Background: India-US joint satellites, NASA-ISRO data satellite, Climate change, Monsoons, US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Day: June 25, 2016
Colombia government, FARC rebels sign historic ceasefire
Background: Colombian conflict, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Latin America’s civil war.
Amendments to Specific Relief Act being examined
Background: Specific Relief Act 1963, Article 226 of the Constitution, High Court, Supreme Court, Ease of doing business.
Centre returns 14 Bills passed by Delhi Assembly
Background: Jan Lokpal Bill, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act (GNCTD) 1991, Parliamentary secretaries, Concept of office of profit.
Free trade talks with EU to be modified
Can Britain opt for the Norway model?
Background: EU referendum, Brexit, Europe’s refugee crisis, European Union (EU), Lisbon treaty, European Economic Area (EEC), Article 50, WTO.
China no barrier to India’s NSG entry, says academic
Background: Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), US Pivot to Asia.