Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Current Affairs, GK & News
Parliamentary Panel recommendations on water agreement with China
Parliamentary panel, in its report before Lok Sabha observed that, India is not having any water treaty with China. However, both the nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on Brahmaputra and Sutlej rivers. Key Points MoUs on Brahmaputra and Sutlej rivers will be in force for five years. MoUs are renewed regularly. According ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Brahmaputra River • China’s Tibet Autonomous Region • India-China Relation • Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) • Satluj River
New Policy for Declassification of War Histories
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a policy on declassification of War histories. Key Points about new policy Under this policy, Ministry of Defence (MoD) will archive, declassify, compile and publish war and operations histories. However, declassification of older wars like of 1962 war is not automatic. Declassification will be taken up on case-by-case basis ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • Defence Current Affairs
Topics: declassification of War histories • Ministry of Defense • Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) • policy on declassification
India begins BRICS Chairship- Key Facts
India has started its BRICS Chairship with the inaugural three-day-long Sherpas’ meeting on February 25, 2021. Highlights The spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Anurag Srivastava stated that the Secretary (CPV & OIA) chaired the meeting and highlighted the themes, priorities, and calendar for the BRICS 2021. Earlier, the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: BRICS Chairship • BRICS Countries • BRICS summit • Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) • multilateral cooperation
India calls for 50% Staff Reduction after Pakistan violates Vienna Convention
On 23rd June 2020, within the next 7 days, the External Affairs Ministry of India has decided to reduce the staff strength of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad by 50% and has also directed the Pakistan Government to implement the same by reducing 50% of its staff from its Pakistan High Commission in New ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Indian High Commission • Islamabad • Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) • New Delhi • Vienna Convention
India announces its priorities for UNSC
India is expected to be elected as member of United Nations Security Council for an eighth term. In order to secure the elected seat, India has launched a brochure that lists the priorities of India at the UNSC. Highlights The brochure was released by the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The brochure has set out ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: India-United Nations • Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) • S jaishankar • United Nations • United Nations Security Council