India-Central Asia Summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit in virtual format on 27 January 2022, which was attended by Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan. This first India-Central Asia coincided with the 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between […]
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EU Case Against Beijing at World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO): The European Union has launched a case against Beijing at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for targeting Lithuania over its stance on Taiwan. Lithuania made waves in July when it allowed Taiwan to open a diplomatic outpost in Vilnius. The move outraged Beijing, which does not recognise Taiwan as a state […]
America COMPETES Act
The America COMPETES Act: The United States has unveiled the ambitious America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act, 2022, which proposes to open up new vistas for talented individuals from across the world with a new start-up visa. It aims to make the supply chains stronger and reinvigorate the […]
First Female Judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court
Ayesha Malik: In a historic moment for Pakistan’s judiciary, Lahore High Court’s Justice Ayesha Malik was sworn in as the Supreme Court’s first female judge The swearing in of the first female judge of Pakistan’s highest court – which was established in 1956 – is noteworthy. Compare this to India, where the Supreme Court (established […]
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso’s army announced that it had ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and closed the country’s borders. Army has toppled governments over the past 18 months in Mali and Guinea. The military also took over in Chad last year (2021) after President Idriss Deby […]
Environmental Emergency In Peru
Environmental Emergency In Peru: The Peruvian government declared a 90-day “environmental emergency” in damaged coastal territories, after an oil spill that saw 6,000 barrels of crude oil pour into the sea. The spill was caused by freak waves, which resulted from the eruption of a volcano in Tonga. The oil spill came out of a […]
Pangong Tso: Standoff between India and China
Pangong Tso: Construction of a bridge by China on the Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh is a latest addition to the ongoing standoff between India and China. It is being built on the north bank of the Pangong Tso and the Chushul sub-sector on the south bank. The site of the bridge is within India’s […]
Houthis: Important Points
Houthis: Two Indians and a Pakistani were killed and six other people including two Indians were injured in an attack by suspected drones on three petroleum tankers at an oil facility in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The attack was claimed by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen. Indians were not the target of […]
Houthis Attack: UAE
Houthis Attack UAE: The roots of the Houthi movement can be traced to “Believing Youth” (Muntada al-Shahabal-Mu’min), a Zaydi revivalist group founded by Hussein al-Houthi and his father, Badr al-Din al-Houthi, in the early 1990s. Badr al-Din was an influential Zaydi cleric in northern Yemen. Inspired by the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the rise […]
