickremesinghe
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