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QUAD Meeting 2021

Quad: The White House announced that US President Joe Biden will be hosting the first in-person meeting of the Quad countries on September 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga will be present at the meeting. Following the Indian Ocean tsunami, India, Japan, Australia, and the US created […]

US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)

US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP): The revamped US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership SCEP was launched during the ministerial meeting of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry with the US Ministry of Energy. The SCEP was launched in accordance with the US – India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by both countries […]

U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)

U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP): Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri co-chaired a virtual Ministerial meeting with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ms. Jennifer Granholm to launch the revamped U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP). The SCEP is launched in accordance with U.S.-India Climate and […]

Food Emergency In Sri Lanka: Reasons

Food Emergency In Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan President, has declared an economic emergency to contain rising food prices, a depreciating currency, and rapidly depleting forex reserves. The emergency was declared under the Public Security Ordinance on the supply of essential goods. Factors Responsible for Sri Lankan Economic Crisis: Underperforming Tourism Industry: The tourism industry, which […]

China’s New Maritime Rules

China’s New Maritime Rules From September 1, 2021, China’s new maritime rules designed to control the entry of foreign vessels in what Beijing calls “Chinese territorial waters” take effect. Foreign vessels, both military and commercial, will be henceforth required to submit to Chinese supervision in “Chinese territorial waters,” as per the new law. The move […]

China’s New Sea-Road-Rail Link To Indian Ocean

China’s New Sea-Road-Rail Link To Indian Ocean: A new sea-road-rail link providing Chengdu (China) with access to the Indian Ocean via Yangon (Myanmar) was opened. The trade corridor is China’s first to link western China with the Indian Ocean. About New Trade Corridor: The new trade corridor passage connects the logistics lines of Singapore, Myanmar […]

Resolution 2593 : United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2593: Despite the abstention of two “P5” countries — Russia and China — from the India-led United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2593, the Government of India said it was a “matter of satisfaction” that the resolution addressed India’s “key concerns” on Afghanistan. P5 refers to the five permanent […]

North Korea’s Main Nuclear Complex

North Korea’s Main Nuclear Complex: The UN atomic agency has observed that North Korea might have resumed its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor This observation is based on the resumption of work on the 5-megawatt reactor in Yongbyon — North Korea’s main nuclear complex North Korean leader had offered to dismantle part of the Yongbyon complex at […]

Quad Grouping: Recent Developments

What Is Quad grouping? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday while stating that unexpected Paradigm shifts affects countries globally that the Quadrilateral grouping has been constituted keeping these things in mind. The quadrilateral security dialogue includes Japan, India, United States and Australia. In March 2020, the Quad members held a meeting with representatives from […]

Greater Malé Connectivity Project (GMCP)

Greater Malé Connectivity Project (GMCP) The Maldives government officially signed an agreement with Mumbai-based company AFCONS, for the construction of the Greater Malé Connectivity Project (GMCP). This infrastructure project, the largest-ever by India in the Maldives, involves the construction of a 6.74-km-long bridge and causeway link that will connect the Maldives capital Malé with the […]