10 things you must know about Yoga
1. Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline that was born in India. The most well-known types of yoga are Hatha yoga and Rāja yoga. 2. The Yoga was originated around pre-Vedic...
Category: International Relations
Indo China Relations
Indo China relations refer to the bilateral relationships between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of India. Cultural and Economic times date back to ancient times. Silk Road was a major...
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Members – 21 Pacific Rim Members Headquarters – Singapore Founded – 1989 here was a growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies which led to the formation of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Also, the formation of trade...
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation (IOR-ARC)
The IOR-ARC is a cooperation of the countries belonging to the Indian Ocean Rim. It was set up in 1997 in the country of Mauritius. The objective of this regional cooperation body is...
India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
India has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Some of the salient points of the INDC are: • To put forward and further propagate...
New Defence Procurement Procedure – 2016
Capital Acquisition schemes are broadly classified as, ‘Buy’, ‘Buy and Make’, and ‘Make’. Under the ‘Buy’ scheme procurement are categorized as ‘Buy (Indian – IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, and ‘Buy (Global)’. The three categories under...
International Solar Alliance (ISA)
The idea of this alliance was mooted by India during 21st Conference of Parties, France, 2015. ISA is conceived as a coalition of solar resource rich countries lying fully or partially between the Tropic...
Currency Convertibility: Current and Capital
Recent Panama papers leak has again rekindled the old question, whether countries should go for Capital account convertibility? To understand the answer to this, let’s first understand the concept of convertibility Current Account Convertibility...
CHAMPION OF THE MONTH CONTEST
Every day for a month till 20 March 2016, we will be posting a question whoever answers the question can also ask the question to other members..and the chain of questions will continue. Lets ask...
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
NPT is in lexicon of Indians at least, as we take (do not take) pride in not signing the world’s most significant arms limitation and disarmament agreement. NPT is an international treaty whose objective...
Chinese Traveller Yuan Chwang
Yuan Chwang was a Chinese Buddhist monk and traveller who travelled across India for 17 years. He was born in Luoyang, Henan, China. At a young age Yuan Chwang showed a lot of interest...
India Africa Forum Summit
With India and Africa sharing not only a common geological history but also recent history in terms of history of colonization and challenges of poverty, disease and development, organization of India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS)...
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
EBRD is an international finance institution which was formed in 1991. Sir Suma Chakabarti is the President of EBRD. It is a multilateral developmental investment bank. Incredibly, United States of America is the biggest...
String of Pearls
With recent docking of China’s nuclear powered submarine in Sri Lanka’s Colombo port, the discussion on String of Pearls became heated once again. The String of Pearls theory is used to describe trading and...
Maritime Territorial Disputes in South China Sea
What is Maritime Territorial Disputes ? A Maritime territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land/Sea between two or more territorial entities or over the possession or control of land/sea, usually between...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system...
Indo-Japan Relation
India Japan Trade Relations is as old as post world war II era. The trade relations between India and Japan flourished after the establishment of diplomatic ties, especially after the World War II. Japan...
