G 20 Subject – IR Context – Goyal pushes for IPR waiver on vaccines, breaking trade barriers Concept – Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal made a renewed call for a temporary waiver of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on vaccines and medical products and dismantling of new trade barriers such as vaccine discrimination […]

    G-20 Subject – IR Context – Piyush Goyal is Sherpa for G20 summit. Concept – The G20 is an informal group of 19 countries and the European Union, with representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The G20 membership comprises a mix of the world’s largest advanced and emerging economies, representing about two-thirds of […]

    G 20 Subject: International Organisations Context: Leaders of the world’s largest economies back “voluntary licensing” of Covid-19 vaccine patents, the draft conclusions of a summit show, watering down a US push for waivers and earlier commitments to supply more funds to the World Health Organization. Concept: The G20 is an informal group of […]