Category: International Current Affairs

Nepal cable operators ban private Indian news channels

July 10, 2020

• Cable operators in Nepal have stopped airing all private Indian news channels.
• India’s national news network Doordarshan has been exempted from this ban

4th edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action organized

July 9, 2020

• The fourth edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action was co-chaired by the European Union, China and Canada.
• In the meeting, India was represented by the Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar.

Bangladesh starts “Digital Haat” for sacrificial animals

July 9, 2020

• ‘Digital Haat’ platform has been started by the government of Bangladesh for online sale and marketing of sacrificial animals ahead of the festival of Eid-Ul-Azha.
• The platform has been started to protect the cattle farmers and traders from financial loss amid the Corona pandemic.

Maldives, Sri Lanka drop measles and rubella, ahead of 2023 target said WHO

July 9, 2020

• Sri Lanka and the Maldives have become the first two countries in the World Health Organisation’s South-East Asia region to drop both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the UN health agency declared 8th July.

Germany becomes the first major economy to phase out coal, nuclear power

July 8, 2020

• German lawmakers have concluded the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, supporting a plan that environmental groups say isn’t ambitious enough and free marketeers probe as a waste of taxpayers’ money.

Sumit Nagal clinches PSD Bank Nord Open tournament in Germany

July 8, 2020

• Young tennis star Sumit Nagal has become the first Indian to win an international tournament in the COVID-19 era after he boosted the PSD Bank Nord Open trophy, a locally organised clay court tournament in Germany.

IOA takes new identity on its 100-year milestone at the Olympic Games

July 8, 2020

• The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on 6^th June approved a new branding and visual identity, including an institutional and a commercial logo, to commemorate a century of participation of the country’s players at the Summer Olympics.

United Nations declares US to withdraw from WHO in July 2021

July 8, 2020

• The United States will withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on July 6, 2021, the United Nations announced on 8th July, after getting notification of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has sued the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic.

India places 34th in JLL’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index

July 7, 2020

• India’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index ranking has advanced by one nick to 34 on the back of regulatory reforms, better market data and green initiatives, as per property consultant JLL.

India indexed 31st in INFORM Risk Index 2020 for Humanitarian crises & Disasters; Somalia tops

July 7, 2020

• In accordance with the “INFORM Report 2020: Shared evidence for managing crises and disasters” delivered by research centre INFORM, operating under European Commission (EU), India has placed at 31st place with an acquaint risk of 5.4, means the risk of humanitarian crises and disasters.