Subject: IR Context : India slips 26 places to 105 in global economic freedom index Concept: According to the Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 report released by the Fraser Institute in Canada, India slipped 26 places to 105 among 162 countries and territories on the index of global economic freedom. The country ranked 79th […]
Subject:IR Context: With a focus on enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, India, Australia and France held the first trilateral dialogue where they discussed “economic and geostrategic challenges and cooperation” in the region, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic responses to it. Concept: France and Australia are India’s key partners in […]
Subject: IR Context: World Solar Technology Summit (WSTS) is going to be organized by the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Concept: The objective of the event is to bring the spotlight on state-of-the-art technologies as well as next-generation technologies which will provide impetus to the efforts towards harnessing the solar energy more efficiently. The event will […]
Subject: IR Context: Union Home Minister greeted the nation on International Literacy Day celebrated on September 8. Concept: Since 1967, International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a […]
Subject: IR Context: Amidst the race amongst individual nations to get hold of a Covid-19 vaccine, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will undertake the responsibility of procuring and supplying an effective vaccine to about 92 low and middle-income countries of the world under the Covax Global Vaccines Facility. Concept: UNICEF UNICEF promotes the rights […]
Subject: IR Context: Union Environment Minister is chairing a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on, September 7, 2020. Concept: The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution to hold an International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on December 19, 2019, during its 74th session and invited the […]
Subject: IR Context: After November 2019 presidential polls and the August 2020 general election in Sri Lanka, the spotlight has fallen on two key legislations in Sri Lanka’s Constitution. Concept: The sharp focus is the 13th Amendment passed in 1987, which mandates a measure of power devolution to the provincial councils established to govern the island’s nine […]
Subject: IR Context: Peaceful resolution of differences key to ensure regional stability said Indian defence minister at SCO meeting. Concept: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the […]
Subject: IR Context: The United Nations Security Council’s 1267 sanctions sub-committee rejected the last two names of Indian nationals that Pakistan had proposed to be brought under the sanctions regime against terrorists and terror groups. Concept: Article 41 of the United Nations Charter gives the Security Council the authority to use a variety of measures to […]