CORPAT: India and Thailand: India and Thailand started the 31st edition of Coordinated Patrols or CORPAT, with the aim of reinforcing maritime links between two countries and keeping the Indian Ocean safe and secure for international trade. CORPAT Exercise: This is the first biannual exercise in which Saryu, an indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel […]
Category: Current Affairs
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 […]
RAMP Program
RAMP Program: The World Bank has approved a USD 500 million programs to help boost India’s MSME sector. The USD 500 million Raising and Accelerating Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Performance (RAMP) Program is the World Bank’s second intervention in this sector. The first being the USD 750 million MSME Emergency Response Program, approved […]
Draft Model Rules For Live-Streaming And Recording Of Court Proceedings
Draft Model Rules For Live-Streaming And Recording Of Court Proceedings: The e-Committee of the Supreme Court of India has released the Draft Model Rules for Live-Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings and has invited feedback on them. The e-Committee of the Supreme Court of India along with the Department of Justice, Government of India is […]
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 […]
United Nations Economic And Social Council, ECOSOC
United Nations Economic And Social Council, ECOSOC: India has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC for the term 2022-24. The UN Charter established ECOSOC in 1945 as one of the six main organs of the United Nations. The Council consists of 54 Member States, which are elected yearly by the […]
INS Sandhayak: Decommissioned
INS Sandhayak: Decommissioned: INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy’s oldest Hydrographic Survey Vessel was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam after serving the nation for 40 glorious years. INS Sandhayak undertook over 200 major hydrographic surveys. The ship also took part in important operations like Op Pawan in Sri Lanka, 1987, Op Rainbow for Humanitarian Assistance […]
QS World University Rankings 2022
QS World University Rankings 2022: QS World University Rankings 2022 shows that India’s tally in the top 200 universities hasn’t changed for the fifth straight year. Global Rankings: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the US is the top university for the 10th consecutive year. The University of Oxford (UK) has risen to second rank […]
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 […]
Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan
Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan: NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan’ in 112 aspirational districts. This drive was launched to assist the administration in providing home care support to Covid-19 patients, who are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Most of these districts are in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra. […]
