India is ranked at the second place in Global Animal Protection Index 2020. This Index was declared by International animal welfare charity “World Animal Protection” released. India has attained a C ranking in the index. India was ranked along with Spain, Mexico, France and New Zealand. Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Austria are rated with the highest scores, which is encouraging.
Defending champions Australia wins Women’s T20 World Cup 2020. Australia bowled India out for 99 runs to win the final by 85 runs for a record-extending fifth Women’s T20 World Cup title at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia. Beth Mooney has been adjudged Player of the Tournament & Alyssa Healy has been declared as the Player of the Match.
Indian-American health policy consultant Seema Verma has been selected as one of the key members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force constituted by US President Donald Trump. This task force is constituted to combat Coronavirus that has claimed six lives in the country and infected over 90 others.
India signed a deal to supply 4 indigenously built radars to Armenia in Europe. The deal was worth 40 million USD. The move by GoI is to strengthen the defence sector of the country. The deal is a major achievement for the ‘Make in India’ programme in the defence sector.
Hurun Report has announced the Hurun Global Rich List 2020. The Hurun Global Rich List 2020 is a ranking of the US-Dollar billionaires in the world. The 9th edition of the Hurun Global Rich list ranked 2,816 billionaires from 71 countries and from 2,182 companies.
The 5th edition of the Exercise Indra Dhanush 2020 started on 24th February. It is a joint air force exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and British Royal Air Forces (RAF) has started at Air Force Station Hindan in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on a project of linking about 3,000 kilometer-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India.
India and the United States signed defence deals worth 3 billion dollars. India has agreed to purchase USD 3 billion worth upgraded American military equipment including Apache and MH-60 Romeo helicopters, which are the finest in the world.
India will organize the Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships in January 2022. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) declared this decision after the Executive Board meeting in London. The two events will be held in Chandigarh in January.
The United States has crossed over China to be India’s top trading partner. The bilateral trade between the US and India stood at nearly 88 billion dollars in 2018-19 fiscal. During the period, India’s trade with China was at 87.1 billion dollars.