UN Peacekeepers: India to gift 2 lakh vaccine doses to UN peacekeepers. The announcement was made by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during his remarks at a UN Security Council open debate on the implementation of resolution 2532 (2020), passed last year. UNSC Resolution 2532: The resolution: Demands a general and immediate cessation of hostilities […]
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Comprehensive Economic Cooperation And Partnership Agreement (CECPA) : India And Mauritius.
Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius: The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius. The salient features of India-Mauritius CECPA are as follows: The India-Mauritius CECPA will be the first trade agreement to be signed by India with […]
Quad Dialogue : 3rd Ministerial Meeting Over Inclusive Indo-Pacific
3rd Ministerial Meeting Over Inclusive Indo-Pacific: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) will hold its 3rd ministerial meeting on February 18, 2021. Highlights: The meeting will be held to exchange their views on global and regional issues. It will focus on the practical areas of cooperation in order to maintain an open, free, and inclusive Indo-Pacific […]
Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021 : India Joins the Exercise
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 […]
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 […]
