Growing Ties b/w India and Philippines Context: • Philippines has finalised a US $ 375 Million Brahmos Missile deal this engagement in the defence industry sector is an important milestone in the evolving bilateral relationship. Background: • Beijing’s aggression through maritime incursions into ASEAN nations’ […]
Rupee Based Trading of Oil Context: • As the Western sanctions has hit the Russian Dollar based trading, it is looking to switch to trade in Chinese Yuan and the rupee. • But the Ministry in India has clarified that India will not trade with […]
BIMSTEC meet Context: • Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders at the summit being held in “hybrid mode” from March 28 to 30. • Mr. Rajapaksa will chair the session on March 30, with leaders of Bangladesh, […]
Growing Bilateral Ties between India & UAE Context: • The free trade agreement between India and the UAE is likely to come into effect from May 1 this year, under which domestic exporters of as many as 6,090 goods from sectors such as textiles, agriculture, […]
Anti-Dumping Duty On Chinese Products Context: • The Central Government (Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance), on the basis of the recommendations of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), Department of Commerce, has imposed anti-dumping duty for five years on five Chinese products recently […]
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 […]
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 […]
QUAD – Challenges Amidst The Crisis Context: Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States met in Melbourne, Australia on February 2022, for the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. In meeting, it was reaffirmed that the […]
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Bangladesh Context: The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today said India is looking to advance the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Bangladesh. Addressing the “Inaugural session of […]
Indus Water Treaty Context: During the 117th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission comprising Indus commissioners of India and Pakistan, held from March 1-3 in Islamabad, both sides discussed the issue of the Fazilka drain, and Pakistan assured that all necessary action will continue to […]