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Indian Armed Forces in 2047: At The Centenary of Independence
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

The 75th Year of Independence is a milestone in India’s march towards a sovereign dispensation characterised by freedom, peace, and prosperity. In that endeavour, the preservation of territorial sanctity, economic sovereignty and political relevanc....

June 15, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , India , Book Published , 75th Year of Independence
Cyber Review - May 2023

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AI Supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’ puts Bharat among the top supercomputing leagues
Ranked 75th in the world, ‘AIRAWAT’— the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Supercomputer installed at C-DAC, Pune, was declared so in th....

June 14, 2023 India , US , Russia , Digital India , AADHAAR , Cybercrime , UK , Cyberspace , UIDAI , Bharat , VIF Cyber Review , Biometric , Norton
PM Dahal’s Visit to India: A vision of Trust, Respect and Enhanced cooperation
Aarushi Gupta Article

Nepal’s Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal’ Prachanda’, was on a four-day official visit to India from May 31 to June 3. It was his first bilateral visit abroad since he assumed office in December last year. It is his fourth visit to India in t....

June 14, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , China , Nepal , Prachanda , Hydropower , Energy Cooperation , PM Dahal , MoUs
Multilateralism Digest : April 2023 - Issue 4

Contents
  1. India in the UN
  2. India’s G20 Presidency
  3. Multilateral Institutions
  4. Plurilateral Developments
  5. P....

    June 13, 2023 India , SCO , UNSC , BRICS , UNHRC , EU , G20 , WHO , Counter terrorism , WTO , UN , B20 , Multilateralism Digest , UN reforms , UN Statistical Commission , L20 , C20 , World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings , ECOSOC , Financing For Development
Drone Threat is Real: India Needs a Comprehensive Counter Drone Strategy
Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd) Article

The Drone Threat
Unmanned vehicles, referred to as drones in this paper for ease, are unquestionably useful, but the problem is that this is true even for bad guys. The million-dollar question in the billion-dollar unmanned industry is ho....

June 09, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , DRDO , NATO , Ukraine , 5G , Drones , Counter Drone Strategy
Mukhyamantri Balika Cycle Yojana
Samir Bhattacharya Positive Bharat

Education of women is essential for a just society as well as for accelerating social transformation. Despite significant progress in reducing the gender gap in education, several obstacles still prevent women in developing nations from building up t....

June 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , India , Women empowerment , Africa , Bihar , Education , Zambia , Positive Bharat , cycle scheme , girls’ education
Neighborhood News Digest – 07 June 2023

Afghanistan
Car bomb causes deaths in northern Afghanistan – provincial spokesperson – The Print
A car bomb detonated in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, causing some deaths, the provincial spokesper....

June 07, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Bhutan , Taliban , Tourism , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , India-Sri Lanka , Crypto , – Afghanistan , LPG gas , Sikh Pilgrims , Pakistan Debt , Sri Lanka-Nepal , Maldives-US
Panjwar’s Killing in Pakistan and Future of the KCF
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Commentary

दुर्जनस्य च सर्पस्य वरं सर्पो न दुर्जनः। सर्पो दंशति काले तु दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे॥
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June 02, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Punjab , ISI , Bharat , Khalistan , Lahore , Extremism Terrorism , KCF , Panjwa , r Pakistan
Neighborhood News Digest – 02 June 2023

Afghanistan
Australia’s most decorated war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says – The Hindu
Australia’s most decorated living war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war cri....

June 02, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Pakistan Army , Imran Khan , Media , IMF , MOU , Drugs , LNG , Electricity , India-Sri Lanka , UNDP , PM Prachanda , Bank Rate , Australian vet , India aid , FM Muttaqi , Cash Crop , Internet , agreements , Pakistan Punjab , Bangladesh-Qatar , Per Capita , Smart Bangladesh , eFaas , drug regulation , Hunger Hotspots
India-US relations: Rescuing reality from expectations
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

While wanting US technological and security support to facilitate its rise, India does not acknowledge reciprocal obligations, even on a common challenge like China. Writing in the US journal Foreign Affairs (‘America’s bad bet on India’), A....

June 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , USA Indo , US Ties
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