Recently, in its interim report, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Delimitation Commission has proposed significant changes to the electoral map of J&K. The delimitation exercise had started in June 2021 in the state. Previous Distribution of J&K Constituencies The erstwhile J&K State had an 87-member assembly, with 37 constituencies in the Jammu region and …
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NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL TALKS
Recently, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)and Russia discussed the ongoing situation in Ukraineand its implications for security in Europe at the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) in Brussels. Talks between representatives of NATO and Russia concluded without a clear outcome. NRC was established at the NATO-Russia Summit in Rome (Rome Declaration) on 28 May 2002. It replaced …
Read More »4TH QUAD FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING
Recently, the fourth meeting of the foreign ministers of the QUAD grouping (India, the US, Australia and Japan) was held in Melbourne , Australia. The meeting was held amid escalating tension between Russia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)countries over Ukraine, the Afghan crisis and increasing concerns over China’s “coercion” in the Indo-Pacific region. It is the grouping of four democracies –India, Australia, …
Read More »IPCC: PART TWO OF SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released the second part of its sixth assessment report. This second part of the report is about climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities, and adaptation options. The first part of this report, on the physical science of climate change in 2021. It had warned that 1.5 degree Celsius warming was likely to be …
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