Context: India has pledged an additional USD 100 million towards the UN partnership fund, significantly scaling up its support to sustainable development projects across the developing world. About India-UN Development Partnership…
Context: By accepting an invitation to join the Japan-proposed, U.S.-endorsed plan for a “Quadrilateral” grouping including Australia to provide alternative debt financing for countries in the Indo-Pacific, India has taken a significant turn…
Context: India on Sunday began shipment of wheat to Afghanistan through the Iranian port of Chabahar. A press release from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) noted that the consignment would…
India and Italy today inked six pacts, including on boosting cooperation in the energy and trade sectors, after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Paolo…
South Asia's top Judges, legal practitioners, academics and all those interested in the development of law in the region gathered in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 27th Oct to discuss emerging…
Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC). It accused the ICC of deliberately targeting Africans for prosecution. However, in theory its…
Spain denies Catalonia’s independence The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s President and dismissed its parliament on October 27 This was done hours after the region declared itself an independent nation The Catalan…
Context: Sri Lanka signed an agreement with India to build 1,200 houses in the southern coastal port city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Under the signed MoU, out of the 1,200…
India and Mozambique agreed to expedite development of the giant Rovuma gas discovery, which is planned to be converted into LNG for exports. ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of…
Pakistan was elected as a member state of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council by the body’s General Assembly in Oct 2017, securing more than two-thirds of the vote.…
