India
AIKEYME: India- Africa Maritime Engagement Gets a Boost

On 13 April 2025, Tanzania’s Minister of Defence, Stergomena Lawrence Tax and India’s Minister of State for Defence, Sanjay Seth in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi jointly inaugurated AIKEYME (Africa-India Key Mari....

Uniting North and South for Sustainable Development in the Arctic

(Given below is the Key Note Address delivered by Sh. Pavan Kapoor, Deputy NSA, India at the VIF -Northern Forum conference held at VIF, New Delhi on 20 March 2025)
Good morning, everyone! It is great pleasure for me to ....

Africa Now – (16-31 March, 2025)

OVERVIEW
This edition of Africa Now looks at significant developments across the African continent, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. In the security and political front, Niger has withdrawn from the Multi....

Trump, India and Tariffs

The initial round of bilateral discussion on the India-US BTA (Bilateral Trade Agreement) concluded on March 29, after intense discussions between the two country’s delegation. Not much is known about the final results of the four-day talks othe....

Neighborhood News Digest- 28 March 2025

Afghanistan
Over 20B Afs to Be Invested in Electricity Production in Country-Tolo News
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) signed contracts for 10 electricity production and transmission projects on Thursday with both domest....

Japan’s Arms Export Shift: A Double-Edged Sword in the Indo-Pacific

Introduction
Eighty years after the March 1945 bombing of Tokyo that killed around 100,000 people, Japan rem....

Neighborhood News Digest - 27 March 2025

Afghanistan
Discussions about Reopening US Embassy in Kabul Ongoing: Mujahid- Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, told Al Arabiya that negotiations are ongoing for handing over the Afghan embassy i....

Evolving Multipolar World Order: Opportunities and Challenges for Myanmar

(Given below is the keynote address delivered by Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow and Editor, VIF at “Forum on Myanmar beyond 2025: Challenges and Opportunities in the Multipolar World” held at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 21 March 2025) Exc....

Cyber Review - January 2025

National
MeitY organised consultation meeting on Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025.
On 14 January, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) organised a consultation meeting ....

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