India on July 22, 2020 received the first tranche of 4,475 Oxygen Concentrators from Temasek Read More …
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Oxygen Concentrators from Temasek Foundation
First trial containership from Kolkata arrives at Chattogram port
The first trial containership from Kolkata containing cargo for transhipment to North Eastern states of Read More …
PASSEX-India and US Naval Exercise
Indian Navy undertook a passing exercise “PASSEX” with the US Navy in the Indian Ocean Read More …
Azad Pattan hydel power project
Image: River Jhelum (Muzaffarabad-PoK), Wikimedia Commons Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for the 700 MW Read More …
UN declared Noor Wali Mehsud as a global terrorist
United Nations (UN) has declared Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Noor Wali Mehsud as a global terrorist. Read More …
PM address at HLS-ECOSOC
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 17, 2020 delivered a virtual keynote address at this Read More …
ONGC out of Farzad-B gas field
Why in the news? After the Chabahar-Zahedan railway project, ONGC’s foreign arm OVL is also Read More …
India Energy Modeling Forum launched
In the India–US Strategic Energy Partnership meeting of the Sustainable Growth Pillar on July 2, 2020, Read More …
India-EURATOM Agreement
India and the European Union (EU) on July 14, 2020 signed a civil nuclear cooperation Read More …
India Voluntary National Review 2020 at the UN-HLPF
NITI Aayog on June 13, 2020 presented India’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the Read More …
USAID’s funds to SARD Fund
The United States of America has for the first time directly provided funds to the Read More …
Chabahar rail project without India
Why in the news: Four years after India and Iran signed an agreement to construct Read More …
For the first time Indian Railways loads Special Parcel Train to Bangladesh
Representative image For the first time Indian Railways on July 12, 2020 has loaded special Read More …
Hagia Sophia Museum Controversy
Image credit: UN News Why in the News? Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Read More …
WHO forms panel to review Covid-19 response
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an independent panel on July 9, 2020 to Read More …
Maldives and Sri Lanka eliminate measles and rubella, ahead of 2023 target
Maldives and Sri Lanka have become the first two countries in the South-East Asia region Read More …
Operation Samudra Setu culminates
Operation Samudra Setu has culminated after successfully bringing 3992 Indian citizens (from Male, Colombo and Read More …
World Drug Report and India
According to the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Read More …
Bubonic plague case reported in China
According to the health officials, a herdsman in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia was Read More …
Dhamma Chakra Day and Mongolian Kanjur
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on July 4, 2020 inaugurated the Asadha Read More …
State of the World Population 2020 Report
What: State of the World Population 2020 Who: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Why: round Read More …
World Bank launches STARS Project in India
What: STARS Project Who: World Bank When: June 24, 2020 Why: To improve the quality Read More …
First domestication of chicken occurred in China
Why in news? According to a recent collaborated study, the DNA sequencing of 863 genomes Read More …
Japan renames Tonoshiro to Tonoshiro Senkaku
Image credit: CNN Why in the news? The local assembly of Ishigaki city in southern Read More …
Decarbonising Transport in India Project
Why in the News? NITI Aayog in collaboration with International Transport Forum (ITF) will launch Read More …