The UK government has once again excluded Indian students from a new list of countries considered “low risk” under Tier 4 visa category.It would have allowed an easier visa application process for Indian students to UK universities. The British government has said that the exclusion of Indian students from a relaxation of visa rules were… Continue reading India excluded again from student visa relaxation list
Category: Factly: IR
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the International Relations. You can find all relevant International updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Congress hosts G20 diplomats, shares political vision
Congress leaders held an interaction with ambassadors of G20 member-countries. G20 is an international forum of the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies formed in 1999.The group accounts for 85% of world GDP and two-thirds of the population.They have no permanent staff of its own and its chairmanship rotates annually between nations… Continue reading Congress hosts G20 diplomats, shares political vision
India-Russia AK-203 JV will be fully indigenised in 3 years
Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for a manufacturing unit of the AK-203/103 assault rifle at the Korwa ordnance factory in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh.India and Russia had signed an inter governmental agreement (IGA) to build the AK-203 rifle in India. According to the agreement with Russia,Kalashnikov factory will be set up in… Continue reading India-Russia AK-203 JV will be fully indigenised in 3 years
We don’t want to reopen old wounds,’ says Sri Lanka President Sirisena
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has backed out on the commitment made to the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC) over wartime atrocities against Tamils.He said that he will now ask the UNHRC to reconsider a 2015 resolution which called for credible investigations into alleged atrocities. However,President’s cohabitation government distanced itself from his stance and said… Continue reading We don’t want to reopen old wounds,’ says Sri Lanka President Sirisena
Tariff hike to hit exports to U.S.
The US has announced its decision to terminate India’s designation as a beneficiary of its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). This decision comes in the backdrop of US having concerns over a range of issues like (a) India’s new rules on e-commerce that affected firms such as Amazon and Walmart (b) Data localisation rules which… Continue reading Tariff hike to hit exports to U.S.
China targets 6 to 6.5% in shadow of trade war with U.S
China lowered its economic growth target for the year 2019 to between 6 to 6.5% of Gross Domestic product(GDP). The cuts to the GDP growth target comes in the backdrop of (a)Chinese economy facing pressure from a persistent slowdown (b)Rising trade tensions between US and China and (c)slowing global economy. Chinese Government have announced various… Continue reading China targets 6 to 6.5% in shadow of trade war with U.S
No bank guarantees meant a more expensive new Rafale deal
Indian government in 2016 inked a direct deal with the French government to purchase 36 new Rafale fighter jets.The Opposition parties have alleged that the government bought 36 Rafale fighter aircraft at a much higher price than the one that was being negotiated for 126 aircraft by the previous government. Rafale is a twin-engine medium… Continue reading No bank guarantees meant a more expensive new Rafale deal
CURTAIN RAISER: AL NAGAH 2019
Exercise Al Nagah III,third in the series of bilateral joint military exercise between India and Oman will be held at Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in Oman.In this exercise,both will exchange expertise and experience in tactics, weapon handling and firing. The exercise aims at enhancing interoperability in counter terrorist operations in semi-urban mountainous terrain. The first… Continue reading CURTAIN RAISER: AL NAGAH 2019
NSA surveillance programme to be shut
United States National Security Agency(NSA) is planning to end the highly controversial, once-secret, surveillance program for counter terrorism.It used to annually collect hundreds of millions of telephone call records to analyze the data for clues. The program was disclosed by Edward Snowden. It then became a focus of debate about maintaining balance between privacy and… Continue reading NSA surveillance programme to be shut
China says it is in “close communication” with India and Pakistan to ease tensions
China has said that it is planning to send a special envoy to ease tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama attack. China agreed with Russia which said that Counter terrorism Mechanism such as Regional Anti terrorist Structure(RATS) under Shanghai cooperation Organisation(SCO) could be used as a forum to discuss India-Pakistan issues.However,India maintains that… Continue reading China says it is in “close communication” with India and Pakistan to ease tensions
