What Is Indo- Pacific? U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States will expand its military and economic relationships with partners in Asia to push back against China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. The idea of the Indo-Pacific as a single strategic space is an outgrowth of China’s growing influence in […]
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United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea (UNCLOS)
United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea (UNCLOS).: India remained committed to promoting a free, open and rules-based order rooted in international law and undaunted by coercion, the Centre informed Parliament while reiterating support for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). As a State party to the UNCLOS, […]
RELOS: Logistics Agreements with Russia
Logistics Agreements: India is all set to conclude the bilateral logistics agreement with Russia (the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS)) soon. RELOS will be an important step forward in the military sphere as it aims at fostering interoperability and sharing of logistics. The “long overdue” agreement was to have come up for signing in […]
RATS-SCO: India assumed the Chairmanship
Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS-SCO): India assumed the Chairmanship of Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS-SCO) in 2021 for a period of one year. In pursuance of this, the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) in association with Data Security Council of India (DSCI), organized a Seminar on Securing […]
Protests In Balochistan
Protests In Balochistan: Over the last few weeks,there have been continuous protests in Gwadar, Balochistan against mega development plans of the port city as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The protesters have sought to draw attention to marginalisation of the local people in the development of the port. Pakistan claims that India has been […]
UNGA Now Observer to International Solar Alliance (ISA)
International Solar Alliance (ISA): The UN General Assembly has conferred Observer Status on the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a historic decision which India said would help provide for a well-defined cooperation between the alliance and the UN that would benefit global energy growth and development. UN confers Observer Status on Solar Alliance The ISA was […]
Summit For Democracy
Summit For Democracy: Democracies should jointly deal with social media and cryptocurrencies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a virtual address at the Summit for Democracy, hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. The Summit for Democracy was a virtual summit hosted by the United States “to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad” on […]
MINSK Agreements
MINSK Agreements: The United States has warned Russia not to invade Ukraine and urged both countries to return to a set of agreements designed to end a separatist war by Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine. Here is a look at the agreements, which were signed in Minsk in 2014 and 2015. MINSK I: It was written […]
India- Russia Annual Summit
India- Russia Annual Summit: 21st annual India-Russia summit was held recently. It was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alongside, the inaugural 2+2 ministerial meeting was also held. The meeting saw the signing of 28 agreements across sectors from defence to energy to space exploration, science and technology, heavy engineering, […]
Four Pronged Strategy On Srilanka Crisis: India and Sri Lanka
Four Pronged Strategy On Srilanka Crisis: India and Sri Lanka agreed to a four-pronged approach to discuss initiatives on food and energy security to help mitigate Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, during a two-day visit by Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to New Delhi. The decisions included a four-pillar initiative, comprising lines of credit for […]
