CISF win 10 medals ‘World Police and Fire Games’ 2019 in China

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) sports personnel won 10 medals, at recently-concluded World Police and Fire Games 2019 (WPFG-2019) held at Chengdu, China’s southwestern Sichuan province. Key Highlights CISF sports personnel represented India in different sporting events held at WPEG-2019. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

28th BASIC Ministerial meeting on Climate Change held in Brazil

BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) held their 28th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was held in the run-up to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP-25) ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

?No first use? Nuclear Policy

Conventionally 9 nations are thought to possess nuclear weapons. These include the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (US, UK, Russia, China and France), 3 other member states who have an openly declared nuclear weapons program (India, ..

US Tariff Wars

While the United States and China are already engaged in a massive trade war which is also impacting other countries, President Trump has attacked the World Trade Organization for refusing to recognize the fact that the nations of India and ..

Lake Manasarovar

The Manasarovar Lake, also known as the Mapam Yumtso, is a high altitude freshwater lake. About the Manasarovar lake- It is located near the foot of the Mount Kailash and its waters are replenished by the Kailash Glaciers in the ..

Looming Global Economic Slowdown leads to a recession

As per a report put out by Morgan Stanley, which is one of the world’s leading global financial firms, the world economy appears to be heading towards a recession. However, fortunately for India, as per the initial projections of the ..

New US Rule to limit Legal Immigration

In its ongoing movement to reduce the number of immigrants coming to the United States, the Trump Administration has released a regulation which, if approved will reduce the number of legal immigrants in the US. What has happened? One of ..

Beidaihe, China

Most nations worldwide maintain exclusive estates for the comfort of their national leaders and to play host to visiting dignitaries in an atmosphere of peace and quiet. While Russia has massive presidential dachas outside Moscow and the resort town of ..