Articles

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

On 21 February 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the first payment linkage between India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow, which opened a new chapter in cross-border FinTech con....

March 21, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , RBI , Digital India , Singapore , G20 , innovation , Fintech , PayNow , UPI , P2P , MAS , NPCI , P2M , QR , Remittance , VPA

West Asia Round Up -February 2023

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Closely on the heels of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh for three landmark Summits in December 22, President Ebrahim Raisi visited Beijing to confer with the Chinese leadership on the outcomes and progress and way forw....

March 20, 2023 Israel , India , Iran , Egypt , Israel-Palestine Conflict , West Bank , West Asia Round Up , Pakistan-UAE

Neighborhood News Digest – 17 March 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban's policies on women affecting Afghanistan's relations: Ex-minister – Business Standard

Taliban's policy on women's education and work will impact negatively Afghanistan's relations with the international com....

March 17, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Iran , Afghanistan , Nuclear Weapons , Bhutan , Security , MEA , Taliban , Imran Khan , Media , Ambassador , IMF , UN , Pakistan Economy , women rights , Vice President , India-Bangladesh , Rohingyas , Bhutan Economy , India-Sri Lanka , Russia-Bangladesh , Presidency elections , Amu Darya , Chinese rocket , Foreign Exchange Reserves

India Impacted by the Great Geopolitical Churn

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Any attempt towards predicting the emerging world order is more likely to be incorrect. The geopolitical churn is so immense and future so fundamentally incomprehensible that it will be well served to desist from dire prognostications. The era is cau....

March 15, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , Russia , economy , sanctions , Ukraine , Oil , G20 , Covid , defence budgets

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 March 2023

Afghanistan

SAARC Secretary General Position not awarded to Afghanistan – The Print

It was Afghanistan’s turn to suggest a candidate for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) Secretary General Posit....

March 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , Russia , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , MEA , Taliban , Imran Khan , SAARC , Social Media , Oil , Tourism , ISRO , Human Rights , India-Bangladesh , Nepal Economy , India-Maldives , China-Sri-Lanka , Ram Chandra Poudel , Worl Bank

Neighborhood News Digest – 10 March 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan blast: Taliban governor killed in his office – BBC

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province has been killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. Mohammad Dawo....