Tag: Canada

New Zealand announces climate emergency

December 3, 2020

• New Zealand has announced a “climate emergency” and promised to make its public sector carbon neutral by 2025.
• New Zealand now ties up 32 other countries that have declared a climate emergency. They include Japan, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Ravi Shankar Prasad releases an International version of the UMANG App

November 24, 2020

• Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has released the UMANG mobile app International version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs for select countries that consist of USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore and New Zealand.

John Turner, Former Canadian PM passes away

September 23, 2020

• The former Prime Minister of Canada, John Turner passed away. He served as the Prime Minister for just 79 days in 1984.

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.

Canada retreats from Tokyo 2020 Olympics

March 24, 2020

• Canada has become the first country in the world to retreat from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to coronavirus pandemic.
• Tokyo 2020 Olympics was scheduled to be held in Japan from 24th July to 9th August 2020.