PM’s message on World Health Day
Why in news? PM has given following message: “Today on World Health Day, let us not only pray for each other’s good health and well-being but also reaffirm our gratitude towards all those doctors, nurses, medical staff and healthcare workers who are bravely leading the battle against the COVID-19 menace.” Details about World Health […]
LIBYA SUMMIT SEEKS END TO FOREIGN MEDDLING
Why in news? World leaders made a fresh push for peace in Libya at a summit in Berlin on January 19, 2020 Details UN-led talks in Berlin is a bid to curb military interference, help relaunch political dialogue The summit’s main goal is to get foreign powers wielding influence in the region to stop interfering […]
IRAQI PARLIAMENT VOTES TO EXPEL U.S. TROOPS
Why in News? The Iraqi Parliament called on the government to work to end all foreign troop presence in the country as the backlash grew against the killing of top Iranian military General Qassem Soleiman Details: A resolution passed by a special session of Parliament said the government should cancel its request for assistance from […]
INDIA CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE AS TRUMP INVOKES DELHI
Why in News? President of the United States of America, Donald Trump blamed the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani for terror attacks including one in Delhi. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was assassinated on 3rd January by airstrikes on Baghdad under directions from Donald Trump. Details Iran’s Ambassador to India denied […]
FALLOUTS FOR INDIA DUE TO U.S. AIR STRIKE ON IRAN
The terse statement masked the deep unease about how far the ripples from this sharp spike in US-Iran tensions will extend across the region, and impact India. With Iran vowing revenge, a possible widening of the US-Iran conflict, from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan and Pakistan, will not leave India unaffected. India should position itself in […]
U.S. KILLS TOP IRANIAN GENERAL IN AIR STRIKE
Why in News? The U.S. killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, in an air strike near Baghdad airport, the Pentagon and Iran said Iranian authorities have reacted with predictable vehemence at Gen. Soleimani’s “martyrdom” and vowed vengeance. This tit for tat between the U.S. and Iran could easily go […]
INDIA-NEPAL TO HOLD TALKS OVER KALAPANI
Kalapani Region of the Uttarakhand is the bone of contention between India and Nepal. India has recently released its new political map– released by Survey of India About Survey of India The Survey of India is India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. It is under ministry of Science and Technology and […]
SAUDI KING TO CHAIR G20 VIRTUAL SUMMIT
Focus: GS-III International Relations, Prelims Why in news? Leaders of the G20 group of nations will hold a video conference on 26th March 2020. The virtual summit will be led by King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia which is the current president of the economic grouping. Details G20 members will be joined […]
SRI LANKA NOTIFIES UN ABOUT RIGHTS RESOLUTION WITHDRAWAL
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Sri Lanka on 27th February formally notified the UN Human Right Council that it was withdrawing from the UN resolution on post-war accountability and reconciliation – statement at the High-Level Segment at the ongoing UNHRC session. History of Sri Lanka’s UNHRC Resolution In 2015, six years after Sri […]
J&K ‘WAS, IS AND SHALL FOREVER’ REMAIN ITS INTEGRAL PART: INDIA TELLS PAKISTAN AT UNHRC MEETING
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Jammu and Kashmir will remain an integral part of India for ever, and the world should act against countries that shelter terrorists, India told the Human Rights Council on 26th February 2020, speaking at the 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council. Other Statements: The transformative changes wrought […]