Conference of Parties (COP27) Context: The 27th round of the Conference of Parties, or COP27 is scheduled to be held from November 6th The annual summit comes at a crucial juncture against the backdrop of global inflation, energy, food and supply chain crises, fuelled by […]
UN Human Rights Council Context: India recently abstained from voting on a resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, while observing that Sri Lanka’s progress in implementing commitments on the 13th Amendment, meaningful devolution and early provincial elections remains “inadequate”. India’s Past Record: […]
India Pushes for Reforms in the UNSC Context: The External Affairs Minister of India Mr. Jaishankar has hosted a meeting of the G-4 countries which includes Japan, Germany and Brazil, all of which have strong SC permanent seat aspirations. He also hosted a meeting for […]
India & The Pacific Islands Context: The 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ summit held amidst escalating regional tensions on 11 July 2022, in Suva, Fiji, saw the launch of the 2050 strategy of the Blue Pacific Continent. Challenges in the Region: The pacific region […]
UN High Seas Treaty Context: A common UN treaty involving 168 countries for protecting the oceans has failed recently. In June, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had declared an “ocean emergency” at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, citing threats to the world’s oceans. About […]
Significance of G – 20 Context: In about three months, India will assume for the first time the Group of 20 (G20) year-long presidency from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, culminating with the G20 Summit in India in 2023. Significance: The significance of […]
UNMOGIP Context: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Rear Admiral Guillermo Pablo Rios of Argentina as the Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), the office of the UN Secretary-General has […]
‘Need Right Strategies in Right Groups’ For Prelims About Monkey Pox It is a viral zoonotic disease (transmission from animals to humans), caused by monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. It was first reported amongst humans in the Democratic […]
India’s ‘wheat waiver’ WTO Demand is Risk-Fraught What is the current issue? India has been demanding to find a permanent solution to its Public Stockholding (PSH) issue with the WTO For Prelims About WTO The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) traces its origins […]
An Overlook into the Monkeypox Outbreak Context: Due to zoonotic events, monkeypox, a rare viral virus that was formerly confined to several regions in western and central Africa and travellers visiting these countries, has spread. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the disease outbreak a […]