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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
21
Jun

Subject: IR Context: Government of India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) here today signed a $750 million “COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Programme” to assist India to strengthen its response to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and vulnerable households. Concept: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a […]

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India China Agreement
19
Jun

Subject: IR Context: China through its military action at Galwan in Ladakh, which resulted in three killed on the Indian side, has violated three key bilateral agreements — 1993, 1996 and 2013 that have been central to maintaining peace and tranquility on the disputed Line of Actual Control. Concept: 1993 agreement The 1993 agreement clearly states that in case personnel from […]

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UNSC Non-Permanent members and election
19
Jun

Subject:IR Context: India is elected to the non-permanent seat of the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming support. India gets 184 out of the 192 valid votes polled Concept: The UNSC is composed of 15 members: five permanent members, and 10 non-permanent members who are elected by the General Assembly. The non-permanent members […]

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75th UNGA
18
Jun

Subject:IR Context: Turkish diplomat VolkanBozkir was elected president of 75th UN General Assembly. Concept: The term United Nations was first coined by the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used as a collective pledge of representatives of 26 nations on the 1st January, 1942, as a commitment to continue to fight against the […]

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United Nation Security Council
17
Jun

Subject: IR Context: India is expected to have a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections that will make India non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term Concept: The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first–century challenges. The […]

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Nuclear Weapons
16
Jun

Subject: IR/Science and tech Context: China and Pakistan possess more nuclear weapons than India, according to a new yearbook released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Concept: Findings: The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) together […]

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Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI or Gee-Pay)
16
Jun

Subject: IR Context: India becomes founding member of global alliance on AI Concept: GPAI is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and economic growth. This is also a first initiative of its type for evolving better understanding of the challenges […]

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Indian Ocean commission
15
Jun

Subject: IR Context: India is looking to post Navy Liaison Officers at the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC) in Madagascar and also at the European maritime surveillance initiative in the Strait of Hormuz for improved Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). Concept: The RMFIC functions under the aegis of the IOC, of which India became an […]

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International Religious Freedom Report, 2019
12
Jun

Subject: IR Context: India rejects US government report on religious freedom Concept: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) had in its April report called for India to be designated a “country of particular concern”, along with China, Iran, Russia and Syria. CAA, NRC, J&K status are cited as reason for India’s status in […]

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ICC
12
Jun

Subject: IR Context: U.S. President has issued an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals involved in an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation over U.S. forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan Concept: The International Criminal Court (“the ICC” or “the Court”) is a permanent international court established to investigate, prosecute and try individuals accused of committing […]

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