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Bangladesh: 18th Dhaka International Film Festival begins

January 12, 2020

The 18th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival begins at Dhaka, Bangladesh. The theme of the festival is ‘Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society’. The Festival was inaugurated by the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen.

It started with the screening of the Spanish-Greek film ‘Window to the Sea’, directed by Miguel Angel Jimenez, at Bangladesh National Museum (BNM). During the festival 220 films from 74 countries will be screened across various venues in Dhaka between 11-19 January.

India to host 19th SCO Heads of Government meeting 2020

January 17, 2020

The 19th council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be hosted by India later this year. This would be the first high-level meeting of the SCO that would be organised here since India’s admission to the eight-member grouping. The SCO Heads of Government meeting will be held in India in the second half in autumn.

SCO General Secretary Vladimir Norov, who arrived on Sunday on a four-day trip, made the announcement on the sidelines of an event. India took over the presidency of the heads of government’ meeting last year and it was announced in the 18th meeting of the SCO’s Council of heads of government-held in Tashkent in 2019.

Rajnath Singh at 12th South Asia Conference

February 1, 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivered the inaugural address at 12th edition of the annual South Asia Conference which was held in New Delhi. India’s “Neighbourhood First” Policy: Regional Perceptions was the theme of The South Asia Conference 2020.

India to organize EAS conference in Chennai

February 5, 2020

India is set to organize an East Asia Summit conference in Chennai with a concentration on maritime security cooperation and tackling challenges in the maritime domain.

African Union 2020 Summit starts

February 9, 2020

The annual African Union Summit has started in Addis Ababa. This 33rd Ordinary Summit, which commenced on 21st January, will run until the 10th of February.

5th Dhaka Art Summit launches

February 10, 2020

The fifth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh was launched by State Minister for Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh K M Khalid.

33rd African Union (AU) summit organized in Ethiopia

February 11, 2020

The 33rd edition of the African Union (AU) summit was organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was launched with the theme “Silencing the Guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development”.

IFAD Governing Council 2020 inaugurated in Rome, Italy

February 16, 2020

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 43rd Governing Council meeting was organized in Rome, Italy. The focus will mainly be on the overarching theme “Investing in sustainable food systems to end hunger by 2030″.

SCO’s Defence Experts Working Group meeting was organize in Pakistan

February 24, 2020

The 9th Defence and Security Expert Working Group (EWG) meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was organized in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting was the part of the ‘Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defense & Security Cooperation Plan 2020’.

BIMSTEC to link 3000 km long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India

February 26, 2020

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on a project of linking about 3,000 kilometer-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India.

Sri Lanka to organize 5th BIMSTEC Summit in September

March 8, 2020

The 5^th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit 2020 to be organized in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the month of September 2020. The summit will be preceded by the 17^th Ministerial Meeting and 21^st Senior Officials Meeting by the end of 2020.

3rd edition of WION Global Summit 2020 held in Dubai,UAE

March 15, 2020

On March 5, 2020, WION (World Is One News), the India’s first International News Channel,has arranged its 3^rd edition of Global summit 2020 based on the theme “Navigating and negotiating global imperatives” at The Oberoi, in Dubai, UAE ( United Arab Emirates).
It saw the participation of global leaders to engage in dialogue on a common global agenda to underscore the critical obstacles of climate change, global governance, economic slowdown, and global crisis that threatens to become the new normal.

7th World Cities Summit to be organized in Singapore

March 19, 2020

The 7th World Cities Summit (WCS) will be organized in Singapore. It is held by Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
The theme for WCS 2020 is ”Livable and Sustainable Cities: Adapting to a Disrupted World”.

Nirmala Sitharaman attends Annual Board of governors meeting of NDB

April 21, 2020

5th Annual meeting of Board of Governors of New Development Bank(NDB) was attended by Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman through Video conferencing.

Germany hosts 11th session of Petersberg Climate Dialogue virtually

April 29, 2020

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate change, Prakash Javadekar attended the 11th session of Petersberg Climate Dialogue virtually hosted by Germany and co-hosted by United Kingdom.

Modi-Morrison online summit: India, Australia sign landmark defense pact

June 4, 2020

India and Australia on 4th June upgraded their bonds to a comprehensive strategic partnership and inked seven agreements including a landmark deal for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support through an online summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

Trustees of PM CARES select SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund

June 17, 2020

Trustees of the PM CARES Fund have selected SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund. Its website pmcares.gov.in tells trustees of the fund, which is called Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund, designated “SARC & Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi, as the auditors” for three years.

The 36th ASEAN Summit to be hosted by Vietnam

June 23, 2020

On June 26, 2020, the 36th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was carried out by video conference on the theme “Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”. The summit was led by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc as Vietnam is ASEAN’s chair in 2020.

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