The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad) is an informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia and India with a shared objective to ensure and…
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Current Affairs(Updated Handout 2020-Part 2 )M.Puri Sir
Download Complete File INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. Indo-China border clash Sino-Indian relations had remained frozen after the 1962 War till 1976 when diplomatic activity restarted. Though there have been a number…
Current Affairs(Updated Handout 2020) M.Puri Sir
Download Complete Handout 1. Summoning The House : Governor vs Chief Minister The political crisis in Rajasthan has raised several questions of constitutional interpretation and morality. A key question that…
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After a gap of more than two and half years Indian and Pakistani delegations have begun the 116th Meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission.(Indus Water Treaty) The first day of…
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China's parliament, the National People's Congress, passed the resolution to enact the sweeping security legislation, which bans sedition, secession and subversion of the central government and allows mainland China's state…
India-Nepal Border delineation(Sugauli Treaty)
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All around the world, as countries decide how to restart international travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of a travel bubble — sometimes called a travel corridor — is…
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Government has accepted and implemented three important recommendations of Committee of Experts (CoE) under the Chairmanship of Lt General D B Shekatkar (Retd) relating to border Infrastructure. These were concerned…
Mission Sagar
India launched Mission Sagar on Sunday as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. About Mission SAGAR: As…
Indian Ocean Commission
Following a request from New Delhi, the Indian Ocean Commission granted observer status to India on March 6 at the Commission’s 34th Council of Ministers. About Indian Ocean Commission (IOC:…