CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -What is India-Bhutan MoU in use of Outer Space? The agreement allows the countries to pursue cooperation in areas such as space science, navigation, planetary exploration, use of space system, spacecrafts and ground systems. The MoU will help in creating Joint Working Group.

Detailed explanation-2: -Space cooperation MoU Signed between India and Tunisia.

Detailed explanation-3: -As of February 2021, 111 countries are parties to the treaty, while another 23 have signed the treaty but have not completed ratification. India is a party to the Outer Space Treaty. The Outer Space Treaty is an important topic in the current affairs, science and technology segments of the IAS Exam.

Detailed explanation-4: -The US space agency and Japan have signed an agreement that builds on a long history of collaboration in space exploration between the two nations. The US space agency and Japan have signed an agreement that builds on a long history of collaboration in space exploration between the two nations.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1967, the Outer Space Treaty (OST) was signed and ratified by the US, the Soviet Union and 63 other participants of the United Nations on the 27th January. India did so in March of the same year, however, it was another fifteen years (1982) before the Indian Parliament ratified the document.