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Multilateralism Digest: July 2023 - Issue 7

Contents I. India and the UN India votes for resolution on countering religious hatred Meeting on Decarbonising the Built Environment II. India’s G20 Presidency Research and Innovation Ministerial Meeting held 3rd FMCBG Meeting held G20 Labour...

September 1 , 2023

Multilateralism Digest: June 2023 - Issue 6

Contents I. India and the UN IBSA Fund Annual Report Launch India dissociates itself from GCTS 8th Review Cabinet approves Headquarters Agreement between GOI and CDRI India out of the 2023 Children and Armed Conflict Report of the Secretary General...

August 17 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 June 2023

Afghanistan Pakistan uses various tools to disturb tribals along border with Afghanistan: Report - The Print Pakistan’s policy of disturbing the tribal people along its border regions with Afghanistan has many dimensions, Afghan Diaspora Network...

June 21 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 June 2023

Afghanistan Opium cultivation plummets in Afghanistan's Helmand, shows satellite imagery - India Today Satellite imagery has shown a staggering 99% reduction in opium cultivation in Afghanistan's Helmand. The analysis of the satellite imagery was...

June 14 , 2023

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...

May 3 , 2023

“BIMSTEC Master Plan for Transport Connectivity”

On 3rd August 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE) jointly organised a discussion on “BIMSTEC Master Plan for Transport Connectivity”. The speakers were from India...

September 8 , 2022

VIF Cyber Review: June 2022

National “Cyber secure India is integral to national security and development”: Union Minister of Home Affairs Addressing a national conference on cyber security and national security on 20 June 2022, the Union Minister of Home Affairs (MHA)— Amit...

July 8 , 2022

‘Round Table Discussion: India's Economic Engagement within its Neighbourhood’

On the 13th of June, 2022, The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a round table discussion on 'India's Economic Engagement within its Neighbourhood'. The session began with Dr Arvind Gupta's brief remarks on the nature and extent of...

June 21 , 2022

What Can BIMSTEC Deliver That SAARC Could Not?

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hosted the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit in a “hybrid mode” from 28 to 30 March 2022, marking the grouping’s 25 years of existence. As was...

April 7 , 2022

Book Launch of ‘BIMSTEC: The Journey and the Way Ahead’

On 30 September 2021, the Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual book launch session of the book edited by Dr Sreeradha Datta ‘BIMSTEC: The Journey and The Way Forward. The book was formally released by Ms Riva Ganguly Das,...

October 5 , 2021