Daily News Analysis 12th November 2018

Topic for Prelims

Samudra Shakti

The inaugural edition of Indian Navy – Indonesian Navy Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ held at the port of Surabaya in Indonesia.

The aim of the exercise is to strengthen bilateral relations, expand maritime co-operation, enhance interoperability and exchange best practices.

Centenary of the conclusion of the First World War

The Vice President of India represented India on the occasion.

The event commemorated the sacrifices of thousands of brave Indian soldiers who had fought gallantly in the world war.

The Vice President unveiled the Indian War Memorial in Villers-Guislain, a town near to paris, where difficult battles fought by Indian soldiers of whom over 40,000 died during the battle of Cambrai.

On this ocassion Global Peace Forum held in paris and also high level panel discussion titled ‘Dialogue of Continents on Global Governance’ focusing on global governance challenges.

The Paris Peace Forum meet provided an opportunity for about 70 global leaders to look at the challenges to the multilateralism and work in unison to prevent any disaster hitting mankind in the form of growing protectionism.