HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Subject : International Relations Context: Human Rights Watch said that Israel is committing the crime of “apartheid” by seeking to maintain Jewish “domination” over Palestinians and its own Arab population. Concept : Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and […]
SAUDI GREEN INITIATIVE Subject: International Relations Context: Saudi Prince Announces ‘Middle East Green’ Initiative To ‘fight Climate Crisis’ Concept: The “Green Saudi” and the “Green Middle East” initiatives, the largest of their kind in the world, are aimed to protect the planet through containing climate change and promoting nature and thus enabling the […]
CRISIS IN CHAD Subject : International Relations Context: Recently, Chad’s longest serving president IdrissDeby died of injuries sustained during clashes with the rebel group FACT (Front for Change and Concord in Chad) on the frontlines. Concept: The motive behind military operations in the Sahel countries is to fight Islamist groups, monitor political ambitions, […]
NON REFOULEMENT Subject : International Relations Context : Supreme Court must rethink its order on deportation of Rohingya refugees. Concept : Non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law that forbids a country receiving asylum seekers from returning them to a country in which they would be in likely danger of persecution based […]
ASEAN EMERGENCY SUMMIT Subject : International Relations Context : ASEAN leaders demand immediate end to ‘unacceptable’ killings in Myanmar, following emergency summit. Concept : At the meeting in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) also told Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing that they wanted a commitment […]
UK PARLIAMENT DECLARES GENOCIDE IN CHINA Subject : International Relations Context : UK Parliament unanimously declares the Chinese government is committing a Genocide against Uyghurs in historic first. Concept : The House of Commons has unanimously declared that Uyghurs and other minorities in the Xinjiang region are victims of Genocide and Crimes Against […]
CWGC Subject : International Relations Context : Commonwealth war graves: PM ‘deeply troubled’ over racism Concept : The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service […]
INDIA US CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE Subject : International Relations Context: Recently, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden launched the India-US Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted by the US. Concept : India has made an ambitious commitment of achieving the renewable energy target […]
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE Subject : International Relations Context : US President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire that occurred more than a century ago. Concept : While Turkey disagrees, the consensus among historians is that […]
OPCW Subject : International Relations Context : India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has been appointed as external auditor of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at The Hague. Concept : The OPCW is an independent, autonomous international organisation with a working relationship with the United Nations. The Organisation for […]