Complexity in India – Russia relations Context- Recently a diplomat from Australia supported India’s strategic engagement with Russia claiming that India has to deal with China In the north eastern border. Background- Russia remains an all-weather friend for India, even at UNSC Russia has been […]
Multi – Alignment, A new version of Strategic Autonomy Context: • There has always been a pro – Russian image among Indians which was deep rooted at the time of cold war. • But now amidst the sanctions Russia is facing and India’s growing closeness […]
Important Articles to be read in The Hindu Front Page: seeks joint probe into missile incident EPF rate cut to 8.1%, to hit savings allows Census self-enumeration South: Kerala tops in maternal, child health Cases pending in KRERA, KERC settled amicably Will snap […]
India’s Ukraine dilemma Context: Late last week, India abstained from a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution which called for condemning the Russian military action against Ukraine, but it went on to note its uneasiness of the Russian action in writing. Background: New […]
Commission for Air Quality Management Context: To effectively tackle the menace of air pollution across the National Capital Region (NCR), the Flying Squads of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) up to 15.02.2022 have inspected a total 4890 sites […]
US–China Strategic Competition Context: The year 2022 may shake up East Asia as the regional security situation remains fluid. As an important theatre of US–China strategic competition, observers are critically analysing how China postures on Taiwan ahead of the 20th National Congress of the […]
Param Pravega Supercomputer Context: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has installed and commissioned Param Pravega, one of the most powerful supercomputers in India, and the largest in an Indian academic institution, under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The system is expected to power […]
Drone Show Context: India has announced that a novel “Drone Show” comprising 1,000 swarm drones will light up the sky for about 10 minutes during the Beating Retreat Ceremony on 29 January 2022. It has been designed, conceptualised and produced indigenously under the “Make […]
FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY Context: The world has recently seen the rise of authoritarian rulers in many countries. Democratic tenets which have been under attack in recent years appear set to face more onslaughts this year. The United States which was widely viewed as a […]
About the NSG: The National Security Guard (NSG) is a counter-terrorism squad established in 1986 by an act of Parliament known as the ‘National Security Guard Act, 1986.’ The idea for such a force arose in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star (an Indian military […]