The annual meeting of the G20—the leaders of the world’s 19 wealthiest nations plus the European Union– met virtually. this year the host was , Saudi Arabia. The G20 leaders also…
Month: November 2020
Food Processing Ministry launches GIS One District One Product digital map
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries virtually inaugurated the capacity building component of the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises scheme (PM-FME Scheme) and launched the GIS One District One Product (ODOP) digital map of India. The scheme…
Arunachal Pradesh has the best sex ratio in India
With 1,084 females born per thousand males, Arunachal Pradesh recorded the best sex ratio in the country, followed by Nagaland at 965 females and Mizoram at 964. The three northeastern states top the 2018 report on “Vital statistics of India based on the…
India-Luxembourg Virtual Summit
The Prime Minister of India, H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, and the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, H.E. Mr. Xavier Bettel, had first-ever India-Luxembourg Virtual Summit which was first stand-alone Summit meeting between India and Luxembourg in the past two decades. …
BRICS SUMMIT 2020
12th BRICS summit was hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Addressing the , Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that terrorism is the biggest problem the world is facing today and there is a need to ensure that countries that shelter…
ASEAN-India Summit 2020 :Indo-Asean Relations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, had virtually co-chaired the 17th ASEAN-India Summit. India contribution of USD 1 million to COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund; issues of common interest and concern for the participating countries…
India in historic technical recession, RBI signals in first ever nowcast
Gross domestic product contracted 8.6% in the quarter ended September, the Reserve Bank of India showed in its first ever published ‘nowcast,’ which is an estimate based on high-frequency data. The economy had slumped about 24% in April to June. , pushing…
New peace deal brokered by Russia between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Russia brokered a new peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the two countries that have been in a military conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus.( A mountainous region of south-eastern Europe and south-western Asia, lying…