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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Context: Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan recently said that he hoped India would “reassess” its stand on regional trading agreements

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RAISINA DIALOGUE 2021

Context The 6th Edition of the prestigious Raisina Dialogue, jointly organised by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Context: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged North Atlantic Treaty Organization to speed up his country’s membership in the alliance,

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United Nations Development Programme

Context: Spices Board India under Ministry of Commerce and Industry and UNDP India’s Accelerator Lab today signed a Memorandum of

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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

Context: The U.S. and Iran will soon begin negotiations through intermediaries to try to get both countries back into an

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BIMSTEC

Context: 17th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Ministerial meet, chaired by Sri Lanka, was held

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India’s stand against Sri Lanka at United Nations

Context: India abstained itself from voting in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on a resolution against Sri Lanka.

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1st Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues held

Theme: “BRICS@15: Intra BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation, and Consensus”.  Key Highlights: India, under its Chairship in 2021, presented the

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First Quad Leaders’ Virtual Summit

Key Highlights: The first Leaders’ Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework, being held virtually on 12th March 2021 Prime Minister India

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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Context: OPEC+ has agreed not to increase supply in April as they await a more substantial recovery in demand amid

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