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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 ....

March 24, 2025 India , US , Cybercrime , UK , Spain , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Deepfake , Digital Arrest , DeepSeek
India and Europe: A Growing Economic Partnership in a Changing World
Dr Shreya Sinha, Research Associate, VIF Article

In a landmark visit to New Delhi last month, the European Commission and the College of Commissioners reinforced the strategic ties between the European Union and India, which led to the resumption of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations. F....

March 24, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , trade , Economic Partnership , India-EU FTA , India-UK FTA , India-EFTA TEPA
Neighborhood News Digest - 24 March 2025

Afghanistan
Anas Haqqani Calls Lifted Bounty on MOI Chief 'Political Achievement'-Tolo News
Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate, welcomed the lifting of the bounty placed on Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, the act....

March 24, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , BIMSTEC , Bhutan , Bangladesh , IMF , Karachi , Awami League , India-Bangladesh , Starlink , BNP , India-Sri Lanka , Sirajuddin Haqqani , Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) , Bhutan Information and Media Authority , BICMA , Maldives-Pakistan Relations , International Buddhist Confederation , IBC , Sheberghan–Mazar Gas Pipeline
Africa Now – (01-15 March, 2025)

OVERVIEW

This edition of Africa Now looks at significant developments across the African continent, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. Security challenges continue to persist with officials in Ethiopia's Ti....

March 21, 2025 India , US , China , Sierra Leone , Ethiopia , Africa , South Sudan , Egypt , Mauritius , Ukraine , ISIS in Syria , UK , Crisis , UN , Human Rights , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Mali , South Africa , India-Africa , Zimbabwe , Angola , Zambia , Lesotho , DRC , M23 , Senegal , Togo
Roundtable on ‘Navigating Complexities: India’s Strategic Ties with Taliban 2.0’

On 07 March 2025, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on “Navigating Complexities: India’s Strategic Ties with Taliban 2.0”. The panel included Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Prof (Dr.) Raghav Sharma, Prof Bilquees ....

March 19, 2025 Neighbourhood Studies , Interaction , US , Afghanistan , NATO , Taliban 2.0 , Jayant Prasad
Myanmar - Russia Partnership: Deepening Strategic Ties
Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlain conducted ‘an official goodwill visit’[1] to Russia, accompanied by other members of SAC and sen....

March 19, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Myanmar , Putin , Min Aung Hlaing , Energy Cooperation , Myanmar-Russia Bilateral Ties , State Administrative Council (SAC) , Security Ties
Europe News Digest (1-15 March, 2025)

Free Trade Deal with India Could Come This Year - EU Commission Chief
The EU Commission chief visited India on February 27-28, accompanied by the entire College of Commissioners - the first such visit after the European parliamentary elec....

March 18, 2025 Russia , Trump , France , India-EU FTA , Zelenskyy , Europe News Digest , German Elections , Oval Office , EU Commission , London Summit , Tariff War
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 February 2025), Issue 55

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. DRDO Conducts Flight-Trials of Very Short-Range Air Defence System
  2. Focus on Self-Reliance and Indigenous Production
  3. March 18, 2025 artificial intelligence , Digital infrastructure , Self-reliance , Science & Technology , Nuclear Power , critical minerals , Small Modular Reactors , OpenAI , StartUps , Nvidia , Air Defence System , AI Model , DeepSeek , Aero India 2025 , Agri Tech , Indigenous Production
Current Geopolitical Trends and Impact on South Asia
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

(Given below is the presentation made by Dr. Arvind Gupta at the South Asia University on 12th March 2025)
Introduction
International politics is never static. A new geopolitical environment, based on a new bal....

March 18, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , Russia , Nepal , Bangladesh , Covid , UN , World Order , multipolarity , MAGA
Neighborhood News Digest- 18 March 2025

Afghanistan
Signing of the Second Phase of Wakhan Road Contract-Tolo News
The signing of the construction contract for the second phase of the Wakhan road in Badakhshan province has been warmly welcomed by the residents of the....

March 18, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Constitution , Bangladesh , UNAMA , Immigration , Waziristan , BNP , India-Myanmar , US-Bangladesh , Wakhan , UN Human Rights Office , Adani Group , Bhutan-US , Border Fencing , Gas and Oil Reserves , Balochistan.
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