CONTEXT The Atmanirbhar Bharat programme and the Budget 2021-22 have set the tone to bolster supply chains and achieve self-reliance. Realising this vision of a self-reliant India would entail localising an increasing share of value added along supply chains through …
Background The Diaoyu archipelago (known as the Senkakus in Japanese) is an uninhabited chain of islands in the East China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Japan. In recent years, the increased presence of Japanese and Chinese vessels in nearby …
About IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, contributing to international peace …
NEWS Indian leaders have committed to supporting the rights of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka against the gross abuse of human rights to “live with equity, equality, justice, peace and dignity”. BACKGROUND The period from 2005 to 2015 under the …
CONTEXT Dispelling the existing concerns about disruption of the Inauguration ceremony of the 46th President of the United States, after the unprecedented event that the country witnessed in the Capitol building, finally democracy triumphed in the states of America. The …
About Open Skies Treaty The Open Skies Treaty allows countries to monitor signatories’ arms development by conducting unarmed, surveillance flights over each other’s territories. It entered into force in 2002 and currently has thirty-four state parties—the United States, Canada, Russia, …
Why in the news? There has been an increase in Chinese presence in Indian ocean. India is countering Chinese presence through enhancing military strength and synergy with other Indian ocean nations. In the light of the adversary with China, a …
CONTEXT A politically-guided doctrine and comprehensive military capability are needed to deal with the China-Pakistan threat. OPINIONS TILL RECENT INDIAN MILITARY- India’s military was firmly of the view that a collusive China-Pakistan military threat was a real possibility, and we …
What is the CPEC project? China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) refers to a clutch of major infrastructure works currently under way in Pakistan, intended to link Kashgar in China’s Xinjiang province to Gwadar deep sea port close to Pakistan’s border with …