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Sudan removed from State sponsors of Terrorism List
On November 9, 2020, Sudan was removed from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. India has welcomed its removal. Also, India welcomed the normalisation of Sudan’s relations with Israel. Sudan-Israel After UAE, Bahrain, Sudan became the third country to ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
November 6: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Every year, the International Day for Preventing the exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is marked on November 6. The resolution to celebrate the day was passed in 2001. Need According to the United Nations Environment Programme, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Civil war in Yemen
The nation of Yemen which is located on the lower South East Corner of Saudi Arabia has been embroiled in a massive civil war for over 5 years now.? What has happened? In what began as the ouster of a ..
UNSC adopts Resolution 2428 to impose arms embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted Resolution 2428 (2018) to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, almost five years after ruinous civil war was started in infant country. The resolution was drafted by United States and won ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Colombia passes FARC amnesty law
Colombia’s Congress passed a law granting amnesty to Marxist FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels as part of historic peace deal reached between rebels and Government. The Senate passed the bill 69-0 votes after the House of Representatives approved ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
Colombia Government, FARC rebels sign revised Peace Agreement
Colombian Government has signed revised peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel movement, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The revised document was signed between President Juan Manual Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono in Bogota, capital city of Colombia. ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Myanmar Government inks peace pact with 8 ethnic rebels groups
Myanmar government has signed a peace accord with eight of the 15 ethnic armed minorities groups especially belonging to Kayin and Chin groups to end decades of civil war. The ceremony was held by President Thein Sein in Naypyidaw in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Pope calls for World Peace
Pope Francis has asked the world to shed hatred and apathy and move to rebuild a better and a loving world. He on his visit to Italy, addressed crowds standing below the tall and monumental Redipuglia memorial entombing 100,000 Italian ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
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