India and Cambodia MoU approved
October 29, 2020
- The union cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and Cambodia on cooperation in the field of medicine and health.
SCO Foreign Trade and Economic Ministers Meeting
October 29, 2020
- The Union Commerce and Industries Minister Shri Piyush Goyal chaired the 19th SCO foreign trade and economic ministers meet.
Bangladesh government orders ‘no mask, no service’ policy to curb COVID-19
October 24, 2020
- Bangladesh’s government has launched a ‘no mask, no service’ policy in order to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in which no services will be provided to the people who will not be wearing masks.
World Bank plans to propose 25 billion dollars to help poorest countries fight COVID-19 pandemic
October 17, 2020
- The World Bank President, David Malpass informed on October 14, 2020 that the bank has called in for an emergency financing of 25 million dollars.
Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigns as the President of Kyrgyzstan
October 16, 2020
- Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigns as the President of Kyrgyzstan. He served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020.
Bangladesh approves Death Penalty for Rape Cases
October 14, 2020
- Bangladesh Cabinet has approved the death penalty as a maximum punishment for rape cases and sexual assaults in the country.
Russia: Tsirkon hypersonic missile successfully test-fires
October 8, 2020
- Russia successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile in the Arctic. The missile covered a distance of 450 km with the maximum altitude of its trajectory at 28 km.
India & Myanmar working together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in first quarter of 2021
October 7, 2020
- India & Myanmar agreed to work together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021.
- Sittwe Port is an underwater port constructed by India at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar, on the Bay of Bengal.
World’s First Asteroid Mining Robot to be launched
October 2, 2020
- China is set to launch the first asteroid mining robot in the world by November 2020 with an objective of the mission is to assess capabilities of robots in asteroid mining.
India and Myanmar held a virtual meeting
October 2, 2020
- India and Myanmar held a virtual meeting that was headed by the secretaries of the respective governments.