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Canada to Review $6.8 Million Purchase of Security Equipment from Chinese Firm
The Foreign Minister of Canada, Francois-Phillipe Champagne has promised to review the $6.8 million worth of security equipment purchase from a Beijing-based tech company with very close connections with the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party. Nuctech, a company ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
$536 Million to be paid by Japan to Companies for Leaving China
The government of Japan will start paying its companies to move out of China back home or to other countries of Southeast Asia as part of a new program to secure supply chains to the country and also to reduce ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
China and Iran Ink $400 billion Partnership Deal: Key Facts
China and Iran have agreed to enter into an agreement worth $400 billion in order to develop the track between Chabahar and Zahedan, which will be extended to Zaranj in Afghanistan. The main objective of the project is to connect ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Britain bans Huawei from its 5G network
After a lot of pressure from the United States, Britain has finally taken the call that phased removal will be implemented for the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, from the 5G network of the country. This comes even after repeated warnings ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
World Second Largest Data Centre inaugurated in Mumbai
On July 7, 2020, the Union Minister of Communications, Electronics and IT inaugurated the second largest data centre in the world in Mumbai. The data centre was developed by Hiranandani Group. Highlights The data centre is the largest in Asia ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
China running Campaign to Slash Birth rates among the Muslim Minorities
An investigation conducted by the United States-based news agency Associated Press (AP) has found that the Chinese Government has been running a number of in-human campaigns to slash the birth rates among the minority Muslim population in its country. Experts ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
New Strain of Swine Flu Virus having Human Pandemic Potential Discovered in China
A new virus has been discovered by scientists in China that is quite similar to the 2009 Swine Flu that caused a global pandemic. The new strain of the virus is named as ‘G4 EA H1N1 (commonly called G4 virus)’, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
China passes Hong Kong National Security Law
The National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) has unanimously passed the National Security Law for Hong Kong on 30th June 2020. The three-day meeting of the Standing Committee began on 28th June, on the first day itself the controversial Bill ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020