India-Middle East–Europe Corridor (IMEC) significant for infra-finance reforms Subject: IR Section: Places in news Key Points: India’s presidency of G20 saw two major initiatives in the field of developmental finance that were announced as part of the Delhi Declaration. The first is the launching of an alternative model for inter-continental infrastructure creation through […]

    France and Germany, the two largest economies in the European Union, pushed new proposals for the enlargement of the 27­ member bloc Subject :IR Section: International Groupings The European Union must radically overhaul its decision-making and funding before it can accept more countries to join the 27-nation bloc by 2030, a paper commissioned […]

    Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh and demands surrender Subject: IR Section: Places in news Why has fighting broken out in Nagorno-Karabakh? For the past nine months, Azerbaijan has imposed an effective blockade on the only route into the enclave from Armenia, known as the Lachin Corridor. Azerbaijan said it had launched its operation […]

    EU chief promises a plan of action as migrants flock to Italian island Subject: IR Section: Places in news Context Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Lampedusa in response to a surge in migrant arrivals. Migrant Arrivals in Italy Italy has seen a […]