SCO CULTURE MINISTERS’ MEETING
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Union Minister of State (I//C) for Culture and Tourism participated in the 17th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Culture Ministers’ Meeting. Highlights Discussion was held on the role and place of culture during the global epidemiological crisis and on the prospects for developing multilateral cultural cooperation within the SCO. […]
TRIPURA AND FIRST-EVER INLAND WATERWAY WITH BANGLADESH
Focus: GS-II International Relations, GS-I Geography Introduction Tripura opens its first-ever inland waterway with Bangladesh from Sonamura (about 60 km from Agartala) in the Indian side, and Daudkandi of Chittagong in Bangladesh. This project was included in the list of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) routes agreed up in 2020. The ambitious project has already been projected […]
INDIA, 3 NATIONS CALL FOR UNSC REFORM
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? India has joined hands with Brazil, Germany and Japan to call for expediting the process for reforming the UN Security Council, with the four countries saying that inter-governmental negotiations on the issue have dragged on for more than a decade without substantial progress. Details The four countries, also […]
AGGRESSIVE MOVES BY CHINA NEAR PANGONG TSO
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? In an escalation of the ongoing standoff on the border in Ladakh, Chinese troops carried out aggressive moves to change the status quo on the South Bank of Pangong Tso and those attempts have been thwarted said the Indian Army. Details PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived […]
AUSTRALIA-INDIA-JAPAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry and other ministers from Australia and Japan held a Trilateral Ministerial Meeting through videoconference on Supply Chains Resilience. Joint Ministerial Statement adopted The Ministers reaffirmed their determination to take a lead in delivering a free, fair, inclusive, non-discriminatory, transparent, predictable and stable […]
INDIA’S COVID-19 VACCINE DIPLOMACY
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The Union government is working on at least five distinct ways, ranging from free vaccines to guaranteed supply, in which it can help its immediate neighbours as well as countries in West Asia, Africa and even Latin America. The idea is to leverage the country’s standing as the […]
CHINA CALLS FOR ‘IMPREGNABLE WALL’ FOR TIBET
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for building a “new modern socialist” Tibet, constructing an “impregnable wall” against separatism in the sensitive Himalayan region and “sinicisation” of the Tibetan Buddhism. Details The Chinese President in his address to the seventh Central Symposium on Tibet Work, said that efforts […]
INDIA DECIDES TO PULL OUT OF KAVKAZ 2020
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? India has withdrawn its participation in Kavkaz 2020 multinational exercise in Russia in September 2020 citing logistics difficulties due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are reports that it is mainly due to participation of Chinese troops amid the ongoing standoff in Ladakh. Another reason cited was the participation […]
JAPAN’S COMMITS RS 3,500 CRORE FOR HEALTHCARE IN INDIA
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The Govt. of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance loan of an amount of JPY50 billion (approx. Rs. 3,500 crore) for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support. This programme loan aims to support India’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 and to prepare the health system to manage future epidemics […]
17TH ASEAN-INDIA ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ CONSULTATIONS
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways co-chaired the 17th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations held virtually on 2020. Details The meeting was attended by the Trade Ministers of all the 10 ASEAN countries. The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to take collective actions in mitigating the economic impact […]