FATF grey list #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims About Financial Action Task Force: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. It is an inter-governmental body which sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and […]
AK-203 assault rifles #GS-03 Science and Technology, #GS-02 International Relations About AK 203: The AK-203 is a Russian gas-operated, magazine-fed, select fire assault rifle designed to chamber the 7.62×39mm cartridge. The AK-203 was developed in the 2010s by Kalashnikov Concern in Russia. AK-203 rifles are […]
National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (NCCCP) #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims: About NCCCP: National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (NCCCP) is a party congress that is held every five years and is the highest decision-making body within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). […]
Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims About CICA: The Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia is an inter-governmental forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. To be a member […]
Interpol General Assembly #GS-02 International Relations #GS-03 Internal Security For Prelims About Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization is an inter-governmental organization having 195 member countries. It was created in the year 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission and was renamed to Interpol in 1956. […]
SCO anti-terror exercise #GS-03 Internal Security #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims About Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization. The SCO Charter was signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2003. Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan were members of the […]
UN Peacekeeping Forces #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims: About UNPKF: The first time UN Peacekeeping Forces were first deployed in 1948 when the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of UN military observers to the Middle East. Three basic principles of UNPKF: Consent of the […]
Uighurs of Xinjiang #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims: About Uyghurs The Uyghurs alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. The Uyghurs have traditionally inhabited a series of […]
OPEC Plus decides to cut production #GS-03 Economy, #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims About OPEC: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a permanent, intergovernmental organization, created at the Baghdad Conference in 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. It was created […]
What happened to the Nord Stream pipelines? #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims About Nord Stream pipeline: Nord Stream is divided into two pipelines, which have two lines each. Nord Stream 1 runs from Vyborg in Leningrad (Russia) to Lubmin near Greifswald, Germany and was completed […]