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• According to Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India was the top arms importer in the world in the period 2019-23, with imports having gone up by 4.7% compared with the period 2014-18. • At the same time, arms imports by European countries increased by 94% between 2014-18 and 2019-23, which comes against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. • Although Russia remained India’s main arms supplier [accounting for 36% of its arms imports], this was the first five-year period since 1960-64 when deliveries from Russia [or the Soviet Union prior to 1991] made up less than half of India’s arms imports,”. • Nine of the 10 biggest arms importers in 2019-23, including the top three of India, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, were in Asia and Oceania or the West Asia. • Ukraine became the fourth biggest arms importer after it received transfers of major arms in 2022-23.” • Imports of Pakistan, the fifth largest arms importer in 2019-23, went up by 43%, with China supplying as much as 82% of all its arms imports.
The concept of confidentiality shall extend to_____?
Which section delas with the establishment of Depositor Education and Awareness Fund by the RBI under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949?
As per the Insurance Act, 1938 an insurance company shall not be wound up voluntarily except _________________
In the case of a private company, ________________, shall be the quorum for a meeting of the company
The authority of a partner to bind the firm conferred by Section 19 of the Act is called:
Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, what is the primary purpose of arbitration?
Which of the following words were added to the Preamble by 42nd Amendment Act, 1976?
The goods which form subject matter of sale
As per the Companies Act persons not eligible for appointment as an auditor of a company are ___________
Which of the following penalty can be imposed for contravention of the provisions of FEMA?