Subject : International Relations Context : The Union Minister of External Affairs recently announced at the Geneva Donors conference that India is to construct the Shahtoot Dam across the Maidan river, a tributary of river Kabul in Afghanistan. Concept : The Shahtoot dam is to be constructed in Kabul river basin, one of the five […]
Subject: International Relations Context: A U.S. judge ordered the Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA programme that protects from deportation immigrants who came to the country illegally as children. Concept: DACA is an American immigration policy established by the Obama administration through an executive action in 2012. It allows some individuals who entered the country […]
Subject : International Relations Context : Global public health voices have urged members of the World Trade Organisation to keep the spirit of Doha Declaration. The proposal called for a waiver of certain intellectual property provisions during the pandemic on medical products developed to tackle Covid-19. Concept : The IP waiver would allow all countries […]
Subject : International Relations Context : India and the U.S. are looking to undertake training of military personnel for the missions from Southeast Asian countries on the lines of the ongoing initiative for African countries. Concept : India has consistently been among the top troop contributing nations to the UN and is the fifth largest […]
Subject: International Relations Context: Indian Council on Global Relations will welcome Canada and India’s top diplomats on Tuesday to discuss the growing strategic partnership between Canada and India in the era of COVID-19. This is the third Canada-India Track 1.5 Dialogue on Innovation, Growth and Prosperity meeting. Concept: Track 1.5 Diplomacy: This term is used […]
United Nations 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. How has the UN fared over the last seven decades? Introduction The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. Its mission and work guided by the purposes […]
Subject : International Relations Context : PM Narendra Modi highlighted during the 20th SCO Summit that India believes that to enhance connectivity it is important that we move forward while respecting one another’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.. Concept : SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation aiming […]
Subject : International Relations Context : Russia brokered a new peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the two countries that have been in a military conflict for over six weeks over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus. Concept : As per the new peace deal, both sides will now maintain positions in […]