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VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 July 2024)

Defence
  1. Aatmanirbhartain defence: MoD notifies fifth Positive Indigenisation List of 346 items for DPSUs.
  2. Indian Naval Ship TabarArrives in Hamburg, Germany.
    3. August 08, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , US , Defence budget , Indian Air Force , Radicalisation , Indian Army , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , LWE , MoD , Indian Navy , Radicalism , UK , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Baluchistan , Bharat , FICN , Coastal Security , Islamic , Anjem Choudary
Wing Commander Satyam Kushwaha (retd.); A Noteworthy Personality Who Saved Many Lives During the Covid Era
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Positive Bharat

COVID-19 knocked on the doors of the world in early 2020. It led to massive devastation and the loss of many lives and livelihood across the globe. In India, tens of millions of people were affected by the virus, and at least 1.5 million people died ....

August 08, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , COVID-19 , Pandemic , livelihood , Positive Bharat , globe , Devastation , KRANTII , Catastrophic
Bhutan’s Climate Change Response: Key Drivers and Strategic Initiatives
Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
Climate change has become one of the most severe and complex challenges in the 21st century. While the world’s poorest countries bear little or no responsibility for climate change, they face grave social and economic cons....

August 07, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan , Article , Climate Change , Bhutan , Carbon-Negative , Carbon Emission
Neighborhood News Digest- 07 August 2024

Afghanistan
Ministry Disputes IOM Migration Figures, Highlights High Return Rates- Tolo News
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has rejected the latest report by the International Organization of Migration (IOM), saying....

August 07, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Climate Change , Bhutan , CPEC , Bangladesh , Political Violence , Imran Khan , IMF , GDP , SDG , ADB , PTA , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Maldives-China Relations , interim Government , Sri Lanka-Indonesia , China National Petroleum Corporation
Neighborhood News Digest- 06 August 2024

Afghanistan
Kabir Calls for Reopening of Countries’ Embassies in Afghanistan-Tolo News
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, Political Deputy of the Prime Minister, in a meeting with some foreign diplomats in Doha, has called for the reopeni....

August 06, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , artificial intelligence , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Political Violence , Doha , OIC , PTI , India-Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Quota Protest , Ghor , Development Objective Grant Agreement (DOAG) , interim Government
Presidential Elections in Venezuela: Yet Another Fraud upon Democracy
Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The 28th July witnessed another presidential election marred by the allegations of large- scale fraud in Venezuela. Contrary to the predictions before the counting was over, the incumbent president from PSUV (the United Socialist Party of Venezuela) ....

August 06, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , USA , Presidential elections , Oil , Venezuela , Maduro , Chavez , Gonzalez , ONGC Videsh
Dazzling Architecture of Our Temples
Rajesh Singh Commentary

Not many of us who periodically visit important temples in the country and pay our obeisance to the gods and goddesses consecrated there, bother to understand the architecture of those temples. If we were to do so, we would be left dazzled by the var....

August 05, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Nagara , Khajuraho , Gopuram , Chola , Kakatiya , Pandya , Chera , Rashtrakuta , Kadamba , Pallava , Kedarnath , Katyuri , King Bhudeva
Budget: Economics prevails over politics
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

The recent collapse of the global supply chains that threatened to integrate the world without borders, have left economists and statesmen bewildered. Over a century ago, British economist Alfred Marshall said economics meant political economy. Wh....

August 05, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Article , Politics Nirmala Sitharaman Economics
Neighborhood News Digest- 02 August 2024

Afghanistan
Ministry of Economy: Work On Over 1,300 Projects Ongoing-Tolo News
Officials from the Ministry of Economy said during a program on Thursday that outlined the achievements of the past year that work is ongoing on ov....

August 02, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , EU , World Health Organization , IMF , United Nations , Hamas , South Africa , India-Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Quota Protest , Maldives- India Relations , UN.
Cultural and Civilisational Digest: July-2024

Potsherds adorned with fish motifs; copper objects excavated from Tamil Nadu's Keeladi- Deccan Herald
In the previous week, archaeologists unearthed a potsherd with the Tamil letter 'Tha' inscribed on it from Keeladi, a Sangam-era urban s....

August 02, 2024 Buddhism , Cultural Heritage , UNESCO World Heritage site , Culture And Civilisation , Keeladi , Sangam-era , Vat Phou temple , Mysuru Literature Festival , Jagannath Rath Yatra , World Heritage Committee , Charaideo Maidam , Kargil Vijay Diwas , Ayodhya and Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
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