Page-19 of Current Affairs - June, 2019

Indian high commissioner visits Indo-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge 1

June 18, 2019

Riva Ganguli Das, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh visited the ongoing construction of the India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge 1 (Feni Bridge) and land port (Ramgarh Land Port) in Khagrachhari, Bangladesh. Key Highlights Background: The Feni Bridge also known as Maitree ..

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World Food India 2019 to be held in New Delhi

June 18, 2019

Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, recently announced that World Food India 2019 will be held at Vigyan Bhawan and Rajpath Lawns in New Delhi from 1st to 4th November 2019. Key Highlights The announcement was ..

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DCC approves levy of penalty on Airtel, Vodafone Idea

June 18, 2019

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the highest decision-making body of Department of Telecom (DoT), has approved levying of penalty on Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Vodafone Idea Ltd. for denial of interconnection to Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. when the latter had ..

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India to host COP-14 of UNCDD in September 2019

June 18, 2019

For the first time ever India will be hosting the 14th session of Conference of Parties (COP-14) of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in September 2019, to address the issue of land degradation and desertification. Key Highlights Presidency: ..

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Tariff War: India levies retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products

June 17, 2019

In a tit-for-tat trade battle between the United States (US) and India, latter imposed higher tariffs on 28 American goods including almonds, apples and walnut in retaliation to US tariffs. Key Highlights Among targeted US products imported, the custom duty ..

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17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 17, 2019

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCDD) is being observed globally on 17 June 2019. According to United Nation (UN), Desertification means degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas and that Desertification does not refer ..

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