Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021: India has joined the “Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021″ which is a two-day naval exercise. The exercise is being held in the northern part of the Indian Ocean. The drill was participated by the forces and vessels from navy divisions of both the Iranian army and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
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Agreement On Disengagement In The Pangong Lake : Keypoints
Agreement On Disengagement In The Pangong Lake: India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement in the Pangong lake area to cease their forward deployments in a phased, coordinated, and verified manner. As per the agreement: The Chinese side will keep its troop presence in the North Bank area to the east of Finger […]
UN Human Rights Council : The U.S. Has Announced Plans To Re-engage
UN Human Rights Council: The U.S. has announced plans to reengage with the UN Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost three years ago. UNHRC was reconstituted from its predecessor organization, the UN Commission on Human Rights to help overcome the “credibility deficit” of the previous organization. Headquartered in Geneva, […]
New Hybrid Projects In Sri Lankan Island By China
New Project In Sri Lanka By China: A Chinese company has won a contract to set up hybrid wind and solar energy projects on three Sri Lankan islands off the northern Jaffna peninsula 45 km from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund the project, which will come up on Delft, Nainativu, […]
India – Bahrain : 1st Meeting Of The Joint Working Group In The Field Of Renewable Energy
The 1st meeting of the Joint Working Group in the field of Renewable Energy between India and the Kingdom of Bahrain: It was held in a virtual format. An MoU between India and Bahrain was signed in 2018 for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy. Both sides agreed to forge deeper engagement […]
What is Smart Wall at the USA-Mexico border?
Smart Wall: An alternative Smart Wall has been proposed to replace the physical and armed patrolling with advanced surveillance technology at the USA-Mexico border. Earlier in 2019, the USA declared a national emergency to fund the construction of a border wall along the USA-Mexico Border citing “invasion” of drugs and criminals from Mexico. About Smart […]
New START Arms Control Treaty: Extended for 5 Years
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) nuclear arms control treaty: President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed it by phone a week ago, and subsequently, Mr. Putin signed it into law on Friday. The treaty had been set to lapse on 5 February, as the Trump administration had refused to approve […]
India and Sri Lanka Relationship : Highlights
India Sri Lanka Relations: After strong opposition from trade unions across the country, Sri Lanka has unilaterally pulled out of a 2019 agreement with India and Japan for developing the strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port. In 2019, India and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding for “co-operation on economic […]
Emergency Announced In Myanmar – Article 417
Emergency Announced In Myanmar: The military of Myanmar has taken control of the country and a one-year state of emergency has been announced. Further, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been detained. The state emergency was announced because the November Elections in 2020 were postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
West Asia Peace Conference 2021 : Key Points
West Asia Peace Conference: Russia backed a Palestinian proposal for a West Asia Peace Conference. The Conference is intended to focus on a two-state solution, under which Israel and a future Palestinian state would coexist. The support for the Conference came as the USA, which had sided with Israel under the administration of Donald Trump, […]
