Bilateral Relations

The United States formally approved a vast oil drilling project in Alaska, also known as the Willow What is the Willow Project? Willow Project is a massive and decades long oil drilling venture on Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve, which is owned by the federal government of US. The area where the project …

Key details: The Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in the 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra. It is a bilateral armour exercise. For the first time in the exercise series, both armies participated in a command post Exercise, which involved Battalion and Brigade level planning elements and computer wargaming. Exercise Bold Kurukshetra is conducted under the ambit of the bilateral arrangement for the joint Army Training …

Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided missile frigate, INS Sahyadri participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy. Other exercises with France: Shakti Exercise: Between the armies of India and France. Ex Varuna: Bilateral Naval exercise INS Sahyadri: INS Sahyadri is the Shivalik-class advanced, stealth-minded, guided-missile frigate warship. It was built by …

K. Prime Minister is heading to San Diego to finalise the AUKUS deal. It is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. that will provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. It will also to work together in the Indo-Pacific region, where the rise of China is seen as an increasing threat, and develop wider technologies. Their aim is not to arm the new submarines with …

Bhutan becomes the seventh nation to graduate from the United Nations’ (UN) list of Least Developed Countries (LDC). What is a Least Developed Country (LDC)? The LDCs are developing countries listed by the UN that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development. According to the UN, an LDC is defined as a country that exhibits …

Australia’s High Commissioner visits Jarracharra: Dry Season Wind Exhibition of Australian Textiles at National Crafts Museum. ‘Jarracharra: Dry Season Wind’ exhibition is organized by Ministry of Textile and Australian High Commission It showcases a powerful collection of Aboriginal women’s textile art from the Maningrida region in Western Arnhem Land, Australia. This exhibition features women pushing artistic barriers to depict ancient …

A P8I aircraft of the Indian Navy arrived at Guam, USA on 14 Mar 23 to participate in ‘Exercise Sea Dragon 23’. This exercise is an annual, multi-national high-end anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training exercise of the navies of participant countries. It is hosted by the USA. Participants: USA India Japan Canada Republic of Korea  Aim: The Exercise aims …

Australian Prime Minister announced an ‘Australia-India education qualification recognition mechanism’. Degrees obtained in Australia will now be recognised in India, and, vice-versa, degrees obtained in India will be recognised in Australia. The Deakin University: Geelong’s Deakin University will be the first overseas university to open its branch campus in India. Geelong’s Deakin University will be the first ever foreign university …

Early February, a group of saffron-clad Buddhist monks gathered near the Sri Lankan Parliament and burnt a copy of the 13th Amendment. They were registering their rage and protest after President Ranil Wickremesinghe vowed to implement the law in full. He had told an all-party conference that it was his …

The remark by Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that poisoning schoolgirls is an “unforgivable crime” is a de facto confirmation of reports that thousands of girls across the Islamic Republic have been subject to poison attacks over the last few months. The first such incident was reported in November …