Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies : WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) was concluded at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting. It will prohibit subsidies from being provided for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and overfished stocks. The agreement also prohibits providing subsidies for fishing on high seas, which are outside the jurisdiction of […]
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Initiatives To Boost Electric Mobility
Initiatives To Boost Electric Mobility: NITI Aayog launched two significant initiatives — E-AMRIT (Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution for India’s Transportation) mobile application to raise awareness of electric mobility Report on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and Recycling Market in India (supported by UK’s green growth fund technical cooperation) Glasgow Breakthroughs ( launched at the COP26 climate […]
Iran And Belarus To Be The Newest SCO Members
Iran And Belarus To Be The Newest SCO Members: Iran and Belarus are likely to be the two newest additions to the China and Russia-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) India will host the SCO summit next year, and Varanasi has been selected as the SCO region’s first “Tourism and Cultural Capital”. Key Highlights: Iran to […]
Integrated Food Parks
Integrated Food Parks: India will provide “appropriate land” for “food parks” across the country that will be built in collaboration with Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. The plan for the “integrated food parks” was announced in a joint statement after the leaders of the I2U2 grouping — India, Israel, the UAE […]
First I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Leaders Virtual Summit
First I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Leaders Virtual Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the First I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Leaders’ Virtual Summit on July 14, 2022 along with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the US President Joe Biden. The Leaders will discuss the possible joint projects within the framework […]
G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting
G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting: The External Affairs Minister of India met with the US Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister and other counter parts in Bali (Indonesia) on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting. The meeting was held under the theme of “Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together.” G20 […]
New Sherpa Of G-20
New Sherpa Of G-20: Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant will be the new Sherpa of G-20. Commerce minister Piyush Goel will give up the position as Sherpa of G-20. With the G-20 presidency coming to India, a full-time Sherpa is required who would be needed to devote a lot of time to meetings that […]
African Union Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary
African Union Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary: The African Union is celebrating its 20th Anniversary on 9th of July 2022. The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent In 1963, the Organization of African Unity was founded by the independent […]
Mekong – Lancang Cooperation
Mekong – Lancang Cooperation: Myanmar’s military government hosted the first high – level regional meeting since the Army took power in 2021. China’s Foreign Minister and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations attended the meeting. Foreign Minister of China along with his colleagues from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam at the Mekong – Lancang Cooperation […]
2022 UN Ocean Conference
2022 UN Ocean Conference: The 2022 UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, took place on 27 June – 1 July 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal. The overall theme of the Conference was: “Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions.” […]