Implications of the Unguided Missile Context: The accidental firing of a missile by India into Pakistan could have led to serious, unintended escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries, but, fortunately, that did not happen. Moreover India’s image as a global image of […]
Can International Conventions aid the Humanitarian Crisis? Context: • Russia’s invasion over Ukraine has caused devastating causalities to the civilian population and the non – combatants. • There is growing concern over the violation of Human Rights, so the world is looking over the Geneva […]
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Context: • Speaking at the UNSC briefing recently, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, stressed that it is important to ensure implementation of BTWC (Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention) in letter and spirit. About: • Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention […]
Possible Way Out to Russia – Ukraine Crisis Context: • Amidst the Russia – Ukraine crisis, it is important to know about few provinces which broke away from their former states. • These broke away states cannot survive without the protection of Russia in all […]
Reliability of Nuclear Power for Energy Security Context: • After the incident of fire breakout near the Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, there have been concerns raised about the safety of nuclear plants. • Even earlier there were similar incidents which have taken place and […]
South China Sea Context: U.S. warship’s South China Sea passage sparks row, PLA says forces deployed to drive it away What happened? A U.S. warship sailed through the South China Sea on Thursday, sparking a warning from China’s military as tensions between the superpowers remain […]
EU Sanctions On Russia Context: The EU agreed on Wednesday to add 160 Russian business people and lawmakers to its sanctions blacklist, target crypto-assets and hit the maritime sector over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, officials said. About: The 27-nation bloc also […]
Russia-Europe Energy Relationship Context: Russia’s invasion on Ukraine has invited unprecedented sanctions, in this context it is important to know the relationship between Russia and Europe. Even though Europe is moving towards carbon neutral economy, it is still dependent on Natural Gas, so it […]
Impact of Russian Invasion on Chip Shortage Context: According to a report by Moody’s Analytics, Ukraine supplies rare gases used to produce semiconductor fab lasers, and Russia exports rare metals like palladium to make semiconductors. This combination is required to build chipsets that power […]
Impact of Russian Invasion on Global Agri-commodities Context: The current Russian invasion of Ukraine — unlike previous wars in Iraq and Libya or sanctions against Iran — is having an impact not just on energy prices. The effects of shipping disruptions through the […]