About Kartarpur Corridor The crossing allows Sikh devotees from India to visit the gurdwara in Kartarpur, 4.7 kilometres from the India–Pakistan border on the Pakistani side without a visa. It is in Kartarpur Sahib that Guru Nanak Dev had spent …
What’s in the news? The Third Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan held recently in New Delhi chaired by the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Heads of the national security establishments of all the Central Asian countries, and Russia and Iran …
Background The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, was reached between Iran and six world powers known as the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) in …
What’s in the news? For the first time National Security Advisors (NSA) of all Central Asian nations will be participating in the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan next week. The meeting in New Delhi is of significance as it …
About OSOWOG The idea of ‘One Sun One World One Grid’ (OSOWOG) was originally proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in October 2018. OSOWOG is India’s initiative to build a …
Background In a move to counter China’s dominance of the supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region, trade ministers of India, Japan and Australia formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in April 2021. Committed to building resilient supply chains …
India is the world’s third-largest energy consuming country, thanks to rising incomes and improving standards of living. Energy use has doubled since 2000, with 80% of demand still being met by coal, oil and solid biomass. In India, that energy transformation …
Recent political developments have pushed Afghanistan into economic crisis. In August, the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan, with immediate repercussions across an economy already facing daunting development challenges. Rapid reduction in international grant support, loss of access to offshore assets, …