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Raj Kamal Jha gets Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize

December 8, 2020
Raj Kamal Jha
  • Journalist-author, Raj Kamal Jha has got the 3rd Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for his novel, “The City and The Sea”.
  • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the winner of the $5,000 prize was declared online in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Denmark Open 2020 won by Nozomi Okuhara and Anders Antonsen

October 20, 2020
Denmark Open 2020

Winner list of Denmark Open 2020 is as follows:

  • Women’s Single – Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
  • Men’s Single – Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
  • Men’s Double – Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge (England)
  • Women’s Double – Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
  • Mixed Double – Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich (Germany)

India and Denmark: Green strategic partnership

September 30, 2020
India-Denmark
  • India and Denmark held a bilateral summit through a virtual platform on Green strategic partnership that will address global challenges and solutions on green energy transition and climate change.

Thomas and Uber Cup Finals postponed to 2021

September 16, 2020
Thomas and Uber Cup Finals
  • The Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup, which were scheduled to be held from 3 to 11 October 2020 in Denmark, has been postponed for 2021 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

India stands 168th on Environmental Performance Index 2020, Denmark top

June 9, 2020
Environment
  • India has stood on 168th out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who state that India’s decarbonization agenda requires to expedite, and the country suffers a number of serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality.

India, Denmark ink MoU for developing cooperation in power sector

June 8, 2020
India and Denmark
  • India and Denmark have inked an MoU for developing cooperation in the power sector.
  • The MoU inked between the Ministry of Power and the Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate, Government of Denmark, is to produce a strong, deep and long-term co-operation between two countries in the power sector on the grounds of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit.