International Relations

Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam

India hosts UNCITRAL South Asia Conference

India hosts UNCITRAL South Asia Conference Context India recently hosted the inaugural United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. Key ...

India and the Northern Sea Route

Context Murmansk, popularly called the capital of the Arctic region and the beginning point of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), ...

India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)

Context On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the ...

BRICS Expansion

Context Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa took a call last week to expand the BRICS grouping from five ...

All previous G20 Summits

Context The G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in New Delhi is just around the corner — it will be ...

What is ECOWAS?

Context Apart from the expected international players, such as Russia and the United States, the regional bloc ECOWAS or the ...

The Legion of Honour to PM of India

Context French President recently, conferred his country’s highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, upon Prime Minister ...

CPTPP: UK joins biggest trade deal

UK joins biggest trade deal CPTPP Context The UK formally signed a treaty to join a major Indo-Pacific bloc CPTPP ...

India signs the US-led Artemis Accords

Context India has become the 27th signatory of the three-year-old Artemis Accords. As of June 29, 2023, twenty-seven countries and ...

US and UK back new Atlantic Declaration

Context Britain and the United States backed a new "Atlantic Declaration" on Thursday for greater cooperation on pressing economic challenges ...

Kosovo is the heart of Serbia

Context Serbian great Novak Djokovic wrote on a camera lens in Serbian: “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the ...

Kakhovka dam in Ukraine

Context Kakhovka dam a Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine was ...

India-Africa Forum Summit

Context Holding India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) IV before the G20 summit may sound hurried, but it is perhaps the best ...

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems

Context Germany is keen on a potential cooperation with India on submarine technology from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkMS), German Federal ...

Papua New Guinea

Context Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, while welcoming PM of India, bent down to touch his feet, in a move ...