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What are CAATSA Sanctions?
The United States recently imposed sanctions on Turkey under section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, CAATSA. The sanctions were imposed for buying Russian made S400 anti-Missile system. What is in it for India? The United States has reiterated its warning to India and other countries upon acquiring equipment from Russia. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: CAATSA • Economic sanctions • Missiles • S400 • Sanctions • Turkey • US sanctions • US-Russia
Iran’s strong arm diplomacy at sea
The Spokesman of Iran s Guardian Council confirmed that Iran’s forceful seizure of a British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz was the Iranian response to role played by Britain in the seizure of an Iranian supertanker two weeks earlier. What had happened? An Iranian supertanker which was carrying more than 2 million barrels of ..
Topics: Iran • Sanctions • Syria • United States • US-Iran
US not to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey for buying Russian S-400
Donald Trump, President of United States of America has announced that US would not sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, a major NATO ally after Ankara purchased S-400 missile defence system from sanctions-hit Russia. Key Highlights Turkey, a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is denied purchase of F-35 fighter jets after it received ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Topics: Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act • F-35 Fighter Jet • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • S-400 Missile Defence System • Sanctions • US-Russia • US-Turkey
UNSC unanimously adopts new sanctions against North Korea
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously passed new set of tougher sanctions against North Korea over its sixth and most powerful nuclear test (claimed to be Hydrogen bomb). It was overall the ninth sanctions resolution unanimously adopted by UNSC since 2006 over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs. The new sanctions imposes ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Topics: Hydrogen Bomb • International • North Korea • Sanctions • UNSC
US designates Hizbul Mujahideen as Foreign Terrorist Organisation
The United States has named Pakistan based Kashmiri terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO)”. The designation slaps a series of US sanctions on the outfit. With this, Hizb Mujahideen joins the other terrorist outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on the US list of FTO designated in 2001. Moreover, two other ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2017
Topics: Hizbul Mujahideen • India- Pakistan • International • Kashmir Issues • Sanctions • Terrorism • Terrorist Organisations • US