Category: International Current Affairs

India placed 6th as nuclear weapons increased since 2019; US tops: SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020

June 17, 2020

• India and China have raised their nuclear arsenal over the last year, as per to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think-tank that researches on conflict, armaments and arms charge also aimed out on Monday that China is significantly modernizing its nuclear arsenal.

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.

India to be the founding member of the global alliance on Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2020

• India joined international and multi-stakeholder initiative Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as its founding member on June 15, 2020. By becoming the founding member of the action, India has joined the leading nations of the world along with the UK, EU, US, Australia among others.

India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019 stated UN

June 16, 2020

• India got USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world’s 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019, as per a report by the UN’s trade body.

Anmol Narang to be first observant Sikh to graduate from US Military Academy

June 16, 2020

• Anmol Narang has created history by becoming the first observant Sikh to graduate from the esteemed United States Military Academy at West Point, and the Second Lieutenant is confident that her efforts to represent her religion and community will inspire Americans to learn more about Sikhism.

India ranks 12th on the Nature Index 2020

June 15, 2020

• India has placed on 12^th position, globally in science research output as per the newly-released Nature Index table 2020.
• Globally the top-rated Indian institutions in this table are CSIR, a group of 39 institutions at the 160th position and IISc Bangalore at the 184th.

India stands 56th among 200 countries on Covid-19 safety assessment

June 14, 2020

• India has been ranked 56th out of 200 countries in a comprehensive report on security and risk assessment of nations fighting COVID-19.
• Switzerland is the safest country in the world for COVID-19, followed by Germany and Israel. South Sudan is the most dangerous.

India, Bhutan ink MoU on environment cooperation

June 13, 2020

• Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bhutan for environment security and cooperation in the areas involving air quality, waste, chemical management and climate variation.

Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar gets “the Medal of the Order of Australia”

June 12, 2020

• Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar, the founder of Kalakruthi a music organization in Australia gets the Medal of the Order of Australia(OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 for her contribution to Indian music and dance.

SahKathy Sullivan to be the first person to walk in space and reach ocean’s deepest point

June 11, 2020

• Previous NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the ocean. Sullivan was also the first American woman to perform a spacewalk over 36 years ago. So right now, she’s the first human to have done both.