Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Discussion on Outcomes of PM Dahal’s Visit and Developing Indo-Nepalese Relationship

On 19 July 2023, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk on “Outcomes of PM Dahal’s Visit and Developing Indo-Nepalese Relationship”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave the introductory remarks, followed by presentations by...

August 18 , 2023

Cyber Review - July 2023

National “Bharat emerging as trusted global electronics manufacturing partner”: EAM Dr S Jaishankar. On 31 July 2023, Dr S. Jaishankar, Bharat’s External Affairs Minister (EAM), spoke at "Semicon-India 2023" and emphasised the nation’s importance in...

August 18 , 2023

The Emerging Trends in the Indo-West Asian Ties: Newer Opportunities and Challenges

Since the last few years, there has been a discernible growth in India’s bilateral relations with most of the countries in its extended neighbourhood – West Asia. With the exception of a few, cooperation and joint collaborations between them are...

August 11 , 2023

Ideating an Indian Cyber Cluster Model with Global Partnerships

With rapidly evolving and emerging cyber technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Internet-of-Things (IoT), human interaction with the digital domain is now ubiquitous. In parallel, cyber criminals today seek new and sophisticated ways to...

August 10 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 7 August 2023

Afghanistan Amid humanitarian crisis, UN to cut aid to 21 million in Afghanistan – The Print Amid a dire humanitarian crisis, the United Nations humanitarians on Friday warned of a severe aid funding gap for aid to more than 21 million people in...

August 7 , 2023

Is the Sky the Limit for India-UAE Ties? Modi’s Fifth Visit to the Emirates

It is undeniable that the emerging trajectory of relations between India and a few key Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have become one of the most successful stories of the current foreign policy of the Narendra Modi-led government since mid-...

July 26 , 2023

Cyber Review - June 2023

National Cert-In issued “Guidelines on Information Security Practices” for government entities for safe and trusted Internet The Bharatiya Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), on 30 June 2023, released guidelines on information security...

July 25 , 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

World Bank Reforms and Climate Change

Introduction There is a growing debate on the reform of multilateral development banks to provide ‘global public goods’. At the behest of G20, an independent review of the Capital Adequacy Framework of multilateral development banks was undertaken...

July 17 , 2023

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी की फ्रांस यात्रा ऐतिहासिक

ऐतिहासिक यात्रा फ्रांस के राष्ट्रपति इमैनुएल मैक्रॉन के निमंत्रण पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 14 जुलाई 2023 को फ्रांस के राष्ट्रीय दिवस समारोह जिसे बैस्टिल दिवस के नाम से भी जाना जाता है में सम्मानित अतिथि के रूप में शामिल होंगे। फ्रांस के इतिहास...

July 14 , 2023