Why in News: A year since the violent clash between the Armies of India and China in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has built additional accommodation in the depth areas along the Line …
About G20 Founded in 1999, the Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for its members’ international economic cooperation and decision-making. The G20 comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, …
CONTEXT Recent article “The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?” was published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The work has made a strong case for a fuller investigation into the Origin of …
Belt and Road Initiative China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to strengthen Beijing’s economic leadership through a vast program of infrastructure building throughout China’s neighbouring regions. Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the vast collection of development and …
CONTEXT Recently Northern Ireland witnessed communal clashes which left 74 policemen injured. The event threatens to undermine the fragile peace between Protestant pro-British loyalist unionists who want to remain part of the United Kingdom forever, and Catholic pro-Irish nationalists who …
CONTEXT It has been ten years since the outbreak of the crisis in Syria took place and at present, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad seems to have won the civil war. BACKGROUND In 2015, before the Russian intervention, Syrian …
CONTEXT Japan, Iran, Turkey and India are well set to shape the emerging world order. START OF NEW COLD WAR U.S- CHINA HOSTILITY The U.S. continues to view China as its principal adversary on the world stage, therefore it has …
What’s in the news? The U.S. Treasury’s ‘Monitoring List’ has placed India among the 11 countries with regard to their currency practices. The April 2021 edition of the semi-annual report is the first from the Biden administration. India was on …
What’s in the news? Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said he hoped India would ‘reassess’ its stand on regional trading agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). He …