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World Breastfeeding Week 2020
Barakah Nuclear Plant
Image credit: BBC UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Plant’s first Unit got operational on July 31, 2020. Read More …
Gandhi-King Global Academy
A Bill seeking to establish the Gandhi-King Global Academy has been passed by an important Read More …
Rafale aircraft at Ambala
The first five Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale aircraft on July 29, 2020 arrived at Read More …
Nearly 30% of India’s tigers live outside tiger reserves
Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar on July 28, 2020 released the detailed report of Read More …
Mauritius Supreme Court building and India
Image credit: Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth Read More …
Indian Railways hands over 10 Broad Gauge Locomotives to Bangladesh
File image India on July 27, 2020 handed over 10 broad-gauge locomotives to Bangladesh. In Read More …
India-Russia Joint Technology Assessment and Accelerated Commercialization Programme
The Department of Science and Technology has launched the India-Russia Joint Technology Assessment and Accelerated Commercialization Read More …
Tianwen-1: China’s first fully homegrown Mars mission
China on July 23, 2020 launched its first fully homegrown Mars mission named Tianwen-1 (formerly Huoxing Read More …
Statement of Intent signed with YuWaah India
Youth Affairs Secretary Usha Sharma on July 20, 2020 signed a Statement of Intent for Read More …
Oxygen Concentrators from Temasek Foundation
India on July 22, 2020 received the first tranche of 4,475 Oxygen Concentrators from Temasek Read More …
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 …