CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:The government is considering reopening the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara corridor to Pakistan this week to allow Sikh pilgrims to cross over, more than 20 months after it was shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic.The plan is to open on November 19,

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:Iran has invited the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for talks after the UN official expressed concern over a lack of contact with Iranian authorities.Previously, the IAEA complained that it had been denied “indispensable&rdqu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Nov 2021

New Zealand is hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Coperation (APEC) forum.Continued outbreaks of the coronavirus and related travel restrictions have confined the meeting to the virtual realm for a second straight year.As usual, the 21 APEC members wi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Nov 2021

Reference News:The CPEC or the China Pakistan Economic Corridor is getting increasingly unmanageable with local Pakistanis unhappy with the Chinese soldiers and civilians working on the project. Therefore, Pakistan has been forced to deploy more soldiers in the area.Fo

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Nov 2021

Reference News:The European Parliament’s first official delegation to Taiwan has come in support of Taiwan and said that the diplomatically isolated island is not alone. It called for bolder actions to strengthen EU-Taiwan ties as Taipei faces rising pressure from Be

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Nov 2021

Reference News:Egypt is seeking to reach an agreement on a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in Gaza.The Agreement includes:Long-term cease-fire, a prisoner swap, humanitarian aid to Gaza and reconstruction.Who are Hamas?Ha

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Oct 2021

Key lawmakers continue to voice their support for a sanctions waiver for India for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia.What’s the issue?India is likely to begin taking delivery of the S-400 in November, potentially activating U.S. sanctions unde

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Oct 2021

India and the European Union (EU) are set to resume negotiations for a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) by December.Challenges ahead:Negotiators are still “quite far apart” due to what Europe perceives as India’s “protectionist stance&

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Oct 2021

The Government of India has applied for loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to procure as many as 667 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.The Manila-based ADB and the Beijing-based AIIB, where China and Indi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Oct 2021

China has called for an expedition in negotiations with ASEAN countries on a code of conduct framework for the South China Sea.Background:Next year is the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). Chin