China’s interventions in the Horn of Africa

Gs Paper-2 Syllabus: India and its neighbourhood, bilateral, regional and global grouping.   Context: China has been investing across the African continent throughout the last decade. The emphasis has been on investments and raw materials, but it took a new turn, with the first “China Horn of Africa Peace, Governance and Development Conference”. This is …

G7 to cap Russia’s income from oil sales

Gs Paper-2 Syllabus: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India, bilateral regional and global grouping.   Context: Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grinds on. G7 countries decided to explore far-reaching steps to cap …

PM Gati Shakti scheme in academic programs

Gs Paper-2 Syllabus: Issues related to the development of the social sector(Education)   Context: Union Education Secretary addressed an online workshop on “Leveraging Satellite communication, Geo-informatics, and Geospatial technology for urban planning and to promote multimodal logistics” organized by NITIE Mumbai in association with the Ministry of Education and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications …

‘Partners in the Blue pacific’ initiative to counter China

Gs Paper-2 Syllabus: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests   Context: The US and its allies — Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United Kingdom — have launched a new initiative called ‘Partners in the Blue Pacific’ for “effective and efficient cooperation” with the region’s small island nations. …

Nigeria’s latest lithium find

Gs Paper-1  Syllabus: Distribution of key natural resources across the world   Context:                    High-grade lithium has been discovered in Nigeria. About: Lithium is a soft, silvery metal. It has the lowest density of all metals. It reacts vigorously with water. Lithium and most lithium minerals are mined along with other high-value metallic minerals such as tin, niobium-tantalum …