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Knowledge Nugget | Malabar Naval Exercise : What you must know for UPSC Exam

Knowledge Nugget | Malabar Naval Exercise 2025: Why it matters for UPSC Prelims and Mains – Key points on QUAD

November 11, 2025 11:19 am

UPSC Current Affairs: As the navies of India, the US, Australia, and Japan kick-start the annual Malabar naval exercise today, here’s all you need to know about the exercise and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget’ to learn about other key initiatives of the Quad.

Trump-Xi meeting: What it means for India in the G-2 world

October 30, 2025 2:33 pm

As Trump’s trade-driven strategy begins to reorder the region, Delhi must re-examine long-held assumptions about American purpose, Chinese ambition, and the strategic space available to middle powers such as India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo, on Friday.

The Modi-Ishiba moment: Can India and Japan lead a new Indo-Pacific order?

August 30, 2025 10:53 am

With economic, strategic, and trilateral ties deepening, the summit signals a growing ambition to shape regional dynamics without waiting on Washington. Execution on trade, minerals and defence will test the partnership's maturity

Secretary of State Marco Rubio with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi during the Indo-Pacific Quad meeting in Washington

Quad evolving framework, like-minded nations may be added: Japan diplomat

July 11, 2025 5:36 am

This also comes barely a week after the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Washington DC, which was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Quad comes together to create supply chains for critical minerals: Can it counter China?

July 04, 2025 6:46 am

Critical minerals, which include rare earth elements, are an important component of various cutting-edge hardware, ranging from semiconductors and electric vehicles to jet fighters.

The Quad foreign ministers said that they were looking forward to the next Quad Leaders’ Summit hosted by India later this year and the next Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Australia in 2026.

Quad leaders condemn ‘reprehensible’ Pahalgam attack: ‘Perpetrators, organizers, financiers must be brought to justice’

July 03, 2025 2:29 am

In a joint statement, the Quad foreign ministers reaffirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and expressed concern about the situation in the East China Sea and South China Sea and the ‘worsening crisis in Myanmar’.

India aboard US Coast Guard Cutter: QUAD nations launch first-ever 'At Sea Observer Mission' to boost maritime safety

July 01, 2025 1:53 pm

During the QUAD Leaders' Summit in 2024, the leaders of respective nations had planned to launch the initiative to improve interoperability and advance maritime safety.

Quad coordinating efforts to efficiently distribute assistance to Myanmar quake victims: joint statement

April 04, 2025 9:53 am

'The significant loss of life, injuries, and widespread destruction of infrastructure worsen an already-dire humanitarian situation in Myanmar,' the joint statement issued by the State Department said.

Rubio to hold first bilateral meeting with EAM Jaishankar after QUAD ministerial

January 21, 2025 11:52 pm

Jaishankar is here at the invitation of the US Government to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Trump on Monday took oath as the president of the US.