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Neighbourhood News Digest – 04 June 2024

Afghanistan
3rd Doha Meeting: An Evaluation of Relations Between the Kabul and the West – Tolo News
A summary of a speech on the topic "Doha 3: The Modality of the Islamic Emirate’s Interaction with the International Commu....

June 04, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Parliament , Maldives , Afghanistan , Blue Economy , Bhutan , Bangladesh , UNHRC , EU , Exports , NLD , India-Myanmar , Maldives-Sri Lanka , Bangladesh-Italy , Doha 3 , Afghanistan-Indonesia Relations , Green Climate Fund , Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty , Monsoon , Pakistan-China , Floods and Landslides , Fake Currency , Air Strike
Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan....

June 04, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Missiles , Iron Dome , Ukraine , Gaza , GPS , Air Power , Hamas , Drones , VKS , rockets , Electronic warfare , Katyusha rockets
Book discussion on Discovering India Through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth

On May 15, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the book titled ‘Discovering India Through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth,' a book by Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Bajaj published by Prakhar Goonj....

June 03, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Swami Vivekananda , Indian history , Civilization , Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Multilateralism Digest: May 2024-Issue 5

I. India in the UN

  1. Indian inputs for a substantial Summit of the Future
  2. India contributes to CTTF
  3. India chairs Committee A of WHA

II. Plu....

June 03, 2024 India , BIMSTEC , IMF , WTO , World Health Assembly , ADB , UNFCCC , Peacekeeping , Multilateralism Digest , multilateral development banks , Multilateralism digest , Summit of the Future , Counter Terrorism Trust Fund , G20 bioeconomy , G20 Hunger Alliance , G20 Research and Innovation , BRICS tuberculosis , BRICS customs officials , BRICS space agencies , India-ASEAN Trade in Goods , SCO Foreign Ministers , World Bank Group , SDRs , Major Radhika Sen , UNOCT Parliamentary Dialogue , Appeals and Grievances Procedure
Defence Corridor and Entrepreneurship in VUCA Times
Prof (Dr) Manoj Joshi Commentary

Overview
The big question is in these turbulent times, how can India's Defence Corridor strengthen national security while acting as a center of entrepreneurial innovation? Let us discover! In the dynamic landscape of VUCA (Vola....

June 03, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , UP , Made in India , MSMEs , R&D , Defence Industrial Corridors , Tamilnadu , VUCA
Neighborhood News Digest-03 June 2024

Afghanistan
Pakistan asks Afghanistan to hand over perpetrators of March terror attack – Tolo News
Pakistan confirmed on May 31 that it had formally asked Afghanistan to hand over the alleged perpetrators of a recent terrori....

June 03, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , democracy , Maldives , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Pakistan Army , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , IMF , Political Crisis , Drugs , Assam Rifles , India-Myanmar , China-Nepal , Japan-Myanmar , Polio , Access Now , Saudi-Sri Lanka , Third Doha Meeting of National Special Representatives , Bangladesh-Italy , Maldives-Sri Lanka.
The Ahom-Mughal Conflict
Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF

The Mughal expansionist tendencies sowed seeds of animosity with the Ahoms. A desire for political supremacy and territorial expansion in the northeast appears to have been a guiding motive of the Mughals under Emperors Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Auran....

May 31, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Monograph , Brahmaputra , Ahom , Sukaphaa , Buranji , Battle of Samdhara , Momai Tamuli Borbarua , Paik System , Battle of Duimunisila , Lachit Barphukhan , Battle of Alaboi , Battle of Saraighat
Neighborhood News Digest- 31 May 2024

Afghanistan
Business Tax in Afghanistan Reduced to 0.3%-Tolo News
Some senior officials of the Islamic Emirate announced today (Thursday) in the "exemption and reduction of the fixed tax" meeting that the leader of the Islamic....

May 31, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , UNSC , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Ukraine , Imran Khan , Sri Lanka elections , EU , Tourism , Gilgit , India-Bangladesh , India- Sri Lanka , Thailand-Myanmar , Bangladesh-Myanmar , ECP , Maldives-India relations , Upazila Polls , Small Island Developing States (SIDS) , Bamyan , British War Crimes , Poland , UK-Myanmar , Japan-Nepal , Political Crisi
Overview of India’s Trade Policy from 2014-2024
J S Deepak, IAS (R)

India’s trade policy through 2014-24 has seen both hits and misses, fortunately more hits than misses. Getting a permanent peace clause at the WTO for our food security schemes in 2014, walking out of the RCEP agreement in 2019, and focusing on FTA....

May 31, 2024 Economic Studies , India , US , China , trade , RCEP , WTO , Protectionism , FTAs , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy
Neighborhood News Digest- 30 May 2024

Afghanistan
Foreign Ministry Welcomes Moscow's Stance on the Interim Government-Tolo News
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate today (Wednesday) in a statement praised Russia's stance on engaging with the int....

May 30, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Iraq , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Turkey , Thailand , Doha , Sri Lanka elections , Azerbaijan , Awami League , India-Bangladesh , Switzerland , India-Myanmar , US-Myanmar , Maldives-India relations , Maldives Tourism , Small Island Developing States (SIDS) , Visa Row , China-Nepal.
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