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World Bank’s Human Capital Index 2020: India Ranks 116th

The World Bank has released the annual Human Capital Index on September 17, 2020. In the index, India has ranked 116th position with its  score of 0.49. In 2018,...

September 17, 2020

ONGC exits from Sudan

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) recently exited from Sudan oilfields. This step was taken by ONGC after the African nation refused to pay for oil it...

September 17, 2020

TATA group to construct New Parliament Building

The TATA Group of Companies have won the bid to construct a new Parliament building. Total cost for the project is Rs 861.90 crores. It is expected to be...

September 17, 2020

10th virtual meeting of BRICS NSAs

10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security will be held today, September 17, 2020. The virtual meeting would be chaired by Russia. Key facts The...

September 17, 2020

Abraham Accord: UAE and Bahrain to deal with Israel

US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign ministers of Bahrain and UAE signed the first ever peace agreement in 26 years. The deal is...

September 17, 2020

Parliament passed Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020

Parliament passed the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020 with approval from Rajya Sabha on September 16, 2020. Earlier, the lower house (Lok Sabha) had...

September 17, 2020

What is Djibouti Code of Conduct?

India joined Djibouti Code of Conduct on September, 16 2020 as an Observer State. Djibouti Code of Conduct It is a regional maritime security cooperation agreement. The conduct...

September 17, 2020

Bangladesh Grants Special Permission for Export of Hilsa Fish to India

The Bangladesh Government granted permission to India so as to export Hilsa fish. in the view of. Earlier, in 2012, the Government of Bangladesh imposed a ban on...

September 17, 2020

Meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers

On September 16, 2020, External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, chaired the customary meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers through video conferencing. The ministers adopted the IBSA Joint Ministerial...

September 17, 2020

Seva Saptah

The Seva Saptah is being observed from September 14, 2020 to September 20, 2020 in light of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s birthday that happens to be on...

September 17, 2020

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