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Mt Everest announced 86 cm taller by Nepal and China

December 9, 2020
Mt Everest
  • The world’s highest mountain peak ‘Mount Everest’ has become taller by 86 cm, as per a survey carried out jointly by Nepal and China.
  • The Government of Nepal and China jointly conducted an exercise to measure the world’s highest peak.

China becomes the second nation to plant flag on the Moon

December 7, 2020
China
  • China has become the second country in the world to plant its national flag on the moon’s surface.
  • Earlier this feat was done only by the USA when it planted its flag on the Moon during the Apollo mission in 1969.

RCEP: 15 Asia-Pacific countries form the world’s largest trading bloc

November 16, 2020
RCEP
  • 15 Asia Pacific countries have signed the world’s biggest free trade deal, led by China, on the sidelines of the 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.
  • The deal called ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)’, is the world’s largest trading bloc, comprising of 10 Southeast Asian countries, as well as South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Dr Harsh Vardhan attends 8th BRICS STI Ministerial Meet

November 15, 2020
BRICS
  • The 8th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting was conducted through a virtual platform for Science and Technology cooperation among the member countries, which are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
  • The meeting was held under the leadership of the Russian Federation.

2nd World Health Expo hits off in Wuhan

November 12, 2020
Mask
  • The second World Health Expo was introduced on November 11, in Wuhan, the capital city of Central China’s Hubei Province.
  • This year’s Expo will focus on displaying the most cutting-edge science and technology in the global health industry, and aid Wuhan build a “city of global health industry”.

China’s Chen Meng wins ITTF Women’s World Cup title

November 12, 2020
Chen Meng
  • The world number one Chen Meng defeated Chinese compatriot Sun Yingsha to claim her maiden International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF) Women’s World Cup table tennis title organized in Weihai, China.
  • The 2020 ITTF Women’s World Cup was the 24th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.

China sends ‘world’s first 6G experiment satellite’

November 11, 2020
Satellite
  • China has launched into space the world’s first 6G experiment satellite.
  • The 6G satellite was among three Chinese satellites successfully sent into orbit, along with 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentinian company Satellogic.
  • This was the 351st rocket of China’s Long March series.

Five-point consensus between India & China

September 12, 2020
Five-point consensus
  • Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow (Russia) on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) reached a five-point consensus regarding the border-standoff between the two nations.