Operation Cactus
Context 35 years after the fact, India’s intervention in the 1988 coup attempt in Malé — codenamed Operation Cactus — continues to be remembered with gratitude and fondness. A decade…
Context 35 years after the fact, India’s intervention in the 1988 coup attempt in Malé — codenamed Operation Cactus — continues to be remembered with gratitude and fondness. A decade…
Context There is some talk about the ‘Ben Gurion Canal’ again as Israel pushes to destroy Hamas in Gaza. Key Details The idea is to cut a canal through the…
Context The Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has opened for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in early October. About Rafah border crossing…
India hosts UNCITRAL South Asia Conference Context India recently hosted the inaugural United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. Key Details The conference aimed to strengthen India’s engagement with UNCITRAL…
Context Murmansk, popularly called the capital of the Arctic region and the beginning point of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), is witnessing the rising trend of Indian involvement in cargo…
Context On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Governments of India, the US, Saudi Arabia, the European Union,…
Context Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa took a call last week to expand the BRICS grouping from five countries to 11. The Johannesburg declaration, issued after the summit,…
Context The G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in New Delhi is just around the corner — it will be held on September 9 and 10. G20 Summit 2023 The…
Context Apart from the expected international players, such as Russia and the United States, the regional bloc ECOWAS or the Economic Community of West African States has been playing an…
Context French President recently, conferred his country’s highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, upon Prime Minister of India. The Government of India described it as a…
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