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VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (16-31 October 2024)

Defence Indian Navy's First Training Squadron Leaves Bahrain INS Shardul Visits Dubai Indian Navy – Royal Navy of Oman Maritime Exercise Chief of the Naval Staff on an Official Visit to the UAE INS Suvarna Visits Dar Es Salaam Joint Military...

Neighborhood News Digest- 18 September 2024

Afghanistan Operations Resume at Afghan Embassy in Oman Now Under Islamic Emirate-Tolo News The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that diplomats representing the Islamic Emirate began their work at the Afghan Embassy in Oman this past Sunday...

Neighborhood News Digest- 17 January 2024

Afghanistan Wakhan Corridor officially connects Afghanistan to China: Taliban- The Khama Press A report from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province confirms that Afghanistan is now officially linked to China via the Badakhshan province. Moizuddin Ahmadi...

Neighborhood News Digest – 1 August 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments BBC The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption". Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a...

Pakistan: Between the Devil and the Khaki

Under exceptional circumstances, Pakistan’s top courts – the Supreme Court of Pakistan [SCP] and the Islamabad High Court [IHC] intervened to provide relief to former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Mr. Imran Khan on two...

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 April 2023

Afghanistan Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN - Aljazeera A UN-convened meeting on Afghanistan next month will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration, a UN spokesperson has...

A Perspective on Defence Budget 2023-24

At Rs 5,93,538, the overall defence budget for the financial year (FY) 2023-24 is one of the largest constituents of the union budget, trailing behind interest payments (Rs 10,79,971 crore) and capital expenditure (Rs 10,09,961 crore). This sounds...

India’s Defence Budget 2023-24

Presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 before the Parliament on February 01, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 5.94 lakh crore—about US$72 billion—to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). While allocating the new budget for the MoD, the...

Neighborhood News Digest – 16 January 2023

Afghanistan Uzbekistan Halts Power Supply to Afghanistan: DABS – Tolo News The country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Bereshna Sherkat, said on Sunday that the imported electricity from Uzbekistan has been disconnected due to technical issues....

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - November 18, 2022

Afghanistan Participants at Moscow Format Release Joint Statement: Tolo News The participants of the Moscow Format discussed the current situation in Afghanistan with an emphasis on regional security, military-political stability, socio-economic and...

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