by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 5, 2021 | International Affairs
On November 17, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a global initiative, Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer and adopted a resolution with the support of 194 countries at the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 5, 2021 | International Affairs
In October 2020, India and the United States extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy on the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) by 10 years. The MoU was originally signed between the two countries on November 7,...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 17, 2020 | International Affairs
US President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on January 20. He will have to do plenty of fence-mending with global allies in the coming months after four years of diplomatic tantrums by President Donald Trump. Among his...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 17, 2020 | International Affairs
On November 15, 2020, 15 countries, except India, solidified their participation in the Reginal Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and made it clear that India can return to the negotiating table whenever it feels comfortable. India decided to exit the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 9, 2020 | International Affairs, Miscellany
The term ‘Blue Wall’ politically refers to 18 US States and the District of Columbia, won consistently by Democrats in presidential elections between 1992-2012, except George W. Bush, who narrowly won the electoral college in 2000 and 2004 outside the blue wall. Again...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 8, 2020 | International Affairs
On October 27, 2020, a foreign and defence ministerial level dialogue took place in New Delhi between India and the US in which the two nations inked five pacts, including the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for ‘greater geospatial information-sharing’...
