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India to be 12th largest holder of US govt securities at April end

June 22, 2020
India-US
  • India has turned up as the 12th largest holder of US government securities at the end of April, keeping worth 157.4 billion dollars. While the holding reached a record high of 177.5 billion dollars in February, the same was highly decreased in March.

India officials take part in virtual EAG plenary meet

June 22, 2020
India officials take part in virtual EAG plenary meet
  • Indian executives, along with representatives from enforcement agencies, on 20th June, visited the virtual 32nd special Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) plenary meeting, under the aegis of the Financial Action Task Force.

India to be United Nations Security Council President for August 2021

June 21, 2020
UN Security Council
  • India, which has been selected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, will appoint as the president of the powerful 15-nation UN body for the month of August 2021.

India placed 6th as nuclear weapons increased since 2019; US tops: SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020

June 17, 2020
SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020
  • India and China have raised their nuclear arsenal over the last year, as per to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think-tank that researches on conflict, armaments and arms charge also aimed out on Monday that China is significantly modernizing its nuclear arsenal.

India to be the founding member of the global alliance on Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2020
AI
  • India joined international and multi-stakeholder initiative Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as its founding member on June 15, 2020. By becoming the founding member of the action, India has joined the leading nations of the world along with the UK, EU, US, Australia among others.

India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019 stated UN

June 16, 2020
FDI
  • India got USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world’s 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019, as per a report by the UN’s trade body.

India with 12 countries heads “Verified” initiative of the United Nations to counter misinformation on COVID-19

June 16, 2020
COVID-19
  • India, along with 12 other countries, has led an initiative here targeted at spreading fact-based content to counter misinformation on the coronavirus, with over 130 nations supporting the global call to fight the “infodemic” associating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

India stood 43rd on IMD’s World Competitiveness Index 2020; Singapore on top

June 16, 2020
IMD
  • India retains to place 43rd on an annual World Competitiveness Index arranged by Institute for Management Development (IMD) with some traditional weaknesses like bad infrastructure and inadequate education investment keeping its ranking low.

India ranks 12th on the Nature Index 2020

June 15, 2020
Nature Index
  • India has placed on 12th position, globally in science research output as per the newly-released Nature Index table 2020.
  • Globally the top-rated Indian institutions in this table are CSIR, a group of 39 institutions at the 160th position and IISc Bangalore at the 184th.

India stands 56th among 200 countries on Covid-19 safety assessment

June 14, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
  • India has been ranked 56th out of 200 countries in a comprehensive report on security and risk assessment of nations fighting COVID-19.
  • Switzerland is the safest country in the world for COVID-19, followed by Germany and Israel. South Sudan is the most dangerous.