Author: Nayantara.Nandini.Uppal

North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-Un orders North Korean soldiers to be prepared for “two strategic missions” soon after suddenly ordering an intensified military drill imitating “real war”. Reportedly, Mr. Kim Jong-un oversaw a fire assault drill with his daughter in tow.  Photos showed the supreme leader and his daughter watching an artillery unit of the Korean People’s Army fire a barrage of missiles yesterday wearing matching black jackets while being accompanied by uniformed North Korean officers. In a statement released by the Republic of Korean Army i.e; the South Korean army officials said that South Korea detected the launch…

On the 9th of March 2024, starting 10 am local time, Nepalese lawmakers began the process of voting to elect a new President. Currently, Ram Chandra Poudel from the Nepali Congress and Subash Chandra Nembang of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) are competing for the top post of President. It’s hoped that the newly elected President would help stabilize the current government which is being headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”. The voting is taking place at the New Baneshwar-based parliament building in Kathmandu. Bidya Devi Bhandari is the current President of Nepal and her…

Ahead of this year’s United Nations Climate Summit, which will be attended by nearly two hundred nations to negotiate and deliberate joint efforts that are aimed at curbing climate change, the European Union has set out a draft text that will lay out its diplomatic priorities concerning climate change. Most European Union nations aim to push for a global phaseout of fossil fuels and replace them with alternative, greener, cleaner, and more sustainable fuels. This year, one of the most important goals of their climate diplomacy will be to find alternatives to fossil fuels.  At this year’s summit, the European…

Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-Cheng warns Taiwan about the sudden entry of Chinese military forces close to and around Taiwan’s territory. This warning comes soon after military tensions between Taiwan and China arise across the Taiwan Strait. In the past several years, China has increasingly taken measures to step up its military activities near Taiwan. Military Activity: This increase in military activity includes daily incursions of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s air force into the island’s air defence identification zone. The air defence identification zone is the airspace of any country along with any additional area over land or water…

On the 6th of March, while addressing a post-budget webinar on health and medical research, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the issue of India’s dependence on foreign countries for healthcare and how constant efforts are being made to reduce this dependence. India aims He specifically targeted the importance of “evidence-based medicine” while researching in the field of ayurveda and pressed upon the cruciality of evidence in ayurvedic research. He said that healthcare and research should be viewed in two paradigms: the pre-covid era and the post-covid era. This need to divide and study healthcare and conduct research in the…

Historic agreement The High Seas Treaty has been signed by nations after negotiations and deliberations held between countries for more than ten years. It aims to protect and preserve the world’s oceans. The agreement was signed after thirty-eight hours of talks on Saturday evening at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Convention on the High Seas is an international treaty that lays down the rules and laws under which any activity in “international” waters is governed. It is one of the four conventions adopted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas. It aims to…

U.S secretary of state, Antony Blinken, claims that amidst the war with Ukraine, China may be considering supplying arms, weaponry, ammunition, and other “lethal support” to Russia. Chinese president, Mr. Xi Jinping is an ally of Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin. Over the several past years, China and Russia have maintained stable and amicable bilateral relations. China is yet to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has chosen to maintain a neutral stance on the issue. supplying of LETHAL weapons done by China to Russia. Claims made by US secretary of state, Mr. Antony Blinken to CBS news alleged that…

A report based on documents from Canada’s spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence service or CSIS, showed that China may have undertaken an operation to influence the 2021 Federal elections in Canada. The operations that are said to have allegedly influenced the 2021 Federal elections are said to have been to favor the ruling Liberal Party. In Canada’s national daily, an expose was published by Robert Fife and steven chase, stating that China “ employed a sophisticated strategy to disrupt Canada’s democracy in the 2021 federal election campaign as Chinese diplomats and their proxies backed the reelection of Justin Truteaus…

Iran’s foreign minister was scheduled to attend the Raisina Dialogue in March 2022 but canceled his upcoming visit after a promotional video for the event was released.

An increasing number of steps are being taken to tackle the apprehensive need to increase faster deployment of Indian troops in light of any possible flare up in the Kargil-Siachen sector in Pakistan or the PLA in eastern Ladakh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Defence to build a tunnel under Shinkun La, 13 kilometres long linking it to the Darcha-Upshi-Leh highway for a total cost of ₹1681.51, to be completed by December 2025. Significant : The step is very pertinently significant and of immediate importance as Nimu in Ladakh is close to Kargil…