Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on October 27, 2020 announced that the 1.8 kilometre long Feni bridge connecting Sabrum in Tripura with Ramgarh in Bangladesh will be completed by December 2020. The Feni bridge is being built at Read More …
Category: International
India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE)
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission, in association with CSIRO, is organizing a two-day hackathon on circular economy, ‘India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE)’, on 7 and 8 December, 2020. The idea of I-ACE was conceived during a virtual summit on 4 Read More …
NASA confirms water on Moon’s sunlit surface
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places. Read More …
Sudan out of US ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ list
Sudan on October 23, 2020 became the third Arab nation after UAE and Bahrain, in recent weeks to normalise relations with Israel. The event followed the US announcement of removing Sudan from its State Sponsor of Terrorism list, of which the Read More …
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) set to enter into force
On United Nations (UN) Day (24th October, 2020) the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) get 50th ratifications required for entry into force. Honduras 50th country to rafity Honduras became the 50th Member State to ratify this treaty. With this Read More …
Bangladesh launches ‘no mask, no service’ campaign
The Bangladesh government has launched ‘no mask, no service’ campaign in order to control the spread of COVID 19 virus in the country. No service will be provided to people who don’t wear masks. No one will be allowed to Read More …
Khadi Oaxaca and Mann ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Mann ki Baat address on October 25, 2020, asked people to go vocal for local while advocating the khadi – the handwoven cloth popularised by Mahatma Gandhi. PM Modi also made a reference to Read More …
Veklury- First drug approved to treat COVID-19
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 22, 2020 approved Veklury (remdesivir), the first drug approved to treat COVID-19. Veklury is approved for people at least 12 years old and weighing at least 40 kilograms who need hospitalization for Read More …
Wavel Ramkalawan wins Seychelles presidential election
Opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan has won the presidential as well as parliamentary elections in the island nation of Seychelles. He is also an Anglican priest. Ramkalawan’s party Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) secured 55 per cent of votes, while incumbent Danny Read More …
Water Attache in Israel’s Embassy
Israel Embassy in New Delhi have announced that it will have a separate ‘Water Attache’ from January 2021. The objective behind this Water Attache is to help share their country’s best practices and technologies for advancements in India’s water management Read More …
Sri Lanka’s 20th constitutional amendment
Sri Lanka’s parliament has approved 20th constitutional amendment that will concentrate power with the president and allow duel citizens to hold political office. The 20th Amendment rolls back Sri Lanka’s 19th Amendment which was passed in 2015. The 20th Amendment Read More …
FATF keeps Pakistan on grey list
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on October 23, 2020 voted to keep Pakistan on a grey list. As per the FATF, the Imran Khan led government’ failed to fully comply with a 27-point action plan handed to it. The FATF strongly Read More …
India assumes Chairmanship of ILO’s Governing Body
Labour and Employment Secretary, Apurva Chandra, has been elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Body of the ILO for the period October 2020- June 2021. After 35 years, India has assumed the Chairmanship of the Governing Body of International Read More …
ISRO-NASRDA MoU
The Union Cabinet on October 21, 2020 was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Nigeria on Cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful purposes. The MoU has been signed between Indian Space Read More …
What is a Blue Dot Network?
Recently a bipartisan group of US Senators wrote to India’s Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu backing India’s decision to invite Australia to the annual Malabar naval exercise. The letter also asks India to join the Blue Dot Read More …