After a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit north-central Japan Tsunami waves hit several parts of Japan’s coastal areas. The word tsunami (pronounced tsoo-nah’-mee) is composed of the Japanese words “tsu”…
Read MoreEgypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates joined BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) as new full members; with this, the grouping has become a 10-nation body. Moscow assumed the presidency…
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Arvind Panagariya, former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, was designated as the head of the 16th Finance Commission. Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey will hold the post of secretary to the commission….
Read MoreFTA stands for Free Trade Agreement; PTA stands for Preferential Trade Agreement; CECA stands for Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement while CEPA is an acronym for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. India has economic…
Read MoreThe PSLV-C58 rocket successfully deployed the Indian Space Research Organisation first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite payload (XPoSat) into Low Earth Orbit: the first dedicated scientific satellite from the ISRO to carry…
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