Why in news? Officials from the 48 countries that make up the Climate Vulnerable Forum laid out their key demands ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26). About Climat...

Why in news? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on October 21 retained Pakistan in the ‘greylist’ yet again, observing that it needed to further demonstrate that investigations and prosecutions were being p...

Why in news? India, the world’s third-largest energy consumer, on 21st October warned that high oil prices will undermine global economic recovery, and nudged OPEC nations to work towards affordable and relia...

Why in news? Russia recently said it would halt the activities of its diplomatic mission to NATO after the Western military alliance expelled eight Russians in a row over spying. About NATO The North Atl...

Why in news? International Energy Agency (IEA) has invited India, the world's third-largest energy consumer, to become its full-time member – a proposal if accepted will require New Delhi to raise strategic oil r...

What is Build Back Better World (B3W) Initiative? Build Back Better World (B3W) is an initiative undertaken by G7 countries. Launched in June 2021, the initiative is designed to counter China's strategic influe...

IN NEWS: India will host the G-20 summit for the first time in 2023 and will hold the Presidency of the grouping from December 1, 2022. Also, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed In...

Why in news? G-33 Virtual Informal Ministerial Meeting was organised by Indonesia on 16th September 2021 to discuss the agricultural priority issues of G-33 and the way forward for the 12th Ministerial Conference o...

Why in news? FICCI’s ‘Future of India-ASEAN Connectivity partnership’ conference stressed the need to speed up the regional connectivity project between India and ASEAN countries. About ASEAN...

Why in news? The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced that it is committing 30 per cent of its climate finance to support nature-based solutions in rural small-scale agriculture by 2...