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Bajrang Punia becomes First Indian Wrestler to fight at New York's Iconic Madison Square Garden
India’s Bajrang Punia is first Indian wrestler to be invited by American wrestling body for a special fight at iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, US. He will be among other top wrestlers selected by American governing body for ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Bajrang Punia becomes First Indian Wrestler to fight at New York’s Iconic Madison Square Garden
India’s Bajrang Punia is first Indian wrestler to be invited by American wrestling body for a special fight at iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, US. He will be among other top wrestlers selected by American governing body for ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Facebook announces ban on Personality Quiz Apps on its platform
Facebook announced ban on personality quiz apps on its platform. The decision is taken after last years Cambridge Analytica Scandal, which helped researcher’s to access personal information of about 87 million facebooks users by using quiz app “thisisyourdigitallife”. Such move ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) not to be ratified by US
US President Donald Trump announced that USA will not abide by and will never ratify Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a UN treaty aimed at regulating global arms trade. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) With aim of regulating international trade in conventional ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
India to stop Importing Crude Oil from Iran
In the backdrop of the US refusal to extend the sanctions waiver for India to import crude from Iran, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has taken steps necessary steps to end the imports from Iran. Even though India ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
StartupBlink Ranking of Countries for Startup Environment
StartupBlink has ranked 100 countries for startup environment of countries globally. The rankings were based on the data from over 61,000 startups, more than 500 accelerators, and over 1,400 coworking spaces registered on its platform along with data gathered from ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
US to End Sanctions Waivers to India
Reports suggest that the US could terminate the sanctions waivers it granted to some importers of Iranian oil after it re-imposed sanctions on Iran last year. Ending of Sanction Waiver Reports indicate that the US has already communicated to seven ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Asian Tea Alliance
Asian Tea Alliance, a union of five tea-growing and consuming countries was launched in Guizhou in China. The members of the alliance are the Indian Tea Association, China Tea Marketing Association, Indonesian Tea Marketing Association, Sri Lanka Tea Board and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
World Economic Outlook April 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the World Economic Outlook 2019 April report has made the following forecasts: The global growth will be 3.3% in 2019, down from 3.6% in 2018 and 4% in 2017. The reduced growth rates are ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
IAF inducts four Chinook heavy-lift Helicopters
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has formally inducted the Chinook heavy-lift helicopters made in the US. The Chinook helicopters ordered from Boeing in September 2015, were commissioned into the IAF’s 126 Helicopter Unit. Chinook Helicopters Chinook is a multi-role, vertical-lift platform, ..