The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu on November 30, 2020 represented India at the 19th session of the SCO Council of Heads of Government. The 19th session of the SCO Council of Heads of Government was hosted Read More …
Category: International
China planning ‘super hydropower station’ on Brahmaputra
According to the Global Times, ‘China will build a hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River, one of the major waters in Asia that also passes through India and Bangladesh’. This “super hydropower station” is located in Medog county, where Read More …
Hualong One-China’s domestically developed third-generation reactor design
Hualong One is China’s first domestically developed nuclear reactor. It was connected to the national grid on November 27, 2020. It is a domestically developed third-generation reactor design technology. The reactor can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year Read More …
Chang’e-5: China’s mission to bring back samples from moon
China on November 24, 2020 launched its Chang’e-5 probe into space from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan province. Main Features The probe was launched by the Long March-5, China’s largest carrier rocket. Objective: It will set down on the moon Read More …
Pangda village dispute
Recently a Chinese journalist had tweeted, which was later deleted, the map of a new village of the country. Satellite imagery analysts have that claimed the village named ‘Pangda’ was two kilometres inside Bhutanese territory and near the Doklam Plateau. Read More …
India to host G-20 summit in 2023
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, participated in the 15th G20 Summit convened by Saudi Arabia in virtual format, on 21-22 November, 2020. The agenda of the second day of the G 20 summit focused a session on building an inclusive, Read More …
SIMBEX-20: India-Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise
The 27th edition of India – Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20 began in Andaman Sea on November 23, 2020. It will continue till 25th November. First time in 1994: The SIMBEX series of exercises between Indian Navy and Singapore Navy Read More …
FDA Authorizes Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on November 21, 2020 issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for casirivimab and imdevimab to be administered together for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients with positive results of direct Read More …
Britain and Canada struck rollover trade deal
Britain and Canada struck a rollover trade deal to protect the flow of 27 billion dollar-worth of goods and services between them after Brexit. Both countries roll over the terms of an existing agreement between the EU and Canada when Read More …
SITMEX-2020 Exercise
The 2nd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 was conducted in Andaman Sea. Indian Navy Ships including indigenously built ASW corvette Kamorta and missile corvette Karmuk participated in this exercise. First edition of SITMEX, hosted by Read More …
India calls comprehensive ceasefire during ‘Arria Formula’ meeting
India has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that it calls for an “immediate comprehensive ceasefire” in Afghanistan, while welcoming all opportunities to bring peace to the country. India’s position was articulated by its Permanent Representative to the United Read More …
Global HIV Prevention Coalition (GPC)
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan on November 18, 2020 digitally addressed the Ministerial meeting of the Global Prevention Coalition (GPC) for HIV Prevention through Video Conference. Hosted by UNAIDS and UNFPA on behalf of the Read More …
‘Team Halo’ to counter the misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines
The United Nations (UN) has collaborated with ‘The Vaccine Confidence Project’ at the University of London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to undertake Team Halo. Team Halo is an initiative which aims to counter the misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines Read More …
Australia and Japan to sign Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)
Australia and Japan have moved towards signing a long-awaited defence pact which will enable both countries to intensify military cooperation in the face of rising tensions with China. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Read More …
nOPV2 vaccine-first ever vaccine listed under WHO emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) on November 13, 2020 listed the nOPV2 vaccine (Bio Farma, Indonesia) for emergency use to address the rising cases of a vaccine-derived polio strain in a number of African and East Mediterranean countries. Countries in WHO’s Western Read More …