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ASEAN Meeting 2021

ASEAN Meeting: China hosted a meeting of foreign ministers from the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The meeting marks the 30th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue. With this meeting China looks to deepen its economic ties with the region as well as push back the renewed effort at regional engagement from the US, […]

Global Wind Energy Council 2021

Global Wind Energy Council: India wind energy market outlook was released by Global Wind Energy Council. As per the report, India has a pipeline of 10.3 GW in Central and State markets. These pipelines will drive installations until 2023. The report highlights India will install 20 GW of wind energy capacity by 2021-25. Global Wind […]

Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC)

Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC): China is hosting Foreign Ministers from the 10 ASEAN countries. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also chair a meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is a multilateral format established in 2016 for cooperation between the riparian states of the Lancang River and […]

Burkina Faso: Increase In Death Troll

Burkina Faso: The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132, after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa and is bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin […]

Joint Statement On Multilateralism: BRICS

Joint Statement On Multilateralism: BRICS: The BRICS Foreign Ministers, in a recent meet, put out a joint statement on multilateralism. BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Multilateralism: It is the process of organizing relations between groups of three or more […]

Operation Pangea XIV

Operation Pangea XIV: The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) through its Operation Pangea XIV targeted the sale of fake medicines and products online. More than 1.10 lakh web links, including websites and online marketplaces, were taken down in the operation. Operation Pangea is a well-established international effort of Interpol to disrupt the online sale of […]

G7 Grouping On Taxing Multinational Companies

G7 Grouping: Advanced economies making up the G7 grouping have reached a “historic” deal on taxing multinational companies. The deal announced involving the US, the UK, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, and Japan, is likely to be put before a G20 meeting in July. The first decision that has been ratified is to force multinationals to […]

CEM’s Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI)

Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM) Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI): India and the UK have launched a new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency under Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM) Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI) coordinated by UNIDO (United Nations Development Industrial organisation). It was launched in the ongoing 12th CEM (CEM12) Meeting, which is virtually hosted […]

Palestine and India : Issue Regarding Human Rights

Palestine Blamed India For Suppressing Its Human Rights Of All People: Palestine blamed India for suppressing its human rights of all people as India abstained from the latest resolution on the Palestinian issue. India abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that came up in the backdrop of […]

BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting 2021

BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting:   BRICS foreign ministers meeting held virtually on June 1, 2021. During the minister’s meet, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted significant principles which were guiding BRICS. He also referred to international law and the UN Charter which recognizes sovereign equality of all states and respects territorial integrity. According to him, […]