High-Level Indian Army delegation visits China

Led by Commander of Northern Command of the India Army, Lt. General Ranbir Singh, a high-level military delegation from India is on a four-day visit to China as a part of the agreed Defence engagements agreed during the Annual Defence ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Support Rally by Indian-Americans for CAA in Boston

A pro-CAA rally was organized in the capital city of the US state Massachusetts, Boston on Sunday, 5th January 2020 by a group of Indian-Americans in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed by Parliament of India, followed by ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

US to resume IMET Programme for Pakistan

The United States President, Donald Trump on Friday, 4th January 2020 has decided to resume the International Military Education and Training(IMET) programme that was cut off in 2018 with Pakistan, while aid provided for the overall security assistance remains suspended. ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Pakistan to induct upgraded JF-17 Thunder combat Aircraft

The Chinese Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) developed JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft’s upgraded version named JF-17 Block III will be inducted by Islamabad in 2020. The productions of Block I and Block II of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Former Pakistan President sentenced to Death for Treason

The 10th President of Pakistan and military ruler, Syed Pervez Musharraf, has been sentenced to death by a three-member special court in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad on Tuesday, 17th December 2019 for violating the constitution while he was in ..

UN Security Council to discuss Kashmir issue on China’s request

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Tuesday, 17th December 2019 to discuss the present situation of the Jammu and Kashmir region of India following a request from Pakistan ally China. The Council had a similar closed-door meeting in ..

World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report

The World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap index was designed and first published in 2006 to measure gender equality by collecting data based on gender gap between women and men in four key areas: education, economy, health, and politics from ..

Citizenship to refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, 11th December 2019 informed that 1595 Pakistani and 391 Afghani have been granted Indian Citizenship during the last three years from ..

Performance of Major Economies and India’s neighbours in the UNDP Human Development Index 2019

Norway topped the ranking Index with an HDI value of 0.954 followed by Switzerland at 2nd, Ireland, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Iceland, Sweden making the top eight places in the index ranking respectively. Among Indian neighbours, Srilanka at 71st place, ..

India ranks 73rd in UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index 2019

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) has released its 2019 edition of Business-to-Consumer(B2C) E-commerce Index which measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping. The index is prepared on the basis of four indicators that are highly linked ..