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Kecak Workshop: Balinese Dance Composition inspired by "the burning of Lanka" from the Ramayana epic

On 05 July 2024, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) along with the Indonesian Embassy organised the Kecak Workshop to commemorate 75 years of strong and enduring relationship between India and Indonesia. The bilateral relations have shown....

July 17, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Interaction , Kecak Workshop , Ramayana epic , Balinese Dance , I Wayan Dibia , India Indonesia relations , GEOKS Dance Troupe
Neighborhood News Digest- 17 July 2024

Afghanistan
Taliban to open Electronic ID centers for Afghans in Pakistan, Iran and Turkey-The Khaama Press
The Taliban Statistics and Information Office has announced the opening of electronic ID distribution centers in Pakis....

July 17, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Maritime Security , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , mongolia , IMF , Italy , Spain , UN , PML (N) , PPP , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , China-Bangladesh , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Quota Reform Movement , Maldives-Ireland Relations , 241 Committee , United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) , Military Recruits , PTI.
Iran’s Role in India's Strategy in the South Caucasus
Dr Sergei Melkonian Article

The changing world order is marked by the growth of new power centers and redistribution of spheres of influence. India is becoming one of the key poles, and the South Caucasus one of the regions of competition. Restoration of the regional balance of....

July 17, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Iran , India's Foreign Policy , Azerbaijan , Armenia , South Caucasus , Transport corridor
Modi embraces the bear as the Eagle looks on
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Modi govt has broadened India’s relationships with Russia as well as with US & its allies. It’s about protecting core national interests while building on convergences & managing differences. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit t....

July 16, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , India Russia Annual Summit , Modi Putin
Neighborhood News Digest- 16 July 2024

Afghanistan
UN: Nearly 60% of Afghan migrants from Pakistan repatriated ‘forcibly’-The Khaama Press
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that over the past six months, 20,802 Afghan migrants ha....

July 16, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Kabul , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , UN , PTI , PML (N) , Maldives-India , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , China-Nepal , Russia-Myanmar. , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , International Court of Justice (ICJ) , Sikh , Bhutan Puna-II Project , Maldives-Nepal
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (01-07 July 2024)

Economic

Crushing Debts Await Europe’s New Leaders
New governments in Europe are being handed a poisoned chalice. They are being elected with mandates for change, but only limited means at their disposal to enact it. Public ....

July 16, 2024 South China Sea , Trump , IMF , Huawei , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , SCO summit , Pezeshkian , Istanbul deal , Le Pen , Gas Flaring
Portents of the Xi-Putin Meeting of May 2024
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Summits between Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are invariably closely monitored in world capitals, especially since the onset of Russia’s war with Ukraine in 2022 and the two having declared a “no limits friendship”! C....

July 16, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , Russia , Xi Jinping , Putin , Europe , CCP , Taiwan independence
View: Modi's visit shows our relations with Russia not legacy holdout
Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

That Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-anticipated and watched journey to Moscow, his first bilateral visit following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, was opportune and overdue tells something about India-Russia ties. PM Modi and President Vladimir Pu....

July 16, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Russia , PM Modi , Vladimir Putin , bilateral Relations
India’s Climate Policy
Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 1990s were a time of global change. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Francis Fukuyama arguing in The End of History and the Last Man that western liberal democracy had triumphed and there was to be nothing thereafter in the developmental....

July 15, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , Development , Environment , mitigation , adaptation , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , India's Climate Policy , Determinants and Evolution
Neighborhood News Digest- 15 July 2024

Afghanistan
Mujahid: Not Recognizing Islamic Emirate Injustice to Citizens-Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, considers the non-recognition of the caretaker government by the international ....

July 15, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Investments , Ceasefire , UK , IMF , Remittances , TTP , India-Myanmar , Bangladesh-China , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , US-Maldives Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) , Baloch Yakjehti Committee , Myanmar Navy , Cyber Fraud
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