Tag: India

India and World Bank ink $400 million projects to protect India’s poor

December 17, 2020

• The Government of India and the World Bank have inked a $400 million project to guard vulnerable groups in urban and peri-urban areas across the country affected by COVID-19.
• This is the second such assistance in the series of two ‘Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Programme’. Under the first operation, $750 million was recommended by World Bank in May 2020.

India and Austria sign MoU on Technology Cooperation

December 14, 2020

• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria on Technology Cooperation in the Road Infrastructure Sector.

5th India – Myanmar bilateral meeting on Drug Control Cooperation

December 14, 2020

• The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), India and the Central Committee on Drug Abuse Control, Myanmar carried out the 5th edition of the India- Myanmar Bilateral Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation.

India and Uzbekistan sign 9 Agreements to strengthen strategic partnership

December 13, 2020

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev co-chaired the virtual Summit held between the two countries, to encourage strategic partnership among them.

India ranks 10th in the Climate Change Performance Index 2021

December 9, 2020

• India is placed at 10th place in the ‘Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021’, released on 7th December 2020.
• The overall score of India is 63.98. It is for the second time in a row that India emerged among the top 10 countries with higher climate performance from among 58 economies. India was at 9th spot last year in the index.

PASSEX carried out by the Indian Navy and Russian Navy

December 5, 2020

• The Indian Navy (IN) and the Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) are undertaking Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
• The exercise will help in improving interoperability, advancing the understanding and imbibing best practices between both the friendly navies. It involves advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare exercises, weapon firings, seamanship exercises and helicopter operations.

India & USA inks MoU on Intellectual Property Cooperation

December 4, 2020

• The Government of India and the United States of America (USA) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Intellectual Property Cooperation.
• As a part of this MoU, the two sides will strengthen the Biennial Work Plan to implement the MoU which will include detailed planning for carrying out the co-operation activities including the scope of action. The Union Cabinet had confirmed the signing of the MoU for the same on 19 February 2020.

ADB and India ink $50 million loan agreement for West Bengal

December 3, 2020

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a $50 million policy-based loan agreement to enhance financial management procedures and operational efficiencies in West Bengal.

India placed on 8th spot in Global Terrorism Index 2020

December 3, 2020

• In the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2020, India has been placed on the 8th spot globally in the list of countries most affected by terrorism in 2019.
• The GTI score of India is 7.353 out of 10. India recorded 277 Deaths, 439 Injuries & 558 Incidents because of Terrorism in 2019.

India beckons UK’s Johnson as 2021 Republic Day chief guest

December 3, 2020

• United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is assumed to be the chief guest at 2021 Republic day with Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inviting him.
• Johnson, on his part, has invited PM Modi to the G-7 summit in the United Kingdom following year. The last British prime minister at the Republic Day parade was John Major in 1993.