Pakistan Study Group Report - June 2024

A meeting of the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) was held in hybrid mode on 20 June 2024. The main items on the agenda were the developments in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s Federal Budget-2024-25, Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China and the withering of ....

Eurasia News Digest (1-15 August, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Central Asian leaders sound optimistic note on expanding regional trade at Astana meeting
A growing spirit of cooperation underpinned the August 9 gathering of the leaders of all five Central Asia states,....

Neighborhood News Digest- 22 August 2024

Afghanistan
Mujahid announces ban on UN Rights Rapporteur’s entry into Afghanistan-The Khaama Press
A Taliban spokesperson has stated that Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on gross human rights violations in Afghan....

The Indic Religious Tradition- An Outline

On 5th August 2024, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on ‘The Indic Religious Tradition: An Outline’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGill Univers....

Roundtable on The Elections in UK and France and its Implications for India

On 08 August, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on "The Elections in UK and France and its Implications for India". The panel included Professor Gulshan Sachdeva, Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar and Swasti Rao. The discus....

Kargil After 25 Years: Assessing Technological Impact on India’s Armed Forces

The Kargil war of 1999 was not just a conflict between two traditional rivals but a major direct confrontation between two nuclear powers that had defied global norms by conducting nuclear tests. This saga was catalysed by technological achievements,....

Design Thinking for Resurgent Bharat

Design, an ancient human endeavor, evolved into a profession in the early twentieth century when Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus. He aimed to unify craftsmen, artists, and architects to break down the futile class distinctions prevailing in the fa....

Neighborhood News Digest- 21 August 2024

Afghanistan
952 Ex-Officials Return to Afghanistan via Contact Commission-Tolo News
The Commission for Contact with Personalities has announced that since its inception, over 950 individuals, including former ministers, govern....

Talk on AI Growth and Readiness Initiative (AGRI)

The VIF under the Science & Technology series organised a talk on “AI Growth and Readiness Initiative (AGRI)” by Mr Kundana Kumar Lal, President, Vitti Foundation, on 22 July 2024. The talk focussed on three key aspects of Artificial Intelligence....

Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Railroad Proposal Revived

The proposal to construct a railroad from Termez in Uzbekistan to Mzaar-e-Sharif and Kabul in Afghanistan and onwards to Peshawar in Pakistan has been on the drawing boards since 2007. Instability in Afghanistan, lack of political will in Uzbekistan ....

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