INDIA TO REVIEW CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Close on the heels of its decision to drop Mandarin from its list of suggested languages under the National Education Policy, the Ministry of Education (Ministry of Human Resource Development) has decided to put several higher education institutes that offer Chinese language training under the scanner. Details he […]
FORCED DECOUPLING WILL HURT INDIA AND CHINA: CHINESE ENVOY
Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? As India reassesses its trade relations with China and considers a range of moves to reduce dependencies, China has called for ‘equal’ treatment for its firms and described ‘forced decoupling’ between the two economies as being harmful to both. Details India has rolled out moves to more tightly […]
GANDHI-KING INITIATIVE PASSES U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE
Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? A bill which seeks to establish an exchange program between India and the U.S. to study the work and legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., passed an important Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Details The bill will establish annual scholar […]
PLA HOLDS DRILLS IN TIBETAN PLATEAU
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has held “long-range precision” strike drills on the Tibetan plateau bordering India and flown latest jet bombers over the South China Sea (SCS) amid ongoing border friction with New Delhi and rising tension with the US over disputes with littoral countries in SCS […]
CLARIFYING LAC COULD CREATE NEW DISPUTES: CHINESE ENVOY
Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? China was not in favour of resuming the process of clarifying the Line of Actual Control (LAC) because it could “create new disputes”, its Ambassador to India said. The ambassador said While the Foreign Ministry said earlier this week border troops “completed disengagement in most localities”, defence sources […]
INDIAN AND MAURITIAN PM INAUGURATE SC BUILDING
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Indian Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Mauritius jointly inaugurated the new Supreme Court building in Mauritius through video conference. Details The building is the first India assisted infrastructure project within the capital city of Port Louis to be inaugurated after the Covid pandemic. The landmark project has […]
AIIB ON INDIA’S PROJECT PROPOSALS
Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said it will function as an “apolitical” institution and will continue to support projects in India. Details India has received the most funding of any country from the bank. India was among the AIIB’s 57 founding members in 2016 and is […]
EUROPEAN UNION TO RESTRICT EXPORTS TO HONG KONG
Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? The European Union will restrict exports to Hong Kong of equipment that could be used for surveillance and repression after Beijing imposed a controversial new security law. Details The bloc has expressed deep concerned over the new law, which critics say will severely curb Hong Kong’s longstanding autonomy […]
HK EXTRADITION PACTS WITH CANADA, AUSTRALIA, U.K.
Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? China announced the suspension of Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain in a tit-for-tat move following similar decisions by those countries over a controversial new security law. Details Western nations have angered Beijing over their responses to the law imposed on Hong Kong which they […]
RIC, A TRIANGLE THAT IS STILL IMPORTANT
Focus: GS-II International Relations Introduction Recently India decided to attend a (virtual) meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC), amidst the tensions on the Line of Actual Control. Highlights of the meeting The Chinese Minister did not see the irony in his call for opposing bullying practices, rejecting power politics and […]