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After COVID-19, certain signs of economic recovery are being visualised in Nepal. The rate of economic growth that was merely 1.9 per cent a year ago in 2023 is almost set to rebound to

May 09, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , China , Nepal , economy , Remittances , govt. budget , Nepal Investment Summit

Neighborhood News Digest- 09 May 2024

Afghanistan

Uzbek foreign minister emphasizes acceleration of ‘Trans-Afghanistan’ project-The Khaama Press

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has announced that the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of th....

May 09, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka elections , Tourism , World Bank , IMF , Inflation , Middle East , Suu Kyi , India-Bangladesh , India-Bhutan , Russia-Ukraine War , India-Myanmar , Thailand-Myanmar , US-Nepal , Boundary Dispute , Imran Khan Moon Satellite , Monetary Authority of Maldives

Neighborhood News Digest- 08 May 2024

Afghanistan

Deputy PM Kabir: Participation in Global Forums Indicates Recognition-Tolo News

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs, said that the invitation of the Islamic Emirate to global meetin....

May 08, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , Sri Lanka elections , World Bank , Badakhshan , PTI , Suu Kyi , India-Bangladesh , India-Bhutan , Thailand-Myanmar , Maldives-India relations , Boundary Dispute , Religion and Politics , Cambodia-Myanmar

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s War Aims – A No Go

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Prime Minister’s War Aims

Even before the blood-stains could dry up in the bloody massacre by Hamas, turning the Super Nova Music Festival and other places in Southern Israel into a nightmare of merciless bloodshed, death and wanton de....

May 07, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Netanyahu’s war aims , Israel Hamas war

Neighborhood News Digest- 07 May 2024

Afghanistan

OIC Calls for Inclusive Govt, Human Rights Protection in Afghanistan-Tolo News

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation in its final statement of its 15th session of the Islamic State Conference asked for the establ....

May 07, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Indo-Pacific , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Climate Change , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Saudi Arabia , Tehran , Bangladesh , Tourism , OIC , Islamic Emirate , Humanitarian Crisis , India-Myanmar , India-Sri Lanka , Maldives-India relations , Nepal-Russia , Military conscription , Rohingya Refugees , Kazan , Pakistan. PTI , SIC , Boundary Dispute

Tensions Show in US-China Ties During Blinken’s Visit

Jayadeva Ranade Article

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's three day (April 24-26) visit to Shanghai and Beijing was an apparent attempt to arrest the slide in relations and simultaneously make clear the US 'red lines'. Since Biden became US President, Blinken is the s....

May 06, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , China , Taiwan , CCP , Wang Yi , Blinken , Dong Jun , Janet Yellen

Eurasia News Digest (16-30 April, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Kazakhstan Commits $448.2 Million to Boost Recycling Infrastructure

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources will allocate 200 billion tenge ($448.2 million) to finance the construction and moderniza....

May 06, 2024 Chabahar Port , Climate Change , Floods , Eurasia News Digest , Karabakh , Foreign Agents Bill , Water Shortage , Turkmen gas

Neighborhood News Digest- 06 May 2024

Afghanistan

Afghan Delegation Attends the 15th OIC Summit in Gambia-Tolo News

The Islamic Emirate says that a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the 15th summit of the Organization of Islamic Coope....

May 06, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Japan , Saudi Arabia , Tourism , OIC , refugees , IMF , Gambia , Bilawal Bhutto , India Pakistan , Afghan Delegation , Kissan Protest , Maldives-India Bilateral High-Level Core Group Meeting , Black Merlin , Nepal-Japan Bilateral Talk , - Bangladesh

Discussion on Development-Human Security Nexus: A Study on Padma Bridge Resettlement Areas

On 02 May, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the book titled, “Development-Human Security Nexus: A Study on Padma Bridge Resettlement Areas, by Razia Sultana, Md Rafid Abrar Miah, Nahian Reza Sabriet, Md Nahiy....

May 03, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Book Discussions , Bangladesh , Economic Development , Padma Bridge , Resettlement , Human Security , Environmental Sustainability

Neighborhood News Digest- 03 May 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate Calls UNAMA Report Repetitive and Propagandistic-Tolo News

Following the publication of UNAMA's quarterly report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson fo....

May 03, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , UNAMA , IMF , Trade Deficit , PTI , India-Myanmar , Electricity , India-Sri Lanka , Upazila Polls , Jatiya Sangsad , 78th UN General Assembly