1#UN To Hold 2020 Ocean Conference In Lisbon United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to hold Ocean Conference 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal from June 2 to 6, 2020 with a theme of “Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions.” It will be co-hosted by […]

1#WTO Ministerial Meeting of Developing Countries To Held in New Delhi WTO Ministerial meeting of developing countries is being hosted by India in New Delhi on 13-14 May 2019. Sixteen developing countries, Six Least Developed Countries (LDC)(Argentina, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, China, Egypt, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Malaysia, […]

1#IBSA Sherpas meet concluded in Cochin India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting was held in Cochin, Kerala from May 3 to May 5, 2019.Before IBSA Sherpas meeting, the 9th IBSA trilateral Ministerial Meeting was also concluded at the same venue. Indian delegation was led by T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations) in Ministry of […]

1# US Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters sworn in as NATO commander U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance. The former pilot, who has served in Afghanistan and Iraq, became Supreme Allied Commander Europe at a ceremony at NATO’s military headquarters in […]

1#Netherlands emerges as third largest foreign direct investor in India  With investments estimated at about USD 2.7 billion across sectors, the Netherlands has emerged as the third largest foreign direct investor in India during 2017-18. The Netherlands Ambassador to India Marten van den Berg said that India is a key strategic partner for the Netherlands, […]

1#Alfred Brownell won the Goldman Environmental Prize Alfred Brownell, an environmental lawyer, and activist was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize.  Alfred Brownell, 53, was forced to flee Liberia and remains exiled in the United States after he mounted a campaign against Singapore-controlled Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), one of the world’s biggest palm oil producing companies . […]

1#The RBI will shortly issue Rs 20 denomination banknotes The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will shortly issue ₹20 denomination banknotes, in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series, bearing the signature of the central bank’s governor Shaktikanta Das. The ₹20 note will be greenish-yellow in colour. The new banknote has a motif of Ellora Caves […]

1# RBI exits National Housing Bank and NABARD, sells stake to Govt for Rs 1,470 crore The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has exited the National Housing Bank (NHB) and the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD), by selling its entire stakes to government for Rs 1,450 crore and Rs 20 crore, respectively, making them fully government-owned now. RBI […]

According to BofAML report the RBI has $43 billion in excess reserves Indranil Sen Gupta, chief India economist at BofAML notified that RBI maintains higher contingency reserves as a percentage of its total book compared to its peers in Brazil, Russia and South Africa, thus a lower cap will bring in more funds. Bank of […]

Navy chief launched new guided missile destroyer ‘INS Imphal’ Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba launched the third ship of Project 15B, a guided missile destroyer Imphal, at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai. Project 15B ships have been designed indigenously by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design. Each ship spans 163 metres in length and 17.4 metres at beam […]

April 19 is observed as World Liver Day World liver day is observed on every 19 April, to spread awareness about liver related disease. The liver is the second largest and the most complex organ in the body, with the exception of the brain. It is a key player in your body’s digestive system. Everything you […]

ADB Approved USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018 ADB committed to provide USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018, the highest level of assistance since sovereign operations began in the country in 1986, said the annual report of multilateral lending agency.  In all, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), […]