GKToday Archives: March, 2019

Suzana Caputova elected as first woman President of Slovakia

Suzana Caputova, a lawyer by profession is all set to become the first female President of Slovakia after registering a major victory in the runoff election against the ruling party candidate. Caputova was known as a vocal critic of the ..

UN Security Council adopts Resolution to combat Terror Financing

The Security Council of UN has passed the new Resolution 2462 which is intended to crack down on the financing of terrorist groups and ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing. The resolution will take take concrete steps that ..

16th Meeting of the US-India Counter-terrorism Joint Working Group

Officials of Indian and United States held the 16th meeting of the U.S.-India Counter terrorism Joint Working Group and the Second session of the U.S.-India Designations Dialogue in Washington, DC, US. In this meet both the countries have decided to ..

India’s CAD widens to 2.5% of GDP in 3rd Quarter

Current account deficit of India has widened  to 2.5% of GDP in the 3rd quarter of the current fiscal year primarily on account of a higher trade deficit though the foreign exchange reserves which continued to soar. Current account deficit ..

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award conferred upon Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi, the founder and chairman of the RUJ Group has been conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award on 29th March, 2019. He was awarded by the Embassy of India in Switzerland, on behalf of the ..

Laurus Labs signed pact with Global Fund to supply ARV drugs

Pharma Laurus Labs of Hyderabad has signed an agreement with Global Fund, an organization working towards ending AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics, for a period of three-and-a-half years. This agreement has a motive to supply Anti retro viral (ARV) ..