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Eurasia News Digest (16-29 February 2024)

Russia& Central Asia

Wabtec Acquires Full Ownership of Locomotive Assembly Plant in Kazakhstan
The American company Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has acquired full ownership of the locomotive assembl....

March 05, 2024 NATO , CSTO , Military Intelligence , Eurasia News Digest , Qosh Tepa Canal , Munich Security Conference , Eurasian Supply Chains , Peace Keeping Mission , Golan Hights , Wabtec , Water Monitoring Station
Neighborhood News Digest- 05 March 2024

Afghanistan
Exhibition of Afghan Products Opens in Ashgabat- Tolo News
Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi said that Afghanistan can become an industrial country. Speaking at an Afghan-Turkmen trade busine....

March 05, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , elections , Qatar , Bangladesh , Arakan army , Tourism , IMF , UN , India-Maldives relations , Rohingyas , Coalition , India-Bhutan , export , Maldives-China , Power Energy Sector , Ashgabat , PPP.
Ramayan Men Samrik Sanskriti: Antarrashtriy Sambandhon Kaa Indic Siddhant by Dr. Anoop Kumar Gupta; Publication: Manak Publication, INC Pvt. Ltd., Delhi; Language: Hindi, First Edition 2023; ISBN: 978-93-91897-25-3
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

Several studies have been conducted on different dimensions of strategic issues in different parts of the world. Even many studies have been carried out on various dimensions of the Hindu epic Ramayana, which is believed to have been written first by....

March 04, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Reviews , Culture , Samrik Sanskriti , Ramayan
Securing Bharat’s Critical Mineral Supply Chains: The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023
Deekhit Bhattacharya Article

A fresh push for securing supplies of critical minerals will be crucial to power its manufacturing and deep-tech ambitions. Maintaining momentum will be essential. Bharat is approaching an economic inflection point, where exponential increase in i....

March 04, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Supply chains , Economic Growth , critical minerals , rare earths , futuristic technologies , private sector participation , exploration
Neighborhood News Digest- 04 March 2024

Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan will host Business Forum in Ashgabat-The Khama Press
Nuruddin Azizi, the acting Minister of Industry and Commerce of the caretaker government, recently led a delegation including 15 fem....

March 04, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Afghanistan , President , India-Nepal , Qatar , Bangladesh , Prime Minister , Srilanka , EU , India-Maldives relations , Red Sea , Shehbaz Sharif , Thailand-Myanmar , Visas , FMR , Maldives Parliamentary Elections , Foreign Minister Turkiye , non-cotton garments , - Maldives , UK-Bhutan , India-Bangladesh-Bhutan , Left Alliance
India-Nepal Relations
Amb Ranjit Rae

In 2024, Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar's first foreign visit to Nepal highlighted India’s closeness to its neighbour. Building upon the positive momentum of the visit of Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda to New Delhi in May 2023, the focus of....

March 04, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal , Foreign Minister , Podcast , Jaishankar , Prachanda visit
International Court of Justice and Adjudication on Israel`s Military Operations in Gaza and Human Rights Violation
Gautam Sen Article

Based on the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) request for an advisory opinion on `Legal Consequences arising from Israel’s Policies and Practices in Occupied Palestinian Territory’, the principal judicial organ of the UN - International....

March 01, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , UNSC , genocide , Gaza , UNGA , Hamas , South Africa
Neighborhood News Digest- 01 March 2024

Afghanistan
Women’s media work may be banned if faces are not covered: AFJC- The Khama Press
The Afghanistan Journalists Center reports that the Minister of Virtue and Vice for the Taliban has issued a warning that if female....

March 01, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , election , Bangladesh , Arakan army , World Bank , IMF , Remittances , Women , Economic Growth , Civil war , Political Crisis , Cabinet , SLPP , China-Bhutan , MaldivesParliamentary Elections , Digital Finance , Climate Diplomacy , FINTECH Alliance , Min Hlaing
Climate Change & Environmental Degradation: Impacts of War in Afghanistan
Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
In the beginning of this month (February 2024) a three-day international conference on climate change was organized by the Nangarhar University situated in Jalalabad, the capital city of the eastern Nangarhar province of Afgh....

February 29, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , War , Afghanistan , Climate Change , environmental degradation , Drought , Landmines , Military Burn Pits , War Induced Deforestation , Karez System , Napalm
Neighborhood News Digest- 29 February 2024

Afghanistan
Muttaqi Hopes for Improved Relations with New Govt in Pakistan-Tolo News
The acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a special interview with TOLO news said that he is hopeful that the relations b....

February 29, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nawaz Sharif , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Turkmenistan , World Bank , UN , Human Rights , Parliamentary elections , India-Bhutan , Thailand-Myanmar , Cabinet , LDC , Maldives-India relations , Research Vessel , Wind Power Project , Bhutan Strategic Plan , MARTIAL lAW.
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