by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 24, 2023 | International Affairs
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023 was jointly released by two international humanitarian organisations, Welthungerhilfe (WHH) and Concern Worldwide on October 12, 2023. India has been ranked 111 among 125 countries, which means that it has slipped four positions as...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 20, 2023 | International Affairs
The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on September 5, 2023 and the General Debate was held between September 19 and 23 and then again on September 26, 2023 at the UN Headquarters, New York, USA. Dennis Francis, the Permanent...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 11, 2023 | International Affairs
The 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, between September 5 and 7, 2023. The theme of the summit was ‘ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth’. The summit was chaired by Joko Widodo, the President of the Republic of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 11, 2023 | International Affairs
The 18th Group of 20 (G20) Summit was held at the Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre (IECC), in New Delhi, between September 9 and 10, 2023. It was attended by the leaders of 19 member countries and the European Union (EU) besides others. This...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 3, 2023 | International Affairs
The 15th Summit of the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—was held in Sandton Convention Centre (SCC) in Johannesburg, South Africa between August 22 and August 24, 2023. The President of the host country, Cyril Ramaphosa, chaired the meeting...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 16, 2023 | International Affairs
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a multilateral organisation established on June 15, 2001. It is a regional grouping of eight countries that aims to promote cooperation in various fields. India, which joined the SCO in 2017, hosted the SCO summit 2023 on...