ACCELERATED EFFORTS TO END MALARIA Subject : International Relations Context : The ongoing 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) — the main governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO) comprising 194 member states — has adopted a new resolution to accelerate efforts to end malaria. Concept : The disease — caused by parasites […]

    RWANDA GENOCIDE Subject : International Relations Context : Macron asks Rwanda to forgive France over 1994 genocide role Concept : In April, every year, Rwanda begins its annual 100 days of mourning that coincides with the length of the genocide against Tutsi minority. In Rwanda, about 85% of the population used to comprise […]

    QUAD Subject : International Relations Context : Quad ‘targeting’ China, says Consul General. Concept : It is a four-nation alliance of India, Australia, USA and Japan which was established in 2007. It is often dubbed as an “Asian” or “mini” NATO, and is viewed as a counterbalance to China’s military and economic clout […]

    TULSA RACE MASSACRE Subject : International Relations Context : US President Joe Biden will next week visit the city of Tulsa in Oklahoma state, in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, known among the worst incidents of racial strife in American history. Concept : In 1921, from the evening […]

    CHINA – CEEC Subject: International Relations Context: Lithuania said it was quitting China’s 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states that includes other EU members, calling it “divisive”. Concept: Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (China-CEE, China-CEEC, a) is an initiative by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

    MEDICINE PATENT POOL Subject: International Relations / S&T Context: Responding to anti-TRIPS activism from low-income countries and realising they would not be able to profit off of low-income markets anyway, some manufacturers placed licensing agreements to produce AIDS drugs for which they owned patent rights in the UN-affiliated Medicines Patent Pool. Concept: The […]