competition wizard Published this article page no 71 OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS AUKUS Australia UK and US have announced a new trilateral program AUKUS. About AUKUS AUKUS by Australia UK and US is a new security alliance that aims for deeper cooperation in the IndoPacific and greater sharing of defence capabilities within the alliance. The plan is to give access to cutting edge military technology to Australia by its two partners including futuristic capabilities like artificial intelligence and quantum technologies. As part of the pact Australia will abandon its US $43 billion plan to build French conventional submarines and instead build vessels based on USUK technology. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report As per the report Afghan Opium Production Rises for a Fifth Year Findings are part of a report by UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that was launched at the meeting of Paris Pact Initiative (PPI). on drug trafficking o PPI is an international coalition (India also a part) launched in 2003 to combat illicit traffic in opiates originating in Afghanistan. Key highlights of the report o Opium harvest in Afghanistan increased by 8% in 2021 with a total production of 6800 tons. o Accounting for 85% of global opium production in 2020 Afghan opiates supply 8 out of 10 (80%) opiate users worldwide. o Increasing methamphetamine manufacture in Afghanistan due to saturating opiates market and high regional and global demand for methamphetamine.Impact on India o According to a UNODC report 45% of the heroin in India originates from Afghanistan. o Recently lowercost synthetic methamphetamine is drawing the bulk of young users in India. o Vulnerability to southern trafficking route. Delhi Regional Security Dialogue India hosted the regional security dialogue to discuss the overall security situation in Afghanistan following the Talibans capture of power in the country. Two earlier meetings in this format have been held in Iran in 2018 and in 2019. It is for the first time that all Central Asian countries and not just Afghanistans immediate land neighbours are participating in this format. The Delhi Declaration was adopted by the NSAs of Russia Iran Tajikistan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan competition wizard buy.
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