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  A British aircraft, Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, will be deployed to the region ahead of PM Boris Johnson's visit to India. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to visit India in April to boost UK's opportunities and counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.  The British Government also highlighted that a British aircraft will be deployed to the region ahead of PM Boris Johnson's visit to India. The government called the Indo-Pacific region increasingly the geopolitical centre of the world.  Key Details •The British Prime Minister was initially supposed to visit India in January to be the chief guest at India's Republic Day Celebrations on January 26, 2021. However, Johnson had cancelled his visit due to a major spike in the COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom.  •He will now visit India in April to strengthen India-UK relations and counter China. Johnson reportedly aims to increase focus on UK's place in the world and the ability to s

  France, Germany, Spain and Italy have become the latest European nations to temporarily halt the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns on March 15, 2021.  France, Germany, Spain and Italy  have become the latest European nations to  temporarily halt the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine  over blood clot concerns on March 15, 2021.  The move comes after other European nations- Denmark, Norway and Iceland temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine on March 11, 2021 due to concerns about patients developing blood clots post the vaccine jab.  The move was undertaken despite AstraZeneca and Europe's medicines watchdog insistence that the  vaccine was safe. Read More:  Denmark, Norway, Iceland temporarily halt use of AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine; UK calls it safe & effective Key Details  •Spain's Health Minister Carolina Darias said that the nation will stop the vaccine rollout for two weeks. Darias said in a

  The India-Jordan Joint Working Group meeting provided an opportunity to discuss and review the labour and manpower cooperation-related issues between the two countries. The first  India-Jordan Joint Working Group (JWG)  meeting under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand cooperation in the field of Manpower was held through a video conference on March 10, 2021.  The Indian delegation was led by Abbagani Ramu, Joint Secretary (OIA-I), Ministry of External Affairs. The delegation from Jordan was led by Abdullah al Jbour, Assistant Secretary-General for Operations Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Objective The India-Jordan Joint Working Group meeting provided an opportunity to discuss and review the labour and manpower cooperation-related issues between the two countries. Key Highlights  •The delegations from two countries agreed on institutionalizing measures to promote and protect the rights of the workers and settlement of labour issues.  •They also

  MoUs are likely to be signed in the field of disaster management as well as cooperation between some institutions of India and Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh will most probably sign three Memorandum of Understandings during PM Modi’s visit to Dhaka next week. Prime Minister will be visiting the neighbouring country to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s Independence as well as the birth centenary of its founder ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. PM Modi and the head of the government and state from Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan will be among the distinguished guests who will be joining the celebrations under separate schedules. According to the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, A.K. Abdul Momen, it is a historic event for the country as the five heads of government and state have never (without any summit) visited Bangladesh within a time span of 10 days. He was addressing a media briefing ahead of the 10-day celebrations which will start on March 17, 2021. MoUs l