America Current Affairs, GK & News

NOTAM System Glitch Causes Airspace Shutdown in America

January 13, 2023

America’s airspace shut down for several hours Wednesday morning following a glitch in a computer system used to send alerts to pilots. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that its Notice to Air Missions system, or NOTAM, had failed and was not processing new information. The system, which dates to the middle of the last ..

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Where does India stand globally in terms of COVID-19 testing?

September 1, 2020

The globe is fighting with COVID-19. There are nearly 7 lakh people who are currently infected by the virus all across the world. This data is excluding those who have already been infected and died due to it. All the country is focusing on testing and isolating the patients from the rest of the people ..

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Government approves MoU between India and America to establish PACEsetter Fund

August 13, 2015

The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post-facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between American and India to establish the PACEsetter Fund. The PACEsetter Fund is a fund that supports the Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy (PEACE) an initiative between US and India through Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE). Accordingly both the countries has ..

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US government extended the generalised system of preferences (GSP) for Indian exporters

August 5, 2015

India’s 3,500 products got duty free entry as US government extended the generalised system of preferences (GSP) for Indian exporters on 4 August 2015. This move by US government will benefit Indian exporters to export range of products from engineering to chemicals to their biggest export destination US. US government has extended GSP for India till 2017 which had expired ..

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