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African Union Summit

The 35th African Union summit was held at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Security and pandemic were given top priority at the summit. Key Points on the summit The...

February 7, 2022

Russia – China Joint Statement

The Russian President Vladimr Putin and the Chinese president Xi Jing Pin held a face to face meeting. This is the first time the leaders are meeting in...

February 6, 2022

ATLAS Asteroid Tracking System

The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has become first survey capable of searching entire dark sky for near-Earth objects (NEOs), every 24 hours. Key Facts ATLAS is a state-of-the-art...

February 5, 2022

China- Pakistan CPEC agreement

On February 4, 2022, Pakistan signed a new agreement with China to start second phase of USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Key Points On the occasion,...

February 5, 2022

Tripura: Third Border Haat

On February 3, 2022, Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb laid the foundation stone for Kamalpur-Kurmaghat border haat between India and Bangladesh. Highlights The border haat will...

February 5, 2022

NROL-87 Mission

NROL-87 was launched by SpaceX. Under the mission, the company recently launched a spy satellite for the US military. The satellite was carried by Falcon rocket. This is...

February 4, 2022

India’s Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

The Ministry of External Affairs officially announced the diplomatic boycott of Beijing winter Olympics of India. Doordarshan will not telecast the opening and closing ceremonies of Beijing Winter...

February 4, 2022

NASA: International Space Station Transition Plan

Recently, NASA announced that, the International Space Station (ISS) will cease operations in 2031. Highlights In 2031, the spacecraft will fall out of orbit and into the waters...

February 4, 2022

Ecuador Landslide

Between January 31 — February 1, 2022, heavy rainfall in Ecuador resulted into multiple landslides, mudflows and floods. Highlights A landslide in Quito in Ecuador took 23 life...

February 3, 2022

EXIM Bank- Sri Lanka $500-mn loan agreement

On February 2, 2022, the Export Import Bank (EXIM) of India and Government of Sri Lanka signed a USD 500- million Line of Credit agreement. Key Facts The...

February 3, 2022

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