Palestine Peace Process Subject – IR Context – India will support “all efforts” to restart the peace process between Israel and Palestine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla conveyed to the UN Security Council meeting on Monday which also witnessed tabling of an important resolution on Afghanistan. Concept – History – Britain took control […]

    Israel Subject – IR Context – Israel strikes Gaza after balloon attack, clashes Concept –

    Strait of Malacca Subject – IR Concept – Straits of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 580 mi (930 km) in length, between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. As the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, it is one of the […]

    South China Sea Subject – IR Context – China to require foreign vessels to report in ‘territorial waters’. Concept – South China Sea is an arm of western Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia. It is connected by Taiwan Strait with the East China Sea and by Luzon Strait with the Philippine Sea. This sea holds tremendous strategic importance for its location as it is the connecting link […]

    Maritime Zones Subject – IR Context – China to require foreign vessels to report in ‘territorial waters’. Concept – Baseline – It is the low-water line along the coast as officially recognized by the coastal state. Internal Waters: Internal waters are waters on the landward side of the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. Each coastal state […]

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Subject – IR Context – China to require foreign vessels to report in ‘territorial waters’. Concept – The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international treaty which was adopted and signed in 1982. UNCLOS is the only international convention which stipulates a framework for state […]

    West Asia Subject – IR Context – Afghanistan overshadows key West Asia summit. Concept – Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost sub region of the continent of Asia. It is entirely a part of the Greater Middle East and almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, […]

    Universal Postal Union Subject – IR Context – UN bans British stamps in Chagos Island. Concept – A specialized agency of United Nations that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to worldwide postal system. Established in 1874 and is second oldest international organization worldwide after International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which was […]

    Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) Subject – IR Context – Indian firm to build a bridge in the Maldives Concept – This infrastructure project, the largest-ever by India in the Maldives, involves the construction of a 6.74-km-long bridge and causeway link. It will connect the Maldives capital Malé with the neighbouring islands of Villingli, Gulhifalhu and Thilafushi. The seeds of the […]