Current Affairs Section
- The decision makes Panama the first Latin American country to withdraw from the global infrastructure initiative.
Panama Canal:
- It is a man made waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.
- It is owned and administered by Panama
- It was built by the United states and completed in August 1914,
- It is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal.
Category: International
- GMR Airports Ltd (GAL) has made a significant move by joining the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), reinforcing its commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.
- This partnership marks GAL’s dedication to aligning its operations with the ten principles of the UNGC, which include human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption.
- Through this alliance, GAL aims to integrate these principles into its operational strategies, further contributing to the global sustainability agenda
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- Dubai will host the inaugural Global Justice, Love & Peace Summit on April 12-13, 2025, at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City.
- Organized by the I am Peacekeeper Movement, the event will bring together 2,800 peacekeepers and 72 speakers, including 10 Nobel Laureates and world leaders
- It aims to promote justice, love, and peace, and establish an ongoing global platform for such discussions in Dubai.
- To work under the theme: One Planet, One Voice: Global Justice, Love & Peace.
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- Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States of America, has signed an executive order to withdraw the country from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and permanently stop the funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
- During his first presidency (2017-2021), Donald Trump pulled out of the UNHRC in 2018 accusing it of bias against Israel.
UNRWA
- It was set up by the United Nations in 1949 to help the Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled from Palestine before and during the 1948 Arab -Israeli war that led to the creation of Israel.
- Israel was established by partitioning Palestine by the United Nations.
The UNRWA Provides basic services like health, education, food, shelter, etc to the descendants of these Palestinian refugees living in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, as well as in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. - The UNRWA is funded by voluntary contributions of the United Nations member countries.
- In 2024-25 India has pledged $ 5 million assistance to the UNRWA.
- Headquarters: Amman (Jordan) and Gaza Strip.
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- Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S.Jaishankar attended the Quad foreign ministers meeting in Washington D.C, the United States of America
- The foreign ministers of the Quad group consisting of India, Japan, Australia, and the United States of America were in the United States of America to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America
- Donald Trump is the oldest person to become the President of the United States of America.
- The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the ninth foreign ministers level meeting of the Quad group
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- Nigeria was officially admitted as a partner country of the BRICS bloc, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
- This strategic move aims to bolster Nigeria’s economic and diplomatic ties with leading emerging economies.
- The announcement was made by Brazil’s Foreign Ministry, highlighting Nigeria’s significant role in strengthening South-South cooperation and advocating for global governance reforms.
- Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and the world’s 6th most populous country.
- BRICS now includes 9 partner countries: Nigeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan.
BRICS
- BRICS is an intergovernmental organisation that originally consisted of four countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
- British economist Jim O'Neill, working for Goldman Sachs, coined the acronym BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) in 2001. He believed that these countries would dominate global economic growth by 2050.
- The first foreign minister’s meeting of the BRIC countries was held in New York in 2006.
- The first summit meeting of the leaders of the BRIC countries was held in June 1996 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- The group's name was changed to BRICS after South Africa joined the group in 2010.
- With the addition of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, the total number of BRICS members has reached 10.
- Russia will host the 16th annual BRICS summit from 22 to 24 October 2024
- The next BRICS foreign ministers' meeting will be held on the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York starting on 10 September 2024. Brazil will host the meeting as it will be the next chairman of BRICS after Russia.
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Date: 24-01-2025Category: International