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Neighborhood News Digest – 30 June 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan: Amnesty urges Taliban to release educationist Matiullah Wesa – The Print Amnesty International has called on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to release unconditionally Matiullah Wesa, an Afghan educationalist and the...

Neighborhood News Digest – 29 June 2023

Afghanistan Taliban supreme leader Akhundzada orders to free 2,178 prisoners For Eid-al Adha – Devdiscourse According to the Supreme Court, the Supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada released orders to free 2,178 prisoners ahead of Eid...

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 June 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan Account For 80% Of Global Illicit Opium Production In 2022: UN Report – NDTV Afghanistan continued to account for the "majority (80 per cent) of global illicit opium production in 2022," the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 June 2023

Afghanistan Restrictions on women, girls should be removed in Afghanistan: UN – Business Standard Representatives from several countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticized the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 16 June 2023

Afghanistan Unemployed people in Afghanistan significantly increased in last two years, ICRC report - News On Air The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a report said that the number of unemployed people in Afghanistan has...

Neighborhood News Digest – 08 June 2023

Afghanistan Russian Foreign Minister reiterates country’s support for inclusive government in Afghanistan – The Print Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated Russia’s support for an inclusive government in Afghanistan, TOLO News...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (01-07 May)

Economic Investment in developing nations may hit 20-year low: World Bank official Plunging investment in developing countries could lead to lower growth in the long term and exacerbate problems, said Hiroshi Matano, executive vice president at the...

Multilateralism Digest: March 2023 - Issue 3

Contents INDIA IN THE UN INDIA’S G20 PRESIDENCY MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS PLURILATERAL DEVELOPMENTS PEACE AND SECURITY MISCELLANEOUS I. INDIA IN THE UN India participates in LDC5 The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least...

Neighbourhood News digest - 02 May 2023

Afghanistan The Taliban Aim to Divide and Conquer – Foreign Policy Afghanistan has become the world’s problem child, controlled by unruly and unpredictable religious fanatics and terrorists who throw their toys out of the stroller each time they’re...

Bailing out Sri Lanka from its Economic Difficulties

Sri Lanka has in the past experienced separatist movements, in which the Tamils and Sinhalese were involved in ethnic conflicts for quite some time. Though this dark phase is over now, there still remains simmering disquiet without of course any...

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