Avoid a ‘New Cold War’, China Tells Nations at ASEAN Meet Context As top Asian and US officials met in Indonesia for talks, China’s Premier said on Wednesday that major countries must keep their disputes under control in order to avert a “new Cold War.” […]
‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ retained to align varied views in Constituent Assembly Context According to Constituent Assembly deliberations, the names ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ were kept as titles of the newly sovereign nation in the Constitution to align contrasting sentiments expressed by its creators in 1948. What […]
India drops tariffs on U.S. lentils, almonds ahead of Biden’s visit Context Two days before US Vice President Joe Biden visits in New Delhi for a bilateral meeting and the G-20 Summit, India has lifted the retaliatory tariffs it had put on imports of some […]
Bridging the Malnutrition Gap, the Bemetara Way Context: The battle against malnutrition persists due to many factors – inadequate knowledge of proper eating practices, prevalence of myths about food, etc. Hence, to ensure food security and addressing malnutrition, an effective approach called Nutrition Counselling is […]
India, Bharat and a host of implications Context: The usage of the terms “Bharat” and “India” carries historical, ideological, constitutional, and international significance. Recently, political dimensions have emerged surrounding these words due to the formation of the acronym “INDIA” by certain opposition parties. This acronym […]
‘Taking G-20 to the last mile, leaving none behind Context : Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – two words that capture a profound philosophy. It implies that “the entire world is one big family.” This is a broad perspective that pushes us to progress as one global family, […]
ASEAN ASEAN, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a Southeast Asian regional organization with 10 member countries. The ASEAN Declaration was signed on August 8, 1967, by the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. ASEAN has evolved and expanded […]
ASEAN a key pillar of ‘Act East’ policy: Modi What is ASEAN? ASEAN is an acronym that stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It is a political and economic union of ten Southeast Asian countries. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the […]
In the second action by ISTRAC, Aditya-L1 enters a new orbit Context : The ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru, completed the Aditya L-1 mission’s second earthbound manoeuvre. What is Aditya-L1? The first Indian mission to study the Sun in space will be […]