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Intro: No strategic vision has captivated India’s foreign policy mandarins and strategic community in recent times as have the Indo Pacific and the Quad. 65% of world population and 62% of world GDP context: The term Indo Pacific was first noticed in a paper written by Gurpreet Khurana, an Indian naval officer. Japan PM Shinzo had talked about Confluence of the two seas in 2007 drawing inspiration from a book by Dara shikoh written in 1655. It mentioned how the  freedom of navigation in the pacific was inseparable from the peace, stability and freedom of navigation in Indian ocean 2017- US secy of state called for free and open Indo pacific. 2017- Government of Australia brought a white paper explaining its vision of Indo Pacific based on three pillars – openness, security, prosperity 2017- quad came into existence 2019- USA has brought free and open Indo Pacific strategy which mentions China as a revisionist, predatory power 2019- ASEAN came up woth ASEAN outlook on Indo pacific t...

Current Affairs  Important Newspaper Highlights for UPSC Civil Services Examination. 20 July 2022 The HINDU 🔥 FRONT PAGE : SC transfers Agnipath petitions to HC (Page 1) 🔥 FRONT PAGE : Over 1.6 lakh Indians gave up citizenship last year(Page 1) 🔥 EDITORIAL:Chile marks a notch in global constitutionalism (Page 6) 🔥 EDITORIAL: Tunnel vision that is endangering India’s history (Page 6) 🔥 OPED : A new legislation that mirrors the old (Page 7) 🔥 TEXT &CONTEXT: The outrage over the new ‘National Emblem’ (Page 8) 🔥 TEXT &CONTEXT : The judgment on the Burkapal Maoist attack (Page 8) 🔥 NEWS : All States agreed to GST changes on food items: Finance Minister(Page 11) 🔥 BUSINESS : ‘GST: Punjab, Goa may see most stress’ (Page 14) 🔥 BUSINESS : RBI helps rupee to steady after 7 sessions of lows (Page 14)  The Indian EXPRESS 🟢 FRONT PAGE : Rupee falls below 80 against dollar, raises worries over imported inflation(Page 1) 🟠 IN PARLIAMENT : Govt says strong lessons from Sr...

India-Japan: Intro:  The friendship between India and Japan has a long history rooted in spiritual affinity and strong cultural and civilization ties dating back to the visit of Indian monk Bodhisena in 752 AD. By Mandal Siddhant of Kautilya, Japan lies in the second concentric circle and is an important ally in realising India's Act East policy. Cooperation: A test of the reliability of Japan as a friend was witnessed in 1991 when Japan was among the few countries that bailed India out of the BOP crisis. In 2014 ties were upgraded to Special strategic and global partnership Japan is a partner ISA, Quad India-Japan-Australia trilateral India japan annual summits, Foreign ministers dialogue, NSA level dialogue , 2+2 ensure regular high-level engagements India has remained Japan’s largest receipt of official development aid. Civil nuclear deal between both countries. Recently defence minister has referred India as the “gravity point in Asia” Visit of emperors of Japan in 2013, which ...

Terrorism Defined as the illegal use of force or violence against people to create a wave of terror with the intention of achieving certain political or sectarian objectives- 2nd ARC Terrorism can be of two types Terrorism from above (state sponsored) Terrorism from below (by non state actors) Features of terrorism War of attrition Protracted struggle Propaganda Highly publicised atrocities To intimidate enemy To mobilise popular support Analysis- In recent years, terrorist groups and lone wolf attackers have significantly enhanced their capabilities by gaining access to new and emerging technologies, including drones, virtual currencies and encrypted communications. Social media networks have contributed to the radicalization and recruitment of youth. The COVID-19 pandemic has only aggravated the situation further. The relative isolation and extended disruption due to the lock-downs and the associated distress and economic uncertainty has made the world more susceptible to radicalizi...