Commentaries & Articles
2021 - A Year of Military Rule: Predictions and Way Forward for 2022
The year 2021 was the most distressing period in Myanmar’s independent history. Unlike the earlier two coups, the opposite forces (National Unity Government, People’s Defence Forces and Ethnic Armed Org...
पाकिस्तान की राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा नीति 2022-26: कुछ नए तत्व लेकिन भारत पर कोई बदलाव नहीं
इमरान खान सरकार ने पाकिस्तान की पहली राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा नीति (एनएसपी) का एक दस्तावेज तैयार किया है, जो राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के लिए पाकिस्तान के समग्र दृष्टिकोण को व्याख्यायित करता है और सरकारी विभागों को इस...
Walk the Elephant- Environment & Social Governance
Post the Union Budget presentation India Inc.’s growing involvement & concern on sustainability, clean energy and much more all of it falls in the broader ambit of ‘Sustainable Development’ which wa...
Bamiyan Buddhas and Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage
In Afghanistan, Buddhist cave temples are concentrated in three regions: Jalalabad (180 caves), Haibak (200 caves) and Bamiyan (1000 caves).[1] The Bamiyan Buddhas are part of a Buddhist site in Bamiya...
सत्ता-समीकरण की पुनःसंरचना : नेपाल में स्वदेशीवादियों के उदय का अर्थ साम्यवाद का पतन
नेपाल में 1951 में राणा के निरंकुश शासन के अंत के बाद से देश के पास सात बार संविधान थे। फिर भी, कोई संविधान इस देश में एक दशक से अधिक समय तक लागू नहीं रह पाया। पिछले सात दशकों के दौरान, नेपाला विभिन्न र...
Budget 2022-23 – A huge turning point
There are several firsts about Budget 2022-23. The first of the firsts is that this is the only Budget in recent memory when the finance minister’s speech was not disturbed even once. The usual shouting...
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February 14, 2025
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Internal Security Monitor
February 6, 2025
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The past fortnight witnessed bloody clashes between the Security Forces (SF) and guerrillas of the proscribed Communist...

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Africa Now
February 7, 2025
Africa Now – (16-31 January, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now explores significant political, economic, and diplomatic developments across the...

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Defense, National Security and Terrorism, VIF Alerts
January 29, 2025
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Defence 2025: Year of Defence Reforms French Carrier Strike Group Visits India INS Tushil Completes its Visit to Senegal...

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Eurasia News Digest
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Europe News Digest
February 4, 2025
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VIF Cyber Review
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National The Government notified telecoms to report security incidents within specified timelines The Government of Bharat...

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Myanmar Round Up
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West Asia Round Up
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Global Developments And Analysis: Weekly Monitor
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Economic China Unveils $1.4 Trillion Debt Swap, Saves Stimulus for Trump China gave indebted local governments a 10 trillion...

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Science and Technology
February 7, 2025
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In this Issue I. Defence and Security MoD Signs Contract with BDL for Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missiles DRDO Conducts...

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US Insights
June 6, 2024
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Culture & Civilisation
February 11, 2025
Culture and Civilisational Digest: January-2025

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Multilateralism Digest
June 3, 2024
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