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Brazil’s COVID-19 cases crosses 1 million mark

June 20, 2020

On 19th June, Brazil has confirmed that the country’s COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1 million, second only to the United States. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is still downplaying the risks of the on-going pandemic despite facing nearly 50,000 deaths from ..

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Deforestation of Amazon Forest: Highest in 5 years

June 13, 2020

On June 12, 2020, the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) announced that the increase in deforestation of Amazon forests has been the highest in 2019 as compared to last 5 years. Highlights The research institute has found that the ..

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United Nations: 25 million jobs to be lost due to COVID-19 impact

March 27, 2020

The United Nations has estimated that around 25 million jobs are to be lost due to the COVID-19 impacts. Highlights The organization reported that the economic and human lockdown is bringing in on a global economic break down. Around 3.3 ..

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India improves to 72nd in Global Talent Competitiveness Index

January 24, 2020

In the recently released 2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index, India has scaled up to eight places from the previous edition ranking to the 72nd rank. The list was topped by Switzerland, which emerged as the most talent-competitive nation of the ..

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Global Investment Trend Monitor No.33 Released by UNCTAD

January 21, 2020

The Geneva-based intergovernmental body, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its ‘Global Investment Trend Monitor report No.33’ on Monday, 20th January 2020, under which it listed the countries on the basis of receipts of Foreign Direct Investment ..

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Approvals related to International Relations made by the Union Cabinet on 24th December 2019

December 24, 2019

The following approvals related to International relations have been approved by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi chaired Union Cabinet on Tuesday, 24th December 2019. Agreement on Security Cooperation with Saudi Arabia The agreement was signed during the visit ..