Tag: India

India, Russia announced as joint winners at FIDE Chess Olympiad

October 17, 2020

• India and Russia were announced on August 30, 2020, as the joint winners of FIDE (International Chess Federation) Chess Olympiad as Divya Deshmukh and Nihal Sarin lost connection to their games in the 2nd round and had to forfeit.

India to become free of Trans Fat by 2022

October 17, 2020

• The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announced that India has set a target of becoming trans-fat free by 2022. The Eat Right Movement of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India aims to promote safe and healthy food.

India signed MoU with Japan for cooperation in AI, 5G, Critical Information Infrastructure

October 8, 2020

• India and Japan signed agreements of cooperation in Artificial Intelligence, 5G technology. The countries also agreed to give momentum to the supply chain initiative in the Indo-Pacific region.

QUAD Foreign Ministers meet held in Tokyo

October 7, 2020

• The foreign ministers of India, Japan, US and Australia held the Quad foreign ministers meet. India was represented by the External Affairs minister S JaiShankar.

India & Myanmar working together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in first quarter of 2021

October 7, 2020

• India & Myanmar agreed to work together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021.
• Sittwe Port is an underwater port constructed by India at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar, on the Bay of Bengal.

India successfully test-fires “Shaurya Missile” from Odisha coast

October 4, 2020

• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired a new version of the surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile “Shaurya” at Balasore, off the coast of Odisha.

India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise “Bongosagar”

October 4, 2020

• The second edition of Indian Navy (IN) – Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar commences in Northern Bay of Bengal.

India and Myanmar held a virtual meeting

October 2, 2020

• India and Myanmar held a virtual meeting that was headed by the secretaries of the respective governments.

India and Denmark: Green strategic partnership

September 30, 2020

• 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.

India signed MoU with Denmark on Intellectual Property cooperation

September 28, 2020

• India signed MoU with Denmark on Intellectual Property cooperation. The MoU aims to increase IP cooperation between the two countries by way of exchange of best practices, experiences and knowledge on IP awareness among authorities.