Category: IR & Bilateral Relations

Analysis of UKPSC mains 2023 Indian Polity & International Relations Paper

9 March 2023 Highly IR dominated paper  VERY LESS POLITY AND ALMOST NILL ADMINISTRATION. ·  INTERRELATED ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT WITH POLITY·  CURRENT AFFAIRS ORIENTED NEEDING AWARENESS OF LAST 6 MONTHS·  UTTARAKHAND PORTION COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF STATE LIKE CULTURE, HUMAN RESOURCE, TRIBES  · HUMAN RESOURCE ASPECT LINKED WITH ECONOMY SCHEMES.·  EXTENSION OF INDIA’s NEIGHBOURHOOD BEYOND TRADITIONAL […]

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Boundary line associated with India : know everything

Boundary line associated with India : know everything Established in the Hindu Kush in 1893, it runs through the tribal lands between Afghanistan and British India. In modern times it has marked the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is a legacy of the 19th century Great Game between the Russian and British empires in which Afghanistan was used as a buffer by the […]

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Indian army contribution in WWII

The Indian Chief of Army Staff (COAS) will inaugurate an Indian Army Memorial in the Cassino town of Italy during an official visit to the U.K. and Italy. The memorial commemorates over 3,100 Commonwealth servicemen who took part in the effort to liberate Italy in World War II (1939-1945). 900 Indian soldiers were also commemorated on this memorial. Italy in World War […]

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Relevance of Gandhian thought in today’s world

Major Gandhian Ideologies Truth and Non-violence: They are the twin cardinal principles of Gandhian thoughts. For Gandhi ji, truth is the relative truth of truthfulness in word and deed, and the absolute truth – the ultimate reality. This ultimate truth is God (as God is also Truth) and morality – the moral laws and code – […]

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Kalapani : why now

Indo Nepal Tussle The inauguration of a road from Dharchula to Lipu Lekh (China border) by India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (an event over videoconferencing on May 8) has now been followed by Nepal’s charge claiming that the stretch passes though Nepalese territory. This road follows the traditional pilgrim route for the Kailash-Mansarovar yatra. This is an […]

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India has its reasons to stay out of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Economic openness is necessary but not sufficient: it succeeds only when combined with strategic industrial policy The third summit of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) held in Bangkok, which concluded this week, sought to finalize a mega free-trade agreement among 16 countries from Asia and Oceania, which are home to one-half of the world’s […]

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What is China’s One Country Two Systems policy?

Protests in Hong Kong, now in its 13th consecutive week, have brought a decades-old policy of the People’s Republic of China back into focus — One Country Two Systems. The protesters, who started occupying the city’s streets in April after the local government proposed a controversial extradition law, say Beijing is trying to violate this policy by […]

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