What’s in the news? As part of yet another deployment undertaken by the Indian Navy since 2020 under Mission SAGAR, Indian Naval Ship Kesari entered the Port of Maputo, Mozambique recently. This is the eighth such deployment in consonance with …
CONTEXT India does not have a tradition of shadow cabinets, which remains behind the government in power with ready alternative approaches to policy matters. Here the opposition challenges government policies, but provides no alternatives to be adopted in the event …
NEWS For a lasting solution to the India-Nepal floods, an intergovernmental panel must be formed with local representation. CONTEXT Over the years, many of Bihar’s districts have been facing serious challenges with recurrent and massive flooding. This year too, it …
CONTEXT The recent bombing by the Islamic State outside Kabul airport that killed about 200 Afghans and 13 Americans at a time when the U.S. was scrambling to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan was a tragic testimony to everything that …
CONTEXT Recently, more evidence has emerged that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is expanding the size of its nuclear arsenal by building more missile silos. CONCERNS The source of concern is over: The scope and prospective size of the …
CONTEXT The present development is taking place in the background of the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan which has resulted in Afghanistan going into a full-blown civil war. In order to protect its civilian assets, India has decided …
CONTEXT Recently, there have been irresponsible comments from Indian important political leaders which are affecting India’s bilateral relationship with the other countries. Comments like, new strain of Coronavirus from Singapore extremely perilous for children, describing illegal Bangladeshi immigrants as vermin …
NEWS Peace with Pakistan is not just a bilateral matter, but is essential for India to transform South Asia. BACKGROUND In late February this year the Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan gave the statement that they …
CONTEXT Bangladesh will celebrate its 50 years of Independence as on 26th March 2021. India- Bangladesh relationship has oscillated over the last fifty years during different regimes in Bangladesh. But in recent times, relationships have been mostly cordial. Despite that …
CONTEXT By abstaining from the vote on the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, India has signalled its unwillingness to upset its neighbour. REASONS BEHIND THIS MOVE OF INDIA India seems to have utilised the opportunity to preserve …