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🔆India France strategic partnership
The India-France 'strategic partnership' is reinforced by recent visits between the leaders of both countries, demonstrating a shared commitment to collaboration across various domains.
Historical support from France, as seen during India's nuclear tests in 1998 and France's advocacy for India's permanent seat at the UN Security Council, cemented the basis of strategic convergence.
Shared values of strategic autonomy and multipolarity post-Cold War align India and France in their foreign policy outlook, promoting stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Emphasis on defense industrial collaboration aligns with India's goal of self-reliance ('atmanirbharta') with projects like the aerospace engine development for advanced combat aircraft, and setting up of aerospace manufacturing lines.
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The India-France 'strategic partnership' is reinforced by recent visits between the leaders of both countries, demonstrating a shared commitment to collaboration across various domains.
Historical support from France, as seen during India's nuclear tests in 1998 and France's advocacy for India's permanent seat at the UN Security Council, cemented the basis of strategic convergence.
Shared values of strategic autonomy and multipolarity post-Cold War align India and France in their foreign policy outlook, promoting stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Emphasis on defense industrial collaboration aligns with India's goal of self-reliance ('atmanirbharta') with projects like the aerospace engine development for advanced combat aircraft, and setting up of aerospace manufacturing lines.
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Polity & Governance.pdf
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🎯 Polity Yearly Current Affairs
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🔆Rising tension in Korean Peninsula
North Korea has formally designated South Korea as an enemy, abandoning its long-standing goal of Korean reunification, and stepping up missile tests, raising global security concerns.
The recent testing of advanced missiles, including a hypersonic weapon, by North Korea, adds to the regional arms race and challenges to missile defense systems.
South Korea's government, under President Yoon Suk Yeol, is coordinating with the U.S. and Japan in response to North Korea's actions, marking a shift towards a more confrontational approach
North Korea's strengthened ties with China and Russia, coupled with its support of Russia in the Ukraine conflict, suggest a strategic axis that complicates international diplomacy.
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North Korea has formally designated South Korea as an enemy, abandoning its long-standing goal of Korean reunification, and stepping up missile tests, raising global security concerns.
The recent testing of advanced missiles, including a hypersonic weapon, by North Korea, adds to the regional arms race and challenges to missile defense systems.
South Korea's government, under President Yoon Suk Yeol, is coordinating with the U.S. and Japan in response to North Korea's actions, marking a shift towards a more confrontational approach
North Korea's strengthened ties with China and Russia, coupled with its support of Russia in the Ukraine conflict, suggest a strategic axis that complicates international diplomacy.
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British Foreign Secretary David Cameron's remarks on potentially recognizing the Palestine state hint at a shift in a section of the UK government's stance on the Palestine question post the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Britain's historical role, beginning with the 1917 Balfour Declaration that supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine, underscores its responsibility in advocating for a two-state solution—a recognized pathway to peace.
The two-state solution faces challenges with approximately 700,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, ongoing Gaza conflicts, and the rejection of this proposition by Israeli leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu
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Britain's historical role, beginning with the 1917 Balfour Declaration that supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine, underscores its responsibility in advocating for a two-state solution—a recognized pathway to peace.
The two-state solution faces challenges with approximately 700,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, ongoing Gaza conflicts, and the rejection of this proposition by Israeli leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu
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Following a ruling by the International Court of Justice that Israel must prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, allegations have emerged about the complicity of some UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff in Hamas attacks against Israel, leading to investigations and funding pauses by multiple countries.
UNRWA, established in 1949, is dedicated to assisting refugees from the Israel-Palestine conflict, growing to support over 5.9 million Palestinians across the region, including those displaced in Gaza due to Israeli offensives.
The cessation of funding threatens UNRWA's operations, directly counteracting the International Court of Justice's directive for humanitarian aid to Gaza, highlighting the agency's critical role in providing education, healthcare, and relief in Gaza.
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UNRWA, established in 1949, is dedicated to assisting refugees from the Israel-Palestine conflict, growing to support over 5.9 million Palestinians across the region, including those displaced in Gaza due to Israeli offensives.
The cessation of funding threatens UNRWA's operations, directly counteracting the International Court of Justice's directive for humanitarian aid to Gaza, highlighting the agency's critical role in providing education, healthcare, and relief in Gaza.
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English-speaking countries, notably Canada and the U.K., are tightening rules for Indian students seeking admissions to universities, with revised requirements including a significant increase in the Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) amount and restrictions on bringing dependant family members.
The revised rules aim to address problems such as 'diploma mills,' encouraging higher education quality and reducing migration through educational institutions with poor credentials.
Changes in student visa rules are leading to varying impacts, with master's program students in Canada benefitting from eased norms, including eligibility for a three-year work permit post-completion, while bachelors' degree aspirants face challenges..
The tightening of visa rules has caused a shift in preferred study abroad destinations among Indian students, with Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Taiwan, and Israel emerging as popular options.
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The revised rules aim to address problems such as 'diploma mills,' encouraging higher education quality and reducing migration through educational institutions with poor credentials.
Changes in student visa rules are leading to varying impacts, with master's program students in Canada benefitting from eased norms, including eligibility for a three-year work permit post-completion, while bachelors' degree aspirants face challenges..
The tightening of visa rules has caused a shift in preferred study abroad destinations among Indian students, with Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Taiwan, and Israel emerging as popular options.
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🔆Northern Ireland gets a govt after two years
✅An Irish nationalist made history recently by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott.
✅The Parliament of Northern Ireland was paralysed over new trade rules between the European Union and the United Kingdom necessitated by Brexit.
📍Background
✅Northern Ireland was created in May 1921 by partitioning Ireland, and consists of the six northeastern counties of the island.
✅In 1922, the rest of Ireland gained independence from the British (today’s Republic of Ireland, with its capital in Dublin).
✅Northern Ireland remained with the United Kingdom, but tensions simmered between the side loyal to the Crown, and the faction wanting to join the Republic.
✅Today, the side loyal to the British Union are called unionists, while those who support a united and free Ireland are called nationalists.
📍Belfast Agreement or the Good Friday agreement
✅By the end of the 1960s, a bloody conflict was raging in Northern Ireland among those who wished to remain with the UK and those who wanted to join Ireland.
✅Finally, in 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed to end the bloodshed, and gave Northern Ireland a unique system of governance.
📍Unique system of governance
✅Both unionists and nationalists share power in Stormont, the Parliament buildings in Belfast.
✅Both sides have to cooperate for the government to work.
✅While the faction that wins more votes in elections gets the post of First Minister, the other side gets the chair of Deputy First Minister, with equal power.
✅An Irish nationalist made history recently by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott.
✅The Parliament of Northern Ireland was paralysed over new trade rules between the European Union and the United Kingdom necessitated by Brexit.
📍Background
✅Northern Ireland was created in May 1921 by partitioning Ireland, and consists of the six northeastern counties of the island.
✅In 1922, the rest of Ireland gained independence from the British (today’s Republic of Ireland, with its capital in Dublin).
✅Northern Ireland remained with the United Kingdom, but tensions simmered between the side loyal to the Crown, and the faction wanting to join the Republic.
✅Today, the side loyal to the British Union are called unionists, while those who support a united and free Ireland are called nationalists.
📍Belfast Agreement or the Good Friday agreement
✅By the end of the 1960s, a bloody conflict was raging in Northern Ireland among those who wished to remain with the UK and those who wanted to join Ireland.
✅Finally, in 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed to end the bloodshed, and gave Northern Ireland a unique system of governance.
📍Unique system of governance
✅Both unionists and nationalists share power in Stormont, the Parliament buildings in Belfast.
✅Both sides have to cooperate for the government to work.
✅While the faction that wins more votes in elections gets the post of First Minister, the other side gets the chair of Deputy First Minister, with equal power.