MILAN 2020
Why in news? Feb 2016, the City of Destiny Visakhapatnam is gearing up to host another International Naval event ‘MILAN’ in March 2020 More about MILAN MILAN 2020 is a multilateral naval exercise aimed to enhance professional interaction between friendly foreign navies and learn from each other’s strengths and best practices in the maritime domain. […]
A MULTILATERAL ALTERNATIVE, BY ASIA
Why in news? After 200 years, Asian economies are again larger than the rest of the, world’s combined. As India and china resolve their border dispute, Asia is providing the multilateral alternative to the world divided by values, and no longer by ideology. As the world leader in digital transactions China is developing block chain […]
FROM THE BRINK OF WAR
Why in news? US president, Donald Trump made a statement following the missile attacks on US bases in Iran and said that, there were no causalities reported from the side of U.S. Self-defence of Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif invoked Article 51 of the UN Charter, which allows member states to take military actions in […]
ANALYSIS: WHAT IS NEXT IN IRAN-U.S. CONFLICT?
Iran on 8th January 2020, launched ballistic missile attacks at American troops in two military bases in Iraq – Five days after Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force chief, was killed in a U.S. air strike outside Baghdad airport,. Statements: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said that the attacks on the Erbil and […]
INDIA ASKS CITIZENS TO AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO IRAN
In light of the turmoil in Iraq, India has issued a travel advisory to avoid “non-essential” travel to that country. “In view of the prevailing situation in Iraq,” as a precautionary measure, the Ministry of External Affairs has issued a travel advisory -“Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq until further […]
WON’T GIVE BLACK BOXES TO U.S.: IRAN
Why in news? Iran’s aviation authority said it would not hand over to Americans the recovered black boxes of a Boeing 737 that crashed on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew. Details Under the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), of which Iran, Ukraine and the U.S. are all members, air crash […]
UKRAINIAN PLANE CRASH IN IRAN KILLS ALL 176 ON BOARD
Why in news? A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on 8th January killing all 176 on board, mainly Iranians and Canadians. How did the crash occur? The crash occurred amid high tensions in West Asia and shortly after Tehran launched missiles at bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops. But there was no […]
TRUMP BACKS AWAY FROM FURTHER CONFLICT AFTER IRAN HITS U.S. TROOPS
Why in news? U.S. President Donald Trump Backing away from further conflict, said on 8th January 2020, that Iranian missile strikes on bases in Iraq had not harmed any U.S. troops stationed there and damage was minimal, an outcome he said showed Tehran wanted to prevent an escalation into conflict. Iranian Forces fired missiles at […]