Category: International Relationship Current Affairs

US- Russia Open Skies Treaty: US administration led by Biden does not seek to re-join Open Skies Treaty with Russia. The treaty is a key arms control agreement, that allowed the US and Russia to fly surveillance aircraft over their military facilities According to the US administration, the US does not seek to renter the […]

Switzerland – European Union: Switzerland said goodbye to years of negotiations with the European Union over a proposed overarching agreement that would have upgraded its relations with the bloc – which are currently governed by a patchwork of more than 120 bilateral deals. The talks failed after the two sides could not agree over issues […]

NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Countries Virtual Meet: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare virtually participated in a meeting with Ministers of Health of the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Countries. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 developing world states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. […]

Israel’s Air Strikes On Gaza May Constitute War Crimes: The UN rights chief recently said that Israel’s recent deadly airstrikes on Gaza may constitute war crimes. Meanwhile, countries are discussing launching a broad, international investigation. If found to be indiscriminate and disproportionate in their impact on civilians and civilian objects, such attacks may constitute war […]

Golden Visa: UAE: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt recently received his Golden visa from the UAE government. In 2019, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) implemented a new system for long-term residence visas, thereby enabling foreigners to live, work and study in the UAE without the need of a national sponsor and with 100 percent ownership of […]

Dhaka Clears Currency Swap For Lanka: Bangladesh has cleared a $200 million currency swap facility for Sri Lanka, becoming the first South Asian country to extend crucial financial assistance to the island nation this year. With Sri Lanka’s main foreign exchange earning sectors — tourism, export of garments, and tea — badly hit due to […]

Quad As An Attempt For Containment: China China’s Consul General: China’s Consul General in Mumbai has described Quad as “an attempt for containment”. Because, Quad advocates so-called democratic alliance, and targets certain specific countries in an attempt for containment.” The reference to Quad indicates Beijing’s deep annoyance with a grouping that intends to curtail its […]

WHO BioHub Initiative: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Switzerland have launched a BioHub facility that will allow pathogens sharing between laboratories and facilitate “analysis and preparedness” against them. The facility will help in the safe reception, sequencing, storage and preparation of biological materials for distribution to other laboratories, so as to facilitate global preparedness […]

India – Israel Agreement On Agriculture Cooperation: India and Israel have signed “a three-year work program agreement” for development in agriculture cooperation. The programme aims to grow existing Centres of Excellence, establish new centers, increase CoE’s value chain, bring the Centres of Excellence into the self-sufficient mode, and encourage private sector companies and collaboration. Both […]

Belarus: The authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus sparked international outrage after his regime forced a commercial airline flying from Greece to Lithuania to land in its territory allegedly on the pretext of a bomb scare, so it could arrest a dissident journalist on board. The journalist, Roman Protasevich, is a prominent opponent of Lukashenko […]