Council of Europe Context: Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe has been suspended after its invasion of Ukraine. Issue: Russia has launched a full-blown attack on Ukraine, with Russian forces entering the Obolon district, which is less than 10 km away from Central […]
Lachit Borphukan Context: President Ram Nath Kovind recently inaugurated the year-long celebration of the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Borphukan, commander of the Ahom forces and an icon of Assamese nationalism. About Lachit Borphukan He was a commander in the Ahom kingdom. Known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle […]
NATO Context: Finland and Sweden have dismissed Russia’s warnings that their potential NATO membership would have “serious military-political consequences” for the two countries. However, Russia has voiced concern about what it described as efforts by the United States and some of its allies to “drag” Finland and […]
Operation Ganga Context: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting, his second today, to review the ongoing efforts under Operation Ganga to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine. The Prime Minister said that the entire government machinery is working round […]
Tri-Party Repo About: • Tri-Party repo is a financial market instrument where a repo transaction between two parties is administered by a triparty agent which is a licensed financial institution. • According to the RBI, “Tri-party repo is a type of repo contract where a […]