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UPSC Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations (Week 79)

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Diego Garcia, ASEAN grouping and more (Week 79)

October 16, 2024 4:13 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on International Relations.

Fuel tanks at the edge of a miltary airstrip on Diego Garcia, largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain.

UK-Mauritius treaty on Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia: What it means, why it matters for India

October 04, 2024 11:01 pm

For years, Mauritius demanded the UK end its control on the Chagos Archipelago. Why was their ownership a matter of contention, and what are the interests of countries like the US and India here? We explain.

December 21, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Govt denies report on proposed strike against Pak nuclear facilities

December 21, 2022 7:02 am

The Washington Post, quoting US intelligence sources, says Prime Minister Indira Gandhi decided against carrying out an attack on Pakistan’s nuclear installations when she first heard the proposal nine months ago.

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23 Indian fishermen, detained at Diego Garcia, released

November 09, 2015 6:47 pm

The mail said the fishermen have been released on November 7 from their exclusive economic zone.

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Troubled waters

October 26, 2015 1:14 am

For the past two weeks, 23 fishermen have been in the custody of the British Navy after they strayed into the British Indian Ocean Territory of Diego Garcia.

US is preparing to strike Iran's nuke facilities: Report

March 17, 2010 4:03 pm

Stepping up its preparations for a possible strike on Iran's nuclear facilities,US is transporting hundreds of 387 'bunker-buster' bombs to its air base on the British island of Diego Garcia.