Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional Anti-Terror Structure Meeting: Counterterrorism teams from Russia, China, Pakistan and Central Asian countries will gather in Delhi ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional Anti-Terror Structure (SCO-RATS) meeting hosted by India from May 16 to 19. While both India and Pakistan have no bilateral engagement at present and have not attended […]
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Second Global Summit On Covid-19
Second Global Summit On Covid-19: The Second Global Summit on COVID-19 was recently held virtually. The summit was co-hosted by the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal. Theme of the Second Global COVID Summit: Preventing Pandemic Fatigue and Prioritizing Preparedness. Objectives of the Second Global Summit on COVID-19: To accelerate efforts to increase global […]
Association Of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA)
Association Of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA): India has been unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-2024 at the recently held meeting of the Executive board and General Assembly at Manila, Philippines on May 7, 2022. Commission on Elections, Manila was the current chair of AAEA. The […]
Sixth Edition Of The India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations
Sixth Edition Of The India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today co-chaired the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin The biennial IGC is a unique dialogue format that also sees participation of several Ministers from both sides. This was the Prime Minister’s first IGC with Chancellor […]
Raisina Dialogue
Raisina Dialogue: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the seventh edition of Raisina Dialogue on April 25, 2022. President of the European Union Ursula Von Der Leyen is the chief guest at the Dialogue. The three-day Dialogue is based on the theme – Terranova, impassioned, impatient, imperiled. There are six broad thematic pillars of the Dialogue […]
First Navigation Chart : India- Maldives
First Navigation Chart : India- Maldives During a three–day visit to the Maldives, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Adm R. Hari Kumar unveiled the first navigation chart that has been jointly produced by India and Maldives. He also handed over hydrography equipment to strengthen the Maldivian National Defence Forces’ (MNDF) capabilities. He also visited the […]
Colombo Security Conclave Virtual Conference
Colombo Security Conclave Virtual Conference: The Colombo Security Conclave Virtual Conference on Sharing of experiences in investigation of terrorism cases was organised by the National Investigation Agency of India on 19 April 2022. Panellists and participants from India, Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh participated in the virtual conference. The Colombo Security Conclave is a […]
China Solomon Islands Security Agreement
China Solomon Islands Security Agreement: China said it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, a first-of-its-kind arrangement that could pave the way for further Chinese security deals overseas. The two sides signed an inter-governmental framework agreement on security cooperation. Under the agreement, the two sides “will conduct cooperation in such areas as […]
What Is a War Crime?
What Is a War Crime? Germany, France and other countries have accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long occupation. Victims were seen by Reuters in a mass grave […]
Ind- Aus ECTA
Ind- Aus ECTA: India signed a historic trade agreement with Australia, the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind- Aus ECTA). In February 2022, India and Australia announced that they were going to sign such an agreement. The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched in September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis by […]