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New Zealand Suspends Extradition Arrangements with Hong Kong
Claiming that the criminal justice system in Hong Kong cannot be trusted anymore, New Zealand has decided to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong with immediate effect. The reason is that the justice system of that country is not ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
WHO team to visit China to investigate origins of COVID-19
A team from the World Health Organization is to visit China next week to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 virus. Highlights According to the Indian Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan, the team will conduct a through research on how ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Australia New Zealand to jointly host FIFA Women World Cup 2023
On June 26, 2020, Australia and New Zealand won joint bid to host FIFA Women World Cup 2023. Highlights The winning bid of Australia and New Zealand had suggested 12 cities. This included 7 in Australia and 5 in New ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
RCEP Member States hope India will Rejoin the Proposed Trade Agreement
A virtual inter-sessional ministerial meeting of the proposed free trade agreement of a group of 15 countries from the Indo Pacific region- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was conducted on 23rd June 2020. Apart from the 10 ASEAN countries, Japan, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
IIT Kharagpur: AI Based Social-Distancing Monitor
The Researchers of IIT Kharagpur have developed an Artificial Intelligence based cyber-physical system to monitor social distancing in public places. Highlights The device developed by the researchers will play a proximity alert whenever there is a violation of social distancing ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Exercise Pitch Black 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The 2020 edition of the exercise Pitch Black has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Lockdown. Pitch Black Pitch Black is a multilateral air combat training exercise hosted by Australia. The 2020 event was originally scheduled ..