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Indian Army contributes 2,300 personnel for UN peace keeping mission in South Sudan
Indian Army is contributing approximately 2300 personnel to support United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to South Sudan (UNMISS) in order to bring peace and normalcy in the war-torn country. It includes deployment of seven Garhwal Rifles Infantry battalion group of the Indian Army. The deployment of Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan is under Chapter VII which ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Defence • Indian Army • International • Peacekeeping • South Sudan • UN • UNMISS
Union Government launches Operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens from South Sudan
The Union Government has started the operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudan’s capital Juba. Sankat Mochan in Hindi means reliever from troubles. The operation is being undertaken by Indian Air Force (IAF) and will be headed by Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (Retd.) VK Singh. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016
Topics: Indian Airforce • Ministry of External Affairs • National • Operation Sankat Mochan • South Sudan
Indian-origin lawyer Yasmin Sooka to chair UN commission on human rights in South Sudan
South African Indian-origin lawyer Yasmin Sooka has been appointed to chairman of three member UN commission (committee) to monitor the human rights situation in South Sudan. The committee was constituted by the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) resolution 31/20 which was adopted by consensus, the 47-member body. Key Facts Other two members of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2016
Topics: Indian diaspora • Persons in News • South Africa • South Sudan • UNHCR • Yasmin Sooka
Syria officially joins UN chemical weapons pact
UN confirmed that it has received documents from Syria on joining the Chemical Weapons Convention. The convention requires all parties to declare and destroy all of the chemical weapons they possess. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has the job is to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention, a treaty which came into force in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Topics: Angola • Burma • Current Affairs 2013 • Egypt • israel • North Korea • South Sudan • Syria • UN
Sudan, South Sudan ink pact over Oil Payments
Sudan signed a deal with South Sudan over oil payments. South Sudan agreed to pay Sudan just over $ 9 per barrel to transport oil to its ports. What is the dispute? After the separation of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, nearly 75% of the oil rich region went to South Sudan. The dispute ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: Africa • Countries • Federal republics • Geography of Africa • Least developed countries • Member states of the African Union • Member states of the United Nations • South Sudan • Sudan
$ 3 billion compensation to Sudan for economic losses: South Sudan
South Sudan has extended a compensation of more than 3 billion dollars to its neighbor Sudan for economic losses incurred due to the South’s independence. They are negotiating in Ethiopia to resolve bitter differences ahead of a U.N deadline on August 2, 2012. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011 , but ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Africa • Countries • Federal republics • Geography of Africa • Heglig Crisis • Least developed countries • Member states of the African Union • Member states of the United Nations • South Sudan • Sudan