IAS Current affairs - Purana Qila

UN Human Rights Council

UN Human Rights Council   Context:   India on Friday abstained on a vote at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the Council decided to set up an international commission of enquiry into Russia’s actions in Ukraine. India was among 13 countries of […]

UPSC Current affairs - Operation Blue Star

Quad

Quad Context: Prime Minister participated today at a virtual summit of Quad leaders, along with US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The meeting reviewed the progress on Quad initiatives since the September 2021 Quad Summit. The leaders […]

UPSC Current affairs - National Security Policy of Pakistan

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)   Context:   India, once again, abstained as the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted 141-5 (35 abstentions) to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling upon Moscow to unconditionally withdraw its troops. Voting on the resolution occurred after representatives of […]

Editorial Analysis for UPSC - National Security Policy of Pakistan

NATO

NATO Context:   Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has been rapidly deploying troops to member countries across eastern Europe but has clarified that it has no plans of sending them to Ukraine itself. Last week, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg […]

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NATO

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 […]

IAS Current affairs - SEBI

G 20

G 20   Context: Recently, the Union Cabinet set in motion the process to build a Secretariat that will look after the affairs of organising the G20 summit in 2023. India will steer the international body as its President from 1stDecember 2022 to 30th November 2023, which […]

IAS Current affairs - Organization Islamic Cooperation

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)   Context: India  has condemned the “motivated and misleading statement” made by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which expressed deep concerns over what it called “continued attacks on Muslims in India” and called upon the international community to take necessary measures.   […]