Category: International Relationship Current Affairs

WTO Panel Rules Against India: World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has ruled that India has violated global trading rules by imposing import duties on IT products, such as mobile phones and components, and integrated circuits. India had introduced import duties of between 7.5% and 20% for IT products- mobile, components, and ICs. In 2019, the […]

India-Brazil-South Africa Forum: The trilateral India-Brazil-South Africa forum is likely to receive increased diplomatic focus, according to persons aware of the matter. IBSA Forum is a Trilateral Dialogue Forum of India, Brazil and South Africa which was created in the year 2003. The grouping was formalised under the name of the IBSA Dialogue Forum under […]

G7 Ministers Meet: The G7 countries pledged to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal. G7 is an intergovernmental organisation of leading industrialised nations formed in 1975. Member countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United […]

Safety Across Asia For The Global Environment (SAFE): China is not participating in a United Nations project called Safety Across Asia for the Global Environment (SAFE) to survey high-risk facilities, including Asian wet markets, that may cause the spread of infectious diseases from animals to humans. Also, Vietnam and Laos have yet to approve the […]

The Language Friendship Bridge: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has envisaged a project called ‘The Language Friendship Bridge’, which aims to expand cultural footprint in neighborhoods with whom India has historical ties. The project aims to enable India to translate its epics and classics, as well as contemporary literature, into these languages so […]

Comprehensive And Progressive Agreement For Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): Britain agreed to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). CPTPP is a free trade agreement (FTA) that was agreed upon in 2018 between 11 countries. These include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. It does not […]

Defense Cooperation Agreement : India And Romania India and Romania have signed the Defense Cooperation Agreement, aiming to set up and expand Military Cooperation between both countries. The agreement will provide the legal framework for future cooperation in the field of defense through the exchange of expertise and knowledge on subjects of mutual interest including […]