International Relations

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Context: September 26 marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on the United Nations calendar.   ...

Israel’s Deadly Export Industry

Context: In the book Palestine Laboratory, Antony Loewenstein argues that Israel uses the occupied Palestinian territories to test military technologies,...

Stability of oil prices amid war risks in West Asia

Context: The conflict in West Asia, including Israel’s operations against Hamas and Hezbollah, has intensified. Despite the escalating tension, crude...

Tech Diplomacy 4.0

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States underscored the central role of technological cooperation in India-US...

Medical Device Makers Oppose Zero-Duty Imports Under EU FTA

Context: The medical devices lobby has formally opposed zero-duty imports under the EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in a letter...

Indo – Myanmar relations

Context: India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar’s ruling junta to a seminar in New Delhi, marking a...

Indian Diaspora 

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his election victory at a diaspora event organised by the Indian American Community U.S....

Debt Relief for Africa may Require a New Global Alliance 

Context: In the mid-1990s, Jim Wolfensohn, a former Olympic fencer and banker, became President of the World Bank under US...

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)

Context: India formally signed agreements under the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), focusing on establishing a clean and...

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad)

Context: The Indian Prime Minister emphasised that the Quad alliance is not directed against any nation and is here to...

ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)

Context: The Commerce Department announced that the review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) is a top priority,...

Growing India-US Trade Ties Under Biden Government

Context: Boosted by PM modi state visit    About Biden trade policy: Biden’s Continuation of Trump’s Trade Policy: President Joe...

FATF Mutual Evaluation Report on India (2024) 

Why in News? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has praised India’s efforts in combating money laundering and terror financing,...

India’s Place in Russia-Ukraine Peace-Making

Context: Two years after distancing itself from the Russia-Ukraine war by stating that “Europe’s problems are not the world’s problems,”...

Impossible Trinity in Global Economy

Context: DANI RODRIK, a professor of international political economy at Harvard Kennedy School, and the author of ‘Straight Talk on...