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Neighborhood News Digest- 18 November 2024

Afghanistan
Abbas Stanikzai: Peaceful Afghanistan Benefits Region and World-Tolo News
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of both regional ....

November 18, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , IMF , Kuala Lumpur , NPP , VPN , Maldivian Economy , interim Government , Deeyar , Council of Islamic Ideology , Credit Ratings.
Tensions in Russia-Japan Relations
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war has cast a deep shadow over Russia-Japan relations. The immediate prospects for improvement look bleak. Japan imposed sanctions on Russia a day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Russia reacted by inc....

November 18, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , North Korea , Russia , Indo-Pacific , Japan
Review of the 21st Valdai Discussion Club Meeting
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a wide ranging four hour long open and frank interaction with the participants of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) meeting held in Sochi on 07 Nov 2024, Putin touched upon a variety of issues ranging from the rise of new multilateralism, the prosp....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Putin , Ukraine War , Valdai Club , Non-west , Trump election
Air India Flight 182: A Tale of Canada's Pampering of Canadian Khalistani Terror
Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

Canada as a country is renowned for its maple forests producing sweet maple syrup, beaver dams built by hard-working beavers, good-looking actors with the name Ryan, the best view of Niagara Falls, and, of course, an unbiased justice system and effic....

November 14, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Air India Flight 182 , Montreal-Mirabel International Airport , Canadian Khalistani Terrorist , Babbar Khalsa , Royal Canadian Mounted Police , Canadian Security Intelligence Service , Talwinder Singh Parmar , Inderjit Singh Reyat , Ajaib Singh Bagri , Ripudaman Singh Malik.
Neighborhood News Digest - 14 November 2024

Afghanistan
Taliban delegation attends Telecommunication Conference in India-The Khaama Press
The Taliban’s spokesperson announced that Barat Shah Agha Nadim, head of the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (....

November 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Climate Change , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , IMF , climate finance , BNP , Carbon Neutrality , Maldivian Economy , COP29 , interim Government , South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council , Taliban Delegation , Artificial Intelligence Policy
COP 29: Climate Finance to Take Centre Stage at the Annual Climate Conference
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Dubbed as the “finance COP”, this conference will focus on climate finance, with the aim of advancing the implementation of the Paris Agr....

November 14, 2024 Climate Change , Article , Conflict , Accountability , Fossil Fuel , resilience , Climate action , Cimate finance , Protection
Trump 2.0: Not a change, a paradigmatic shift
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Trump or no Trump, the US economy seems to do what it will anyway. Why? Look at the fundamental strengths of the US as a nation. If Donald Trump’s narrow win shook the United States in 2016, the scale of his victory now has amazed the country in....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Donald Trump , WTO , US market , Joe Bide
The 21st Century: The Century of India and ASEAN - Modi’s Strategic Visit to Lao-PDR
Dr Gautam Kumar Jha Article

Modi's two-day visit during the second week of October to attend the 21st India-ASEAN and the 19th East Asia summits in Lao PDR on the invitation of Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone marked India's commitment to forge stronger ties with ASEAN amid an....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , ASEAN , Singapore , Act East Policy , Brunei , Laos
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (16-31 October 2024), Issue 48

In this Issue
I. Defence and Security
  1. Inauguration of TATA Aircraft Complex for Manufacturing of C-295 Aircraft
  2. ADITI 3.0 Challenge & DISC 13 to Advance Indigenous Defence Tech....

    November 13, 2024 space technology , AI , Biotechnology , TSMC , Science & Technology , EV , Nuclear Fusion , semiconductor , iDEX , ASML , OpenAI , Arms Control , AI Chip , Disarmament , Defence Industrial Cooperation , IndiaAI Mission , Venture Capital , Fast Patrol Vessels , Fusion Energy , Green Technology , TATA Aircraft Complex
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (04-10 November 2024)

Economic

China Unveils $1.4 Trillion Debt Swap, Saves Stimulus for Trump
China gave indebted local governments a 10 trillion-yuan ($1.4 trillion) lifeline but stopped short of unleashing new stimulus, preserving room to respon....

November 13, 2024 Qatar , AI , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Germany , Rare Earth , Malaria , ESG , China Stimulus , Trump Win , Subianto , Law on Philippine Sea Rights
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