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What is Northern Ireland Protocol?

Northern Ireland Protocol: Britain and the EU are locked in an escalating diplomatic feud over Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. that borders the 27-nation bloc. The EU says Britain must fully implement the agreement, known as the Northern Ireland Protocol, that the two sides agreed and ratified. It came into force on […]

What is EAGLE Act of 2021? USA

EAGLE Act of 2021: Democrat Representative Zoe Lofgren and Republican John Curtis introduced the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2021 in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan act seeks to phase out the seven percent per-country limit on employment-based immigrant visas and raises the per-country limit on family-sponsored visas […]

What is Atlantic Charter?

Atlantic Charter: President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently inspected documents related to the Atlantic Charter, a declaration signed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in August 1941. The two leaders plan to sign what they’re calling a new Atlantic Charter, pledging to “defend the principles, […]

President Of United Nations General Assembly For 2021-22.

President Of The 76th Session Of The United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) For 2021-22.: The Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was elected the President of the 76th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) for 2021-22. The win was welcomed by India as Indian diplomats had been helping the Maldives and India […]

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 […]

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