Voters of the Pacific Island Bougainville has favoured independence from Papua New Guinea. They have won a landslide referendum victory, according to results released on December 11, 2019. It is a major step toward the troubled isles becoming the world’s Read More …
Category: International
Greta Thunberg named Time Person of the Year for 2019
Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. In 2018, she started an environmental strike by missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building. It sparked a worldwide movement that Read More …
Govt approves ‘India-Japan Steel Dialogue’
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between Government of India and Government of Japan to constitute the ‘India-Japan Steel Dialogue’ to strengthen cooperation in steel sector. Features The ‘India-Japan Steel Dialogue’ envisages Read More …
Cabinet approves MoU between CDSCO and Saudi Food and Drug Authority
The Union Cabinet on December 11, 2019 approved ex-post facto the Memorandum of Understanding between Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Saudi Food and Drug Authority in the field of Medical Products Regulation. The MoU was signed on October Read More …
India ranks 129 in UN’s human development index 2019
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released the human development index (HDI) 2019 on December 9, 2019. The report was published with the theme of “Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century”. India climbed one Read More …
Human Rights Day 2019 and Theme
Human Rights Day was celebrated on the December 10, 2019 across the world. Theme The United Nations’ theme for this year’s Human Rights Day is: “Youth Standing up for Human Rights.” The youth will be celebrated as agents of change Read More …
Mongla and Chattogram declared as Ports of Call under
In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on December 5, 2019 the Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya informed that under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWT&T) Read More …
India and Russia tri services to conduct INDRA 2019
The joint tri services exercise between India and Russia- Exercise INDRA 2019 will be conducted in India from 10 -19 December 2019 simultaneously at Babina (near Jhansi), Pune, and Goa. About INDRA The INDRA series of exercise began in 2003 Read More …
India and Sweden sign three agreements
During the five days visit of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia to India, India and Sweden on December 2, 2019 ink 3 agreements in the fields of polar research, science and technology and sea-faring in the Read More …
What is the “Power of Siberia”?
Why in the News? Russian Vladimir Putin and Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping inaugurated the first cross-border pipeline between their countries, called the “Power of Siberia” on December 2, 2019. What is Power of Siberia? The “Power of Siberia” project will Read More …
Ministry of Railways signs an MoU with Department for International Development (DFID)
With a goal of transforming Indian Railways into “Green Railways”, complete electrification of Railway network has been approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) which will reduce its carbon footprint and will also improve its finances through reduction in Read More …
MITRA SHAKTI- 2019 : India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise
The 7th edition of Exercise MITRA SHAKTI- 2019 aimed at enhancing interoperability and operational efficiency amongst the armies of both India and Sri Lanka when deployed as part of United Nations peace keeping forces commenced on 01 December 2019 at Read More …
India becomes first Asian country to participate as ‘Guest of Honour’ in the Guadaljara Book Fair
Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development (HRD) inaugurated the India Pavilion at the International Book Fair at Guadaljara, Mexico. India is the ‘Guest of Honour Country’ in this book fair, and it is the Read More …
What is INSTEX?
Why in the News? Recently, France, Britain, and Germany ( E3 ) announced that six new European nations have joined INSTEX. The new countries who joined the system, are: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. What is INSTEX? Read More …
India becomes first country to make entire Haj process digital
India has become the first country to make the entire process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on December 1, 2019 said this after signing the bilateral agreement for next year’s pilgrimage with Read More …