In news:

On May 4, Indian Prime Minister participated in a virtual summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group. The online NAM Contact Group Summit, on the theme ‘United against Covid-19’, was hosted by the current chairman of the grouping, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Break down of PM’s speech at NAM:

NAM:

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states that are not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc during cold war. NAM is a forum of 120 developing world states.

Relevance of NAM in times of COVID:

Source:”MEA “.

POSSIBLE UPSC CSE MAINS QUESTION:

Recent global issues like COVID-19 pandemic show that India could play a pivotal role in a renewed NAM. Discuss.