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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit East Timor as the group’s 11th member, the 10 member-bloc said in a statement, more than a decade after the country requested membership.

Highlights:

The half-island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will also granted observer status at high-level ASEAN meetings.

The country is the first new member of the regional grouping in more than two decades, since Cambodia was admitted in 1999.

What is ASEAN?

Founded on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Its member states are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. East Timor was added as a new member of this regional grouping.

East Timor and ASEAN

East Timor started applying for ASEAN membership in 2011.

The ASEAN decided to admit the island nation as its 11th member more than a decade after Timor-Leste requested membership.

This decision was made at Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, where the 40th and 41st ASEAN and related summits officially began recently.

East Timor was granted observer status at ASEAN meetings, including summit plenaries, until it is formally inducted into the regional bloc.

About East Timor

East Timor province remained in Portuguese possession until 1975.

Timor Leste or East Timor is a half-island nation in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.

It is situated at the southern extreme of the Malay Archipelago.

It occupies the eastern half of the Island of Timor.

It is bounded by the Timor Sea to the southeast, the Wetar Strait to the north, the Ombai Strait to the northwest and the western Timor (part of Indonesian territory)

After Chinese troops’ incursion in eastern Ladakh in 2020, Patrolling Point 15 (PP15) in Hot Springs and PP17A near Gogra Post were among the four friction points between the two armies, the other two being PP14 in Galwan Valley and the north bank of Pangong Tso.

In a major breakthrough, the Indian and Chinese sides have started disengaging at Patrolling Point (PP15) in the Gogra-Hot spring region of eastern Ladakh. This comes after the armies reached a consensus in the 16th round of the India-China Corps Commander level meet.

Location:

Gogra Post is east of the point where the Chang Chenmo river takes a hairpin bend coming southeast from Galwan Valley and turning southwest.

The area is north of the Karakoram Range of mountains, which lies north of the Pangong Tso lake, and south east of Galwan Valley.

Significance of Hot Springs and the Gogra Post:

The area is adjacent to Kongka Pass, one of the main passes that China claims marks the boundary between India and China.

India’s claim to the international boundary lies significantly east, covering the whole Aksai Chin region.

Hot Springs and Gogra Post are located at the boundary between two of China’s most historically troubled provinces (Xinjiang and Tibet).

What is the importance of Disengagement on Hot Springs and the Gogra Post?

The disengagement in the Hot springs-Gogra region will de-escalate the border tension with China as it officially ends the eye-to-eye confrontation at all new friction points created by the PLA in 2020.

The regions, PP15 and PP17A, are located in an area where India and China largely agree on the LAC alignment.

After the 2020 ingress, there was a significant build-up of the Chinese troops and deployment of heavy weapons in Hot springs-Gogra region

Kongka Pass Location:

Kongka Pass, also known as the Kongka La, is a low mountain pass that cuts through the Chang Chenmo Valley. It is located in Ladakh, on the disputed India-China border.

Galwan Valley Location:

The valley is strategically placed between Ladakh in the west and Aksai Chin in the east, both of which are currently under China’s control as part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

दक्षिण-पूर्व बंगाल की खाड़ी पर कम दबाव का क्षेत्र विकसित होने से 7 मई को चक्रवाती तूफान की संभावना बन रही है। यह वर्ष का पहला चक्रवात होगा। विश्व मौसम विज्ञान संगठन (डब्ल्यूएमओ) ने इस संभावित तूफान को ‘चक्रवात मोचा’ नाम दिया है। मोचा बंगाल के साथ ही समूचे उत्तर भारत के मौसम पर असर डालेगा और 9 से 12 मई के बीच तेज हवाओं के साथ बारिश होने की संभावना है। आईएमडी ग्लोबल फोरकास्ट सिस्टम (जीएफएस) मॉडल ने कहा है कि मोचा 12 मई तक उत्तर, उत्तर-पूर्व और पूर्व मध्य बंगाल की खाड़ी की ओर बढ़ेगा। मई 2020 में आए सुपर साइक्लोन अम्फान ने कोलकाता सहित लगभग पूरे दक्षिण बंगाल को तबाह कर दिया था।

चक्रवात बनने के लिए अनुकूल परिस्थितियां

विंडी डॉट कॉम ने बंगाल की खाड़ी में चक्रवात बनने के लिए परिस्थितियां अनुकूल बताई है।

बंगाल की खाड़ी के ऊपर उष्णकटिबंधीय चक्रवात की ताप क्षमता 100 किलोजूल प्रति वर्ग सेमी. (केजे/सेमी) से अधिक है। किलोजूल ऊर्जा मापने की एक इकाई है। यह ताप क्षमता समुद्र की ऊपरी परतों में जमा होने वाली ऊष्मा की मात्रा को इंगित करती है।

अध्ययनों के अनुसार 60 किलोजूल प्रति वर्ग सेमी. से ऊपर की ताप क्षमता उष्णकटिबंधीय चक्रवातों की तीव्रता को बढ़ा सकती है।

इस साल अल-नीनो के गर्म होने की संभावना

डब्ल्यूएमओ के अनुसार इस साल मई-जुलाई के दौरान अल-नीनो के विकसित होने की 60% संभावना है। यह जून-अगस्त में लगभग 70% और जुलाई-सितंबर के बीच 80% तक बढ़ जाएगा।

अल-नीनो औसतन हर 2 से 7 साल में होता है, जो 9 से 12 महीने रहता है।

पृथ्वी विज्ञान मंत्रालय के मुताबिक अल-नीनो की स्थितियां मानसून के दौरान विकसित हो सकती हैं और मानसून के दूसरे चरण में इसका असर महसूस हो सकता है। यह पूर्वानुमान कृषि क्षेत्र के लिए चिंता का सबब है।

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit East Timor as the group’s 11th member, the 10 member-bloc said in a statement, more than a decade after the country requested membership.

Highlights:

The half-island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will also granted observer status at high-level ASEAN meetings.

The country is the first new member of the regional grouping in more than two decades, since Cambodia was admitted in 1999.

What is ASEAN?

Founded on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Its member states are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. East Timor was added as a new member of this regional grouping.

East Timor and ASEAN

East Timor started applying for ASEAN membership in 2011.

The ASEAN decided to admit the island nation as its 11th member more than a decade after Timor-Leste requested membership.

This decision was made at Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, where the 40th and 41st ASEAN and related summits officially began recently...read more....

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