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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...

Neighborhood News Digest – 13 January 2023

Afghanistan Bombing Near Foreign Ministry Triggers Widespread Reactions: Tolo News The bombing near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul on Wednesday triggered widespread reactions at national and international levels. Kabul security department...

Geopolitical mires of 2022 and the way forward for India

The challenge for India and other developing nations is to find an optimal adjustment to a segmented globalisation. 2022 revealed some interesting truths about today’s world order. As the dominant superpower confronts the challenge from an aspiring...

Round Table Discussion on Power Trading between India and Nepal

On 16 December 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk on “Power trading between India and Nepal”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave the introductory remarks, followed by a presentation by Mr Lal Krishna KC, Sr....

G20 Presidency is a Celebration of India’s Culture and Social Philosophy

On 1 December 2022, India formally took over the G20 presidency, the significant multilateral forum to address the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict, during stormy times in International Relations. When the drums are...

Lessons of Ukraine War, and Applicability on India

Since it began, the Russia-Ukraine has thrown up an overabundance of geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic lessons. It is humbling to note that the lessons of 2021 were in total variance with those of 2022. India has learnt significant...

VIF Cyber Review: November 2022

NATIONAL All-India Institute of Medical Science (Delhi) witnessed cyber incident. The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bharat’s premier medical institution and hospital, experienced a cyber-attack on November 23, 2022. Reportedly, a...

West Asia – 2022 Gone by with a Twist

West Asia never ceases to spring surprises. 2022 was no different in that regard except that conflicts became milder but the Black Swan events did not spare them either. As the countries, even the oil rich ones, were beginning to come out of the...

Making sense of Nepal Elections

New government has been formed in Nepal after much anticipation with Prachanda as the Prime Minister. Leading 170 members in 275 member House of Representatives, his party Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre) [NCP(MC)] has allied with KP Sharma Oli...

China: Daily Scan, December 28, 2022

Draft law on financial stability submitted to China's top legislature for 1st reading: Xinhuanet December 27, 2022 A draft law on financial stability was on Tuesday submitted for its first reading to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of...

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