CURRENT AFFAIRS

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 07, Mar 2022
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India abstains from Human Rights Council vote to probe Russian actions:

Reference News:-India has abstained on a vote at the UNHRC resolution which “strongly condemned” aggression by Russia on Ukraine.What was the resolution about?It asked the council to set up an international commission of enquiry into Russia&

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 07, Mar 2022
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The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III)

Why in News?The third session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) which was held between 1973 to 1982 led to the formation of the current convention named UNCLOS.The Convention which concluded in the year 1982 replaced the quad-treaty of

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 05, Mar 2022
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Reference News:-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has put all activities relating to Russia and Belarus on hold and under review in the wake of the current conflict in Ukraine.The AIIB referred to the situation as “war in Ukraine”, 

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 04, Mar 2022
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Reference News:-Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its military forces have taken control of the territory around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).The IAEA continues to closely monitor development

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 03, Mar 2022
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What constitutes a war crime?

Reference News:-An International Criminal Court prosecutor has launched an investigation on the “situation in Ukraine” following Russia’s invasion.There is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes again

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 03, Mar 2022
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Russia-Ukraine crisis may worsen global chip shortage

Reference News:-Russia and Ukraine are important centres of the global semiconductor supply chain, providing rare metals like palladium, and gases like neon, that are needed in the production of the silicon wafers present in almost all modern devices and equipment.

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 03, Mar 2022
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India-Russia Military Relations

Reference News:-The evacuation of thousands of Indian students in Ukraine (Operation Ganga) is the most immediate impact of Russia’s war over Ukraine on India. However, the Russia-Ukraine conflict will have long-term implications too.

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 03, Mar 2022
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Will India get a CAATSA waiver?

Reference News:-With tensions escalating between Russia and the West over the Ukraine crisis, India, which has major defence cooperation with Moscow and also with Kyiv, faces uncertainty over timely deliveries in the near future in addition to the lingering threat of U.S. sanction

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 01, Mar 2022
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SWIFT

Reference News:-  U.S., Europe and several other western nations are moving to exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), an international network for banks to facilitate smooth money transactions globally. Th

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 28, Feb 2022
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Reference News:-Amid growing economic woes and international isolation forcing over-reliance on China, Pakistani officials have said that they are ready to scrap the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) if the US could offer a similar deal.What’s the is

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