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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01–15 August 2023)

Defence Port call of INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata to Port Moresby. Border Roads. Master Shipyard Repair Agreement (MSRA) between Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Shipyard Kattupalli and the US. Rajya Sabha passes Inter-Services OrganisationBill – 2023...

August 21 , 2023
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01-15 July 2023)

Defence INS Sunayna Visit to Port Beira, Mozambique. Indian Navy – French Navy Maritime Partnership Exercise off Visakhapatnam. Defence Secretary visits Myanmar. Visit of Lebanese Armed Forces to Southern Naval Command. Raksha Mantri (RM) Shri...

July 21 , 2023
Interaction with Prof (Dr) Istiaq Ahmed

On 08 June 2023, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an interaction with Prof (Dr) Ishtiaq Ahmed from Stockholm University. Prof Ahmed is a Swedish political scientist of Pakistani origin and a renowned author of books like...

June 13 , 2023
Panjwar’s Killing in Pakistan and Future of the KCF

दुर्जनस्य च सर्पस्य वरं सर्पो न दुर्जनः। सर्पो दंशति काले तु दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे॥ [Verse from Chanakya Neeti 3.4] [1] (English Translation: “Of a Crook and a Snake, the Snake is the better of the two, for s/he strikes only at the time s/he is...

June 2 , 2023
Punjab: Frankenstein amidst Witches Brew

Punjab - the front line border state of India has seen fragility in the 1980’s and 1990’s in the form of a bloody terrorist campaign memories of which returned to haunt with images from Ajnala (near Amritsar) where followers of a radical extremists...

February 27 , 2023
Terrorism and Extremism Trends in Bharat: Review of 2022 and Prognosis for 2023

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् | आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || [Translation: “Let a man be lifted up by his own self; let him not lower himself; for he himself is his friend, and he himself is his enemy.”] -Shrimad Bhagavad...

January 16 , 2023
Innovative Strategies for Arresting Environmental Degradation while Addressing Debt Problems of the States

Abstract At the COP-26 summit in Glasgow, Prime Minister Modi had committed India to some bold environmental targets, to achieve which the Centre must work with the State where the economic activities take place that also take their toll on nature...

October 7 , 2022
Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The Rise of the Sikh Empire and The Military History of The Punjab

Ranjit Singh was the most adventurous, audacious, and sagacious ruler of the Indian subcontinent since Chandragupta Maurya. Like the Kohinoor he wore, he was a gem among rulers. He rose like a bright and brief firmament when India became a part of...

September 13 , 2022
Terrorism Studies (National): Review of 2021 & Projections for 2022

Despite the outbreak of the China-origin coronavirus aka COVID-19 in late 2019 and the continuation of this fatal virus spread globally in 2020, the year 2021 has witnessed the continuation in the terrorism-related incidents, linked directly or...

January 14 , 2022
KPS Gill: Tribute to a Supercop

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill has been hailed as one of the most successful fighters against terrorism. He vanquished what was one of the most lethal and one of the most devastating terrorist movements in the history of the world. He has also been...

May 31 , 2017
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