PM Modi’s Jordan Visit: West Asia Outreach at 75 Years
Why in News? On December 15-16, 2025, the Prime Minister made the first-ever full bilateral state visit by an Indian PM to the Hashemite Kingdom of…
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International Relations · 2025
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G20 Johannesburg Summit: Global South Agenda and India’s Role
Why in News? The G20 Leaders’ Summit met in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22-23, 2025 — the first G20 summit ever hosted on the African…
India Hosts UNESCO’s 20th Intangible Cultural Heritage Session
Why in News? From 8 to 13 December 2025, India for the first time hosted and chaired the 20th session of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the…
Deepavali on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Context: Deepavali (Diwali), India’s major festival of lights, has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This comes a year…
India-Russia Annual Summit 2025: Programme 2030 and the Strategic Partnership
On 4-5 December 2025, Vladimir Putin landed in New Delhi for a two-day state visit, and for those forty-eight hours one of the world’s most-watched relationships…
India-Russia Relation
Context: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi for his first India visit since the Ukraine war began. UPSC Relevance: International Relation UPSC PYQ: Q. What…
COP30 Belem Package: Adaptation Finance and the Global Mutirao
Why in News? The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in Belem, Brazil from 10-21 November…
Bioterrorism
Why in news: Statement by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at a conference marking 50 years of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in New Delhi (1…
OPEC and OPEC+
Context: The recent pause in oil output by OPEC+ members have brought into news the leverage that this organisation holds in deciding the global oil prices.…
COP30 Belem Package: Climate Roadmaps Without a Fossil-Fuel Phase-Out
For the first time, the world’s biggest climate summit met inside the Amazon. COP30 — the thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the UN climate convention…
IBSA Forum
Context: Addressing the India-Brazil-South Africa leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, Indian Prime Minister reiterated the necessity of UNSC reforms. UPSC Relevance: Important international groupings. PYQ: Q. In…
Location In News-Pokrovsk
Context: Russia claims control of more than 75% of Pokrovsk, a major road-and-rail junction in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The move is part of Russia’s continued…