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India’s Record Soyoil Import from the United States of America

February 19, 2022

Due to limited supply from drought-stricken South America, Indian exporters have arranged to import a record 100,000 tonnes of soyoil from the United States, at a time when palm oil prices are reaching new highs. Overview: India, the world’s largest ..

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India joins G20 Troika

December 2, 2021

India recently joined the G20 Troika. The G20 Troika is made of Indonesia, India and Italy. That is Troika is made of the current presidency, Indonesia; the previous presidency Italy and the incoming presidency which is India. What is Troika? ..

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Miss Universe 2020

May 17, 2021

Andrea Meza of Mexico was crowned the Miss Universe, 2020. The 69th edition of Miss Universe was held on May 16, 2021 in Florida, United States. It was cancelled for the first time in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Miss ..

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Food price index highest since 2014

May 7, 2021

The United Nations recently announced that the world food prices increased for the eleventh consecutive month in April 2021. It reached the highest level since May 2014. This announcement was made based on the Food Price Index released by the ..

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Brazil: Sputnik V vaccine supply had live cold virus

April 29, 2021

The Health Regulator of Brazil recently announced that the Sputnik V vaccines of Russia carried live cold virus. It has thus raised questions about the integrity of the manufacturing process of the virus. This issue has come up due to ..

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Russia and Brazil to partner in production & marketing of Sputnik V vaccine

August 14, 2020

BRICS partners Russia and Brazil have decided to enter into an agreement to cooperate in the production and marketing of the world’s first registered Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V by Russia. About the Deal Russian Direct Investment Fund has stated that ..

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Global death toll due to Covid over 7 lakh -One person dies every 15 seconds.

August 5, 2020

The COVID 19 Pandemic has claimed lives of more than 7 lakh persons in the world and as per the current estimates, one death is being reported every 15 second due to the COVID 19 pandemic in the world. Also, ..

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India is now the Fastest Growing COVID 19 Hotspot

July 28, 2020

India has now become the epicentre of the COVID 19 pandemic since it has now shown the fastest growth rate in the world with around 20% increase in a week. The total number of cases in the country has already ..

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Brazil’s COVID-19 cases crosses 1 million mark

June 20, 2020

On 19th June, Brazil has confirmed that the country’s COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1 million, second only to the United States. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is still downplaying the risks of the on-going pandemic despite facing nearly 50,000 deaths from ..

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Deforestation of Amazon Forest: Highest in 5 years

June 13, 2020

On June 12, 2020, the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) announced that the increase in deforestation of Amazon forests has been the highest in 2019 as compared to last 5 years. Highlights The research institute has found that the ..

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