The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 22, 2020 approved Veklury (remdesivir), the first Read More …
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Veklury- First drug approved to treat COVID-19
Wavel Ramkalawan wins Seychelles presidential election
Opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan has won the presidential as well as parliamentary elections in the Read More …
Water Attache in Israel’s Embassy
Israel Embassy in New Delhi have announced that it will have a separate ‘Water Attache’ Read More …
Sri Lanka’s 20th constitutional amendment
Sri Lanka’s parliament has approved 20th constitutional amendment that will concentrate power with the president Read More …
FATF keeps Pakistan on grey list
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on October 23, 2020 voted to keep Pakistan on a Read More …
India assumes Chairmanship of ILO’s Governing Body
Labour and Employment Secretary, Apurva Chandra, has been elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Read More …
ISRO-NASRDA MoU
The Union Cabinet on October 21, 2020 was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed Read More …
What is a Blue Dot Network?
Recently a bipartisan group of US Senators wrote to India’s Ambassador to the United States Read More …
India-USA BECA, COMCASA and LEMOA
India and the US will hold third 2+2 ministerial meeting in New Delhi on October Read More …
World Statistics Day 2020 Theme
The third World Statistics Day was celebrated around the globe on 20 October 2020. Theme: Read More …
SLINEX-20: Indo-Lanka Navy Maritime Exercise
The 8th Edition of annual Indian Navy (IN) – Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime Read More …
ASEAN PhD Fellowship Programme (APFP)
Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on October 16, 2020 virtually addressed the students Read More …
World Students’ Day 2020
The Birth Anniversary of India’s 11th President Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was celebrated Read More …
India to deliver INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar
India has announced to deliver a Kilo Class submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar Navy as Read More …
India and France re-elected as President and Co- President of the International Solar Alliance
India and France were re-elected as the President and Co- President of the International Solar Read More …
International Day of Rural Women 2020
International Day of Rural Women was celebrated on October 15, 2020 across the globe. Theme: Read More …
India-Australia MoU for sustainable groundwater management
The Union Cabinet was on October14, 2020 apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Read More …
7th Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the SCO
The 7th Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States Read More …
Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2020
India is ranked 129 out of 158 countries in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Read More …
India Energy Modelling Forum governing structure
NITI Aayog on October 8, 2020 announced the governing structure of India Energy Modelling Forum Read More …
Minsk Process and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Minsk Group was in the news in the context of the affairs of the Read More …
Chaitanya Venkateswaran-British High Commissioner for a day
An 18-year-old Chaitanya Venkateswaran from New Delhi became British High Commissioner for a single day. Read More …
Nobel Peace Prize 2020
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 was awarded to World Food Programme (WFP) “for its efforts Read More …
Cabinet approves Ratification of 7 Persistent Organic Pollutants listed under Stockholm Convention
The Union Cabinet on October 7, 2020 approved the Ratification of seven (7) chemicals listed Read More …
Bongosagar 2020
The 2nd edition of the bilateral naval exercise Bongosagar between India and Bangladesh was held Read More …