ATAMNIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAN – MSME PACKAGE MAY 2020
Seeking opportunity in the economic meltdown during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in which countries are realizing the folly of overly being China dependent, Modi Government has launched Átamnirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ a movement to make India not only industrially self-reliant but also to make it an important part of the global supply chain. This movement is based […]
Political Unrest in Belarus
Belarus was carved out of erstwhile USSR in early 1990s. Mr. Aleksandr Lukashenko snuffed out Belarus’s modest progress toward democracy and a free market economy in the early 1990s and created an authoritarian, Soviet style regime. Belarus has close historical and cultural ties to Russia. Russian policy toward Belarus appears to be focused on gaining […]
Major Highlights of the Bodoland Peace Accord- 2020
Introduction A landmark tripartite accord for final settlement of demands in Bodoland was signed on 27 January 2020. The same will pave the way for restoration of peace and development in the insurgency-ravaged areas of Bodoland. The tripartite accord was signed between the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and […]
Highlights of the Finance Minister’s second, third and fourth set of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” announcements
Highlights of the Finance Minister’s second set of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” announcements (amounting to Rs 3500 crores for nearly 8 crore migrant workers): Initiatives – as part of second tranche of measures under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat package – focus on migrant workers, street vendors, small traders, self-employed individuals, small farmers. Interest subvention scheme – which is […]
Coronavirus Pandemic
Is China’s Coronavirus a New Global Pandemic? Coronavirus, assumed to have been originated from Wuhan, is spreading all over the world, even after a number of preventive and draconian measures being taken by the authorities of different nations. As of Tuesday, the total number of deaths occurred is confirmed to be 106 since December 31- […]
India – Nepal Controversy over new road in Tri Junction, Kalapani
Background The Nepal-India border was delineated by the Sugauli Treaty of 1816, under which it renounced all territory to the west of the river Kali, also known as the Mahakali or the Sarada river. The river effectively became the boundary. However, over the years, the river has changed course, and is perhaps at the root […]
Brexit: its Implications for the World and India
Introduction Britain has officially left the European Union (EU) on 01 February 2020. This day marks a historic end to its 47-year-long membership of the world’s largest trading bloc. The EU Withdrawal Agreement, the so-called divorce bill, costing the UK around 30 billion Pounds, was formally passed by the European Parliament on 29 January 2020 […]
Hong Kong’s Controversial National Security Law: What Is It, Why Does China Want It?
Background British under Queen Victoria brokered a 99-year lease agreement for the use of Hong Kong after China lost a series of wars fought over the British trade in tea and opium, which ended on 01 July 1997. Hong Kong became a special administrative region and continues to maintain governing and economic systems separate from those of mainland China, also called “one […]
Emerging Rift in Pakistan – Saudi Relationship
Saudi-Pakistan Relationship The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has been good and was most prominent during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. Saudi Arabia had denounced the Indian action openly. Saudi Arabia is also reported to have transferred arms and equipment including the loan of some 75 aircraft to Pakistan. After the war, Saudi […]
CDS-I 2020
