Category: International

The 2024 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report was jointly published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Key points

The Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2024 was held in Rome during the World Food Forum.

India has extended a new Line of Credit for INR 487.60 Crores to the Government of Mauritius for financing of a water pipeline replacement project.

Researchers have discovered pockets of living microbes within a sealed fracture of a 2-billion-year-old rock from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area known for its rich ore deposits.

The First ASEAN-India Track 1 Cyber Policy Dialogue was held on 16 October 2024 in Singapore.

India and Columbia have signed the audio-visual co-production agreement. The agreement will enable Indian and Colombian film producers to utilise a platform for collaboration on various facets of film-making, according to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

The 23rd Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) was held on 16 October 2024 in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Pakistan. Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The US Defence Ministry Pentagon has confirmed it is sending a high-altitude anti-missile system THAAD operated by US troops to Israel.

Nasa has launched Europa Clipper mission to investigate Jupiter and its moon, Europa, one of the prime locations in the search for life beyond Earth.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson, all from the USA. Key points

India and the US signed the contract for procurement of 31 MQ-9B Predator drones on 15 October, 2024. Key points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Telecommunication Union – World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2024 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on October 15.