CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recently, Tahawwur Rana, an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, has been extradited from the US to India. Extradition treaties in India are governed by the 'Extradition Act, 1962'.

On April 9, 2025, the US has imposed new sanctions on Iran's nuclear program ahead of nuclear talks with Iran. Iran's development of nuclear weapons can pose a serious threat to the Middle East as well as overall global security.

Recently Indonesia has agreed to join the New Development Bank established by the BRICS group.

The 14th Meeting of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Conference and Expert Working Group (EWG) on Counter-Terrorism will be held in New Delhi from March 19 to 20, 2025.

PM Modi inaugurates the tenth edition of Raisina Dialogues

League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi and argued that avoiding extradition is not a valid reason for citizenship of the island nation.

Bhutan Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid an official visit to India from February 20-21, 2025 to attend the School of Ultimate Leadership (SOUL) conference.

Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed a two-day visit to Russia to participate in the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit. This is Prime Minister Modi's first visit to Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

India is a member of several multilateral groupings on both sides of the geostrategic ‘divide’, its participation in the Quad and BRICS presents fascinating and sometimes contradictory dilemmas for the country.

According to a cabinet note of July 2024, both India and Japan are planning to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to establish a joint lending arrangement with sharing of emission reduction credits.