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Neighborhood News Digest- 05 April 2024

Afghanistan
Amnesty International Asks Pakistan to Reverse Refugees Expulsion Plan-Tolo News
Amnesty International has called for the immediate cancellation of the plan to expel Afghan migrants from Pakistan through a statemen....

April 05, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Supreme Court , Bangladesh , Artillery , Prime Minister , Dalai Lama , Geopolitics , World Bank , India-Bangladesh Relations , Civil war , Amnesty , Drones , Mines , Katchatheevu island , Upazila Election , BOP , Indian Troops in Maldives.
Neighborhood News Digest- 22 March 2024

Afghanistan
Explosion in first district of Kandahar city leaves 21 dead, 50 injured-The Khama Press
According to sources from Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, it was claimed that in the explosion on Thursday in the f....

March 22, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Racial discrimination , Imran Khan , Srilanka , Azerbaijan , IMF , Italy , UN , Sheikh Hasina , Drones , Shehbaz Sharif , Kandahar , Aragalaya , World Happiness Report , PM Visit , Agreement , Maldives-Turkey , Rohingyas.
Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War 2022-2024: Battleground of Adaptations and Innovations
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war that commenced on 24 February 2022 between Ukraine and Russia, has limited parallels with the ongoing war! The sheer dynamism in adaptation, by initiative, ingenuity and vitality of the battleground and industrial interface, is a lesson by it....

February 23, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Drones , HIMARS , Decoys , End game , EW
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 16-31 December 2023, Issue 28

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. INS Imphal, Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer, Commissioned
  2. Induction of MCA Barge, LSAM 10 (Yard 78)
  3. Delivery....

    February 01, 2024 AI , Satellites , Science & Technology , Nuclear energy , Drones , semiconductor , Foxconn , COP28 , Machine Learning , ASML , MCA Barge , INS Imphal , AstroSat , Digital Payment , GPUs , KAPP-4 , Lithography , Meteorological Research , Space Start-Ups , Synaptics , RAND
Contemporary Land-Centric Operational Environment: Need for Dynamism and Adaptability
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It was half a decade ago, when the ‘strategic community’ commonly opined that conventional wars were passe, and if and when future wars did occur, they would ‘likely to be ambiguous, uncertain, short, swift, lethal, intense, precise, non-linear....

January 09, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , LoC , Military technology , LAC , Drones , Army manpower , Counter terrorism grid
Swamitva Yojana: Another Crucial Instrument of Rural Empowerment in India
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

The Government of India launched the Swamitva Yojana, also known as the "Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas" scheme. With the intention of giving rural property owners legal papers and facilitating the developm....

July 12, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Women empowerment , Panchayat , Drones , Positive Bharat , Survey of India , rural development , land records
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-30 Jun 2023)

Defence

  1. Raksha Mantri (RM) to hold talks with Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence in New Delhi.
  2. MoD to hold two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’.
  3. Multinational Pea....

    July 05, 2023 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , Terrorism , USA , MoD , Egypt , Vietnam , Thailand , Kenya , Tanzania , Bharat , Drones , Khalistan , Chintan Shivir , Ex Khaan Quest 2023 , Cap-UG , INDUS X , Defence ecosystem , MQ-9B drones , INS Kirpan
Neighbourhood News Digest - 15 June 2023

Afghanistan

Pakistan Deports More Than 530 Afghan Refugees to Afghanistan - Latestly
After the Taliban assumed power in August 2021, thousands of Afghans fearing persecution and death threats fled Afghanistan and entered nei....

June 15, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Tourism , Economic crisis , India-Pakistan , Drones , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , India-Afghanistan , Maldives-Seychelles , Cyclone Biparjoy , Sri Lanka Presidential elections
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
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 16-30 April 2023, Issue 12

Defence and Security

  1. DRDO & Indian Navy Conduct Trial of BMD Interceptor from Naval Platform
  2. Industry-Friendly Reforms in AHSP to further Promote Ease of Doing Business
  3. May 19, 2023 DRDO , NITI Aayog , G20 , AI , G7 , blockchain , MRO , ISRO , Science & Technology , Aerospace , IOT , TikTok , Cyber , Drones , EVs , HAL , Startup , DEWA , AHSP , BMD , Harpoon Missile , Klub Missile , MBRSC , NPCIL , NTPC , OFC , PSLV , QT , QTA , RLV , Space Economy , Safran , SpaceX
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