Subject:IR Context: USS Nimitz, US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier exercised with the Indian Navy near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Concept: Usually, PASSEX drills happen whenever there is an opportunity. This means that such exercises happen spontaneously and there is nothing pre-planned. Very recently, the Indian Navy had similar drills with the Japanese Navy as […]
Subject: IR Context: China’s plastic ban Concept: China’s “National Sword” policy, enacted in January 2018, banned the import of most plastics and other materials headed for that nation’s recycling processors, which had handled nearly half of the world’s recyclable waste for the past quarter century. The move was an effort to halt a deluge of […]
Subject: IR Context: The United Nations designated Pakistan based terror organisation Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan’s leader, Mufti Noor WaliMehsud, as a global terrorist. Concept: Article 41 of the United Nations Charter gives the Security Council the authority to use a variety of measures to enforce its decisions. The Council regularly creates subsidiary organs to support or implement […]
Subject: IR Context: In high-Level Segment of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session, Indian Prime Minister has stressed the importance of multilateralism and called for reforms in United Nations Concept: The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the 6 principal organs of the United Nations System established by the UN Charter […]
Subject:IR Context: QUAD grouping is gaining attention in view of growing assertiveness of China in south China sea. Concept: The grouping consists of Japan, India, United States and Australia. All four nations find a common ground of being the democratic nations and common interests of unhindered maritime trade and security. The idea was first mooted by Japanese […]
Subject: IR Context: Iran has dropped India from Chabahar port project. Concept: Chabahar is located strategically offMakran coast in the Gulf of Oman at the southern end of Persian Gulf and Iran’s closest and best access point to the Indian Ocean. It is far away from Iran’s other major port of Bandar Abbas that currently […]
Subject: Economy/IR Context: 15 July is celebrated as World Youth Skills Day. Concept: The United Nations invented day aims at spreading awareness of the importance that technical and vocational education, training, and the development of new skills holds in our lives and is relevant to both local and global economies. The day highlights the opportunities and […]
Subject:IR Context: India plans to invite Australia to join the annual Malabar naval exercise that has so far included Japan and the U.S. Concept: The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bi-lateral one between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean. However, this joint naval exercise was suspended from 1998 to 2001 as the […]
Subject: IR Context: Maldives has asked Indian government to establish an air bubble or air travel bridge with India as it goes to reopen tourism sector from July 15 Concept: Maldives is located to the southwest of India in the Indian Ocean The economy of the Maldives is almost entirely driven by tourism, which makes up […]
Subject: IR Context: Kuwait is planning to reduce the share of foreigners in the country’s population thereby benefitting locals in employment. Concept: Around 8 million Indians work in the GCC countries. Of them, around 2.1 million of them are from Kerala. Other major contributors to the Indian expatriate communities in GCC countries are Uttar Pradesh, […]