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Daily Current Affairs – 13 May, 2026

    Shifting World Order: Five Principles should Guide India’s Diplomacy

    Context

  • In foreign policy, there is no substitute for nurturing trusted partnerships even while seeking new opportunities.

    • About

  • PM Modi’s brief stop in the United Arab Emirates en route to Europe this week comes amid growing uncertainty over the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
  • His presence in Abu Dhabi underlines an enduring principle of sound diplomacy: Stand by your partners when they need you.
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    IMD Launches Block-Level Monsoon Forecast System

    Context

  • The India Meteorological Department has launched a new forecasting system capable of providing block-level forecasts of the southwest monsoon across 15 States and one Union Territory. 

    • Weather forecasting in India

  • India, at present, depends on satellite data and computer models for weather prediction. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) uses the INSAT series of satellites and supercomputers.
  • In India three satellites, INSAT-3D, INSAT-3DR and INSAT-3DS are used mainly for meteorological observations. 
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    Windfall for Agrifood Corporations Amid Geopolitical Shocks

    Context

  • A report titled The New Geopolitics of Food by the IPES- Food highlights how geopolitical disruptions have enabled large agrifood corporations to earn extraordinary profits, while worsening hunger, food inflation, and environmental degradation, across the world.

    • Key Findings of the Report

  • Corporations Used Crises to Increase Profits: The report argues that several agrifood corporations increased prices beyond actual production cost increases.
  • Food inflation after 2020 created opportunities for corporations to raise profit margins.
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