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Neighborhood News Digest - 27 March 2025

Afghanistan Discussions about Reopening US Embassy in Kabul Ongoing: Mujahid- Tolo News Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, told Al Arabiya that negotiations are ongoing for handing over the Afghan embassy in Washington to the...

March 27 , 2025

Cyber Review - January 2025

National MeitY organised consultation meeting on Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025. On 14 January, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) organised a consultation meeting with government officials and...

March 24 , 2025

Africa Now (01-15 March, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now looks at significant developments across the African continent, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. Security challenges continue to persist with officials in Ethiopia's Tigray region asking...

March 21 , 2025

Roundtable on ‘Navigating Complexities: India’s Strategic Ties with Taliban 2.0’

On 07 March 2025, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on “Navigating Complexities: India’s Strategic Ties with Taliban 2.0”. The panel included Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Prof (Dr.) Raghav Sharma, Prof Bilquees Daud...

March 19 , 2025

Current Geopolitical Trends and Impact on South Asia

(Given below is the presentation made by Dr. Arvind Gupta at the South Asia University on 12th March 2025) Introduction International politics is never static. A new geopolitical environment, based on a new balance of power is shaping up. Stresses...

March 18 , 2025

Hamas-Pakistan Terror Nexus in PoJK: A Wake-Up Call for Bharat?

दुर्जनः परिहर्तव्यो विद्ययाsलंकृतोऽपि सन्। मणिना भूषितः सर्पः किम् असौ न भयंकरः॥ - ‘नीतीशतक’, राजा भर्तृहरी [English Translation: “A wicked person should be avoided even if adorned with knowledge. Is a snake decorated with a jewel not still...

March 12 , 2025

Neighborhood News Digest- 12 March 2025

Afghanistan 8 KM of TAPI Pipeline Installed in Afghanistan: Ministry -Tolo News Homayoon Afghan, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, said that the construction of the TAPI project in Afghanistan has progressed by eight...

March 12 , 2025

Making Sense of Trump’s Ukraine U-turn

The US President Donald Trump’s friendlier stance towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the one hand, and fiery altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the other, has baffled the world. Within the US, the Democrats...

March 10 , 2025

Neighborhood News Digest- 6 March 2025

Afghanistan Mastermind of Kabul Airport attack transferred to the US-The Khaama Press U.S. officials have confirmed that Mohammad Sharifullah, the individual accused of masterminding the suicide attack at Kabul Airport in August 2021, has been...

March 6 , 2025

Trump and the South African Land Act: A Growing Conundrum

At a time of massive flux in geopolitics, the United States (US) has issued South Africa an executive order that cuts its financial assistance, as a way to criticise the recently passed ‘land expropriation act’ and Pretoria's genocide case against...

March 4 , 2025