GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The 21st meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held on 17 September 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in hybrid format. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Emomali Rahmon, the President of Tajikistan. About the SCO: The …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The World Bank Group has decided to discontinue publication of its ‘Doing Business’ rankings of country business climates after a review of data irregularities in the 2018 and 2020 reports. What’s the issue? In August 2020, World Bank paused …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The World Health Organisation (WHO) may take a decision on granting Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin this week. The vaccine should get international recognition with this. Post approval people wanting to travel abroad will not have difficulty. …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: Sri Lanka and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are working together to promote the island’s agriculture-based economy. They are now partnering to create the Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP) to combat poverty, food insecurity and gender inequality. …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. Eastern Economic Forum Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a video-address during the plenary session of the 6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) held in Vladivostok, Russia recently. It may be recalled that the PM was the Chief Guest for the 5th EEF …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: World leaders are planning to meet to discuss the renewal of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which expires on September 17. Background: Taliban has launched a major nationwide offensive in the wake of the …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar has announced the rollout of a technological platform in partnership with the UN — ‘UNITE Aware’ — to help enhance the safety of UN peacekeepers. The platform has been used in four UN missions. This …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: Sudan has decided to hand long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conflict. Background: Mr. Bashir has been wanted by the ICC for more than a decade over charges …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: Overcoming resistance from China, an unprecedented India-led UN Security Council session recently highlighted the primacy of the UNCLOS. A concept note incorporating the framework was also circulated in this regard. Implications and significance of the move: As per the …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The US administration under Biden has continued to remain non-committal on support for India’s UNSC bid. However, the Obama and Trump administrations had supported a permanent seat for India on the Security Council. What has the US said? …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon against the proposed ₹24,713 crore merger deal between Future Retail Limited (FRL) and Reliance Retail. The court has also upheld the validity and enforceability of a Singapore-based Emergency Arbitrator …
