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Indian Navy undertook a passing exercise “PASSEX” with the US Navy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Ships: US Navy carrier strike group, led by USS Nimitz and Indian Navy conducted the maritime drills, PASSEX, which aims at further enhancing Read More …
Image: River Jhelum (Muzaffarabad-PoK), Wikimedia Commons Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydel power project on the Jhelum river in Sudhnoti district of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Under CPEC: The $ 1.5-billion project is the Read More …
United Nations (UN) has declared Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Noor Wali Mehsud as a global terrorist. The UN has blacklisted Mehsud for participating in the financing, planning and perpetrating acts on behalf of and in support of entities associated with al-Qaeda. 1267 ISIL Read More …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 17, 2020 delivered a virtual keynote address at this year’s High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session. PM Modi called for a reformed multilateralism with a reformed United Nations Read More …
Why in the news? After the Chabahar-Zahedan railway project, ONGC’s foreign arm OVL is also out of the Iran’s Farzad-B gas field exploration project. Basic Facts ONGC had originally signed an agreement in 2002 for exploration of Farzad-B gas field Read More …
In the India–US Strategic Energy Partnership meeting of the Sustainable Growth Pillar on July 2, 2020, an India Energy Modeling Forum was launched. NITI Aayog: NITI Aayog will initially coordinate the activities of the forum and finalizing its governing structure. The forum would Read More …
India and the European Union (EU) on July 14, 2020 signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement on the eve of a virtual summit. The agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community or Euratom and Indian authorities will focus on cooperation Read More …
NITI Aayog on June 13, 2020 presented India’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 2020. What is HLPF? The HLPF is the foremost international platform for follow-up and review of Read More …
The United States of America has for the first time directly provided funds to the Tibetan Government-in-Exile based in India. Basic Facts The US Agency for International Development or the USAID has committed to providing nearly $ 1 million to Read More …
Why in the news: Four years after India and Iran signed an agreement to construct a rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the border with Afghanistan, the Iranian government has decided to proceed with the construction on its Read More …
Representative image For the first time Indian Railways on July 12, 2020 has loaded special Parcel train beyond the country borders to Benapole in Bangladesh with dry chillies from Andhra Pradesh. Basic Facts Guntur and its surrounding areas in Andhra Read More …
Image credit: UN News Why in the News? Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum open to Muslim prayer as a mosque on July 10, 2020. The declaration after a top court ruled that the building’s conversion to Read More …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an independent panel on July 9, 2020 to review its response to the pandemic. Headed by: The Independent panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PPR) will be headed by former New Zealand Prime Read More …
Maldives and Sri Lanka have become the first two countries in the South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead of the 2023 target. World Health Organisation South-East Asia’s Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on July 8, Read More …
Operation Samudra Setu has culminated after successfully bringing 3992 Indian citizens (from Male, Colombo and Bandar Abbas) back to their homeland by sea. Operation Samudra Setu was launched on May 5, 2020 as part of the India’s effort to repatriate Read More …