Category: International Relationship Current Affairs

What Is Friendshoring? The US secretary of treasury has pushed for “friendshoring” to diversify trade away from countries that are present at geopolitical risk. Friendshoring is a strategy where a country sources the raw materials, components and even manufactured goods from countries that share its values. The dependence on the countries considered a “threat” to […]

What Is Moscow Format? India joined the meeting of the ‘Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan’ that was in the Russian capital. The Moscow format is one of the several dialogue platforms on Afghanistan which began before the Taliban takeover of Kabul. It consists of Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and India. […]

East Asia Summit: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar recently addressed the East Asia Summit. Beginning in 2005, 16 participating countries comprised this grouping, with their first meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These members were the 10 ASEAN countries, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea. ASEAN’s 10 member countries are Brunei, Cambodia, […]

Leadership For Industry Transition (LeadIT) Summit : India And Sweden India and Sweden hosted the Leadership for Industry Transition (LeadIT) Summit, on the sidelines of COP27 at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. The summit was followed by the public launch of the LeadIT Summit Statement 2022 in the India Pavilion at COP27. Highlights of the […]

19th ASEAN-India Summit: The Vice President of India attended the 19th ASEAN-India Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Highlights of the Meeting India hailed the deep cultural, economic and civilizational ties that have existed between India and South East Asia from time immemorial and stated that the India-ASEAN relationship forms the central pillar of India’s ACT-EAST […]

16th Asian Conference On Diarrhoeal Disease And Nutrition: Union Minister addressed 16th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) at Kolkata. Delegates from India and other South East Asian countries, African countries, US, European countries joined the conference virtually. The theme of the ASCODD was “Prevention and control of cholera, typhoid and other enteric […]

9th Ministerial Meeting Of The India-US Economic And Financial Partnership: The 9th Ministerial meeting of the India-US Economic and Financial Partnership was held. The Indian delegation was led by the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs and the USA delegation was led by the Treasury Secretary. Key Highlights of the Meet: Both countries shared […]

2nd BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministers Meeting: India hosted the Second Agriculture Ministerial-level meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). Highlights of the Meeting: India urged the member countries to cooperate in developing a comprehensive regional strategy to strengthen cooperation for the transformation of agriculture. It also urged the member […]

11th Session Of The India-Belarus Inter-Governmental Commission: The 11th Session of the India-Belarus Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation was held. Highlights of the Session: The Intergovernmental Commission reviewed the results of bilateral cooperation that took place after the tenth session of the Commission in 2020. While expressing satisfaction at the […]

What Is Black Sea Grain Initiative? Russia re-joined the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The Black Sea Grain initiative endeavours to tackle escalating food prices emanating from supply chain disruptions because of Russian actions in the world’s ‘breadbasket’. The deal brokered by the United Nations (UN) and Turkey, was signed in Istanbul in July, 2022. Initially […]