JULY

very little commonality in major issues between members of intl org
14th BRICS summit - china hosted - brought 13 like minded - making it as an extension of BRI
china resisted india’s inclusion in Asia Pacific Economic Co operation (APEC) even after india met the liberalised economy criteria
india - china = brics undermined
india - pak = saarc negative impact

FEBRUARY:

winter olympics - every 4 fours
2022 edition - beijing
first - 1924 - france
india participates since 1964
us, uk, australia, New Zealand, Canada, japan, netherlands - boycotted
1956 - summer games @ melbourne - boycotted by spain, netherlands, switzerland - protest against invasion of hungary by warsaw pact troops
1980 - games at moscow - 42 countries boycotted - against russia’s occupation of afghanistan at the end of 1979
russia and 19 other countries - stayed away from los angeles games
india’s reason for boycott - galwan incident - soldier involved - torch bearer of olympic
uighur muslim majority province of xinjiang - human rights violation by beijing
disapperance of chinese tennis star peng shuai, who accused a high ranking communist party member, of sexual harassment

during cold war, 1962, us placed jupiter missiles in italy and turkey, bordering soviet union
jupiter missiles -medium range ballistic missile - range 2400km
soviets placed SS 4 missiles in cuba
ewald heinrich von kleist, anti nazi - founder of MSC
munich security report - annually published

aid to SL $3.5bn
relief since jan,2022 - $400mn currency swap, %500mn loan deferment, $500mn line of credit for fuel imports
export import bank of india - 55mn short term line of credit
TN decided to extend an aid of rupees 123cr
cross border energy trade proposed like that with bangladesh, nepal, bhutan, myanmar
connectivity projects:
- flights from jaffna too trichy
- ferry form kankesanthurai to karaikkal
- sea bridge tunnel between rameshwaram and talaimannar
challenges:
- 1983 anti - tamil pogrom
- scrapped a tripartite agreement between india - japan - SL for the development of colombo’s east container terminal
way forward:
- revive thoothukudi - colombo & rameshwaram - talaimannar route