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Category: International Current Affairs

India officials take part in virtual EAG plenary meet

June 22, 2020
India officials take part in virtual EAG plenary meet
  • Indian executives, along with representatives from enforcement agencies, on 20th June, visited the virtual 32nd special Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) plenary meeting, under the aegis of the Financial Action Task Force.

Nepalese FM radio stations begin giving weather news of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura

June 22, 2020
radio
  • After Nepal’s parliament supported the political map that displays the disputed areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as a portion of its territory earlier this month, some Nepalese FM radio stations close to India-Nepal border in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh have begun giving weather bulletins of these three areas.

Infosys ties-up Amazon’s The Climate Pledge to be net-zero carbon

June 22, 2020
Infosys
  • Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys Ltd has linked The Climate Pledge, an initiative co-founded by e-commerce firm Amazon and environment firm Global Optimism, to make a commitment to push the Paris Agreement 10 years early.

India to be United Nations Security Council President for August 2021

June 21, 2020
UN Security Council
  • India, which has been selected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, will appoint as the president of the powerful 15-nation UN body for the month of August 2021.

Mukesh Ambani enters the club of world’s 10 richest as net worth jumps to $64.6 bn

June 20, 2020
Reliance
  • Mukesh Ambani has joined the list of top ten richest persons in the world, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list. Mukesh Ambani’s net worth raised by over 12 times from USD 5.3 billion to USD 64.6 billion (Rs 4.9 lakh crore).

Turkey’s Volkan Bozkir chosen as president of 75th UN General Assembly

June 19, 2020
Volkan Bozkir
  • The UN General Assembly on 17th June selected Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir to be its president for the 75th General Debate in September.
  • In a secret ballot vote Bozkir, who was unanimous for the post, got 178 ballots in support as 11 nations abstained, Anadolu Agency reported.

France to provide a loan of 200 million euros to India to support Delhi’s COVID-19 response

June 19, 2020
Corona sufferers
  • France and India on 18th June inked an agreement with Paris committing 200 million euros to aid Delhi’s COVID-19 response.
  • Through this loan, France will work with India to uplift the state and central governments’ capacities to promote the country’s most vulnerable people in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

India to send 75-Member tri-service contingent to World War II Victory Parade in Moscow

June 19, 2020
India to send 75-Member tri-service contingent to World War II Victory Parade in Moscow
  • India will send a contingent of 75 personnel from its three armed forces to Moscow to join in Russia’s 75th World War II Victory Day march on June 24.

Reliance sells 2.32% stake in Jio to Saudi wealth fund PIF for Rs 11,367 cr

June 18, 2020
Reliance
  • Saudi Arabia’s PIF, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, will invest Rs 11,367 crore for 2.32 percent of Jio Platforms, a well-known eleventh investment in the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) digital unit in nine weeks.

India gets 184 out 192 votes to enter UN Security Council

June 18, 2020
UN Security Council
  • India secured major diplomatic supremacy to enter the non-permanent category of the UN Security Council when polls were held for the five non-permanent members on 17th June. India won 184 votes out of 192 valid votes cast.