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The Growing Problem of Digital Arrest Scams in Bharat
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“‘Stop’, then ‘Think’, and then take ‘Action’; these three steps will become the protector of your digital security.” [1] - Narendra Modi, Prime Mi....

November 26, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , AP internal security , Cyber Security , cyber crime , Bharat , Cyber , Digital Security , Digital Arrest , Digital Scam
Neighborhood News Digest - 02 April 2024

Afghanistan
CNN: ‘Taliban’s Pashto chauvinism helps ISIS-K’ recruitment from other ethnic groups-The Khama Press
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior adviser to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project, told CNN that ISIS-K....

April 02, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Cyber Security , Remittances , Inflation , UN , Civil war , PTI , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , Myanmar-India , Katchatheevu island , India-Out Campaign , Historical Artefacts , Omar Ayub , Visa-Free entry , Anti-Defection Law
Neighborhood News Digest- 27 February 2024

Afghanistan
Afghanistan launches Polio Vaccination campaign- The Khama Press
The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with international organizations, has initiated the second sub-national polio vaccination campaign fo....

February 27, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Russia , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Japan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Cyber Security , Inflation , UN , Parliamentary elections , PPP , Crypto , China-Bhutan , Maldives-India relations , Climate action , Ministry of Industry and Commerce , Maryam Nawaz , Foreign Fund , Shan , Thailand-Myanmar-India.
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 1-15April 2023, Issue 11

In this Issue

Defence and Security
  1. Defence Exports Reaches an All-Time High of Rs. 15,920 crore in FY 2022-23
  2. India’s Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs)
  3. May 04, 2023 DRDO , Cyber Security , STEM , space technology , AI , Defence Exports , Biotechnology , ISRO , Science & Technology , EV , NASA , Drones , semiconductor , PLI , Quantum Technology , TRAI , HAL , Startup , IN-SPACe , NISAR , Micron , Advanced Wireless , Artemis II , Chips , DEWA , DICs , Geosciences , GSFC , IC , SEMI , Space Policy , Space Tourism
China in the Cyber Domain
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

China is developing cyber capacities in pursuit of its economic, political and strategic objectives. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China differs considerably from its Western counterparts in its approach to cyber and network operations. It ....

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security , China , PLA , Book Published , Cyber Security , Cyber Attack , China Cyber-Influence , cyber domain
AIIMS Cyber-Incident— An ‘e-epidemic’ Situation for Digital Bharat
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

तावद्भयेषु भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् । आगतं तु भयं वीक्ष्य प्रहर्तव्यमशङ्कया ॥
“A ....

December 12, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , China , Cyber Security , Malware , Personal data , Bharat , crypto currency , AIIMS Delhi , AIIMS , Cyber Incident , CNI , Ransom ware , OCG , Crypto virology
Second India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue: Major Take Away
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

India and Japan held the second 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial meeting in Tokyo on 8 September 2022. The meeting took place more than five months after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India for the annual India-Japan summit. This y....

September 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Cyber Security , 2+2 Dialogue , Military technology , 5G deployment , defence co-production , joint air exercises , JIMEX and Malabar
Tracing the Future of India-Africa Defence Cooperation
Samir Bhattacharya Article

In his address to the Ugandan Parliament in July 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enunciated the ten guiding principles of India's engagement with Africa and elucidated the importance of each principle. Principle number seven of India's deve....

August 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , ISIS , Cyber Security , SAGAR , Islamist terrorism , African Union , Afindex 19 , Al Shabaab , India Africa Defence cooperation , IBSAMAR , Lucknow Declaration , Military Coups , UNPKO
VIF Cyber Review: April 2022

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Cabinet approves upgradation of mobile sites in LWE-affected areas
On 27 April 2022, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a ‘Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)’ project for upg....

May 12, 2022 India , China , Russia , Japan , Cyber Security , Malware , Quantum Computing , VIF Cyber Review , SCADA , MeitY , CERTIN , DDoS , CDAC
Compulsions behind Japan Arming Itself
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan’s security posture seems to be heading for a dramatic overhaul as it feels compelled to respond to the emerging challenges in the altered security environment in its neighbourhood. China’s belligerence in territorial issues and North Korea�....

December 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , artificial intelligence , ASEAN , Maritime Security , Cyber Security , shinzo abe , Fumio Kishida , AUKUS , defence spending , North Korean threats , sharing security burden , Taiwan as flashpoint
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