QUAD and India The democratic nations of the world can use the Quad as an instrument to check China’s ambitions be it in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. It is of the opinion that China’s rise cannot be halted but…
Global Hunger Index 2020 The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for measuring hunger at global, regional, and national levels. GHI scores are based on the values of four component indicators: undernourishment child wasting child stunting child mortality Based…
Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement – LEMOA LEMOA, which stands for, the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) is a tweaked India specific version of Logistics Support Agreement which the US has with several countries that have close military ties.˚˚ The…
Ashgabat agreement is a multimodal transport and transit agreement between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Oman and India.The agreement was originally signed by Iran,Oman, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. India formally joined in 2018. Objectives of Ashgabat Agreement Facilitation of transit and…
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Pakistan Prime minister made a statement that Pakistan is to move forward CPEC at all costs. The CPEC ( China Pakistan Economic Corridor) is a collection of infrastructure and other projects under construction throughout Pakistan since 2013.…
Chabahar port Chabahar port located in gulf of Oman is a seaport in the southeastern Iran. Chabahar port agreement is a trilateral agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan to develop railroad connectivity linking Chabahar port of Iran to Zahedan, across…
Balochistan Liberation Army The June 29 attack on the Karachi Stock Exchange that claimed at least eight lives brought back attention on the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) as well as the complexity of the Baloch militancy. Three phases of Baloch…
The World Drug Report World Drug Report is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Afghanistan is the largest producer of opium constituting 84% of global production. The main opiate trafficking flows originate from three key…
UNSC Non Permanent Seats UN Security Council is one of six principal organ of UN. It has the primary responsibility in maintaining international peace and security. It consists of 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members. Election to five non-permanent seats…