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...
