U.S. Government’s Decision To Put India On The Watchlist For Currency Manipulators: Union Commerce Secretary questioned the rationale behind the U.S. government’s decision to put India on the watchlist for currency manipulators and said the list constituted an intrusion into the policy space needed by central banks around the world to meet their mandates. The […]
Category: Current Affairs
Talcher Fertilizers Limited : Coal Gasification
Talcher Fertilizers Limited: Union Cabinet has given its approval for the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for the formulation of an exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through the coal gasification route by Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL). Considering the strategic energy security and urea self-sufficiency of the country, looking into the country’s vast coal […]
Czech Republic
Czech Republic: A day after the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats, Russia retaliated by announcing it would send back 20 Czech diplomats, exacerbating relations that have already been strained in recent times. Prague had accused Russian embassy officials of being intelligence operatives and said that it suspected them of being involved in a 2014 […]
Travel Bubble of India and Sri Lanka Postponed
Travel bubble:Postponed: Sri Lanka has decided to postpone launching the proposed “travel bubble” with India, in the wake of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in India. Travel bubble: Creating a travel bubble involves reconnecting countries or states that have shown a good level of success in containing the novel coronavirus pandemic domestically. Such a […]
Kulbhushan Jadhav Case : Latest Development
Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Pakistan has urged India to appoint a lawyer to represent death row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav to implement the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). About the Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Kulbhushan Jadhavwas sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. India approached […]
RESPOND Programme ISRO
RESPOND Programme: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will support eight joint research projects mooted by the Space Technology Cell (STC), IIT-Delhi. The ISRO has extended support to the projects under its RESPOND programme. ISRO started the RESPOND (Research Sponsored) programme in the 1970s, with the objective of encouraging academia to participate […]
The Council Of The European Union
The Council Of The European Union: The Council of the European Union approved conclusions on a European Union strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific to reinforce its strategic focus to contribute to regional stability at a time of “rising challenges and tensions in the region. The Council tasked the High Representative and the Commission with […]
ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) Dhruv Mk III Aircraft
ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) Dhruv Mk III Aircraft: Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 323, the first unit of the indigenously built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) Dhruv Mk III aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy. The indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-DHRUV) is a twin-engine, multi-role, multi-mission new generation helicopter in the 5.5-ton […]
India And Germany Plastic Pollution Agreement : Important Points
Cities Combating Plastic Entering The Marine Environment: India and Germany signed an agreement on ‘Cities combating plastic entering the marine environment’. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, and German Federal Ministry of Environment signed an agreement on Technical Cooperation titled ‘Cities Combating Plastic Entering the Marine Environment’. The project’s outcomes […]
Settlement Of Mizoram Bru Refugees In Tripura
Settlement Of Mizoram Bru Refugees In Tripura Has Started: The process of settlement of Mizoram Bru refugees in Tripura has started. It is in accordance with a quadripartite accord signed in New Delhi in January 2020. Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. In Tripura, […]
