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Facebook Sues EU Anti-Trust Regulator for Excessive Data Requests
The US-based social media giant, Facebook, has announced that it is suing the EU Anti-trust regulator for seeking information beyond the realm of necessity, including personal details, for their investigations into the company’s data and marketplace. Background The social media ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
India-EU Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement Renewed till 2025
India and the European Union have renewed its agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for a period of the next five years (2020-2025) and this has been done now by the exchange of Note Verbale between two sides. The initial ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
EU Seals Deal on 750 billion Euro Recovery Fund
The leaders of the European Union have recently reached a deal on a massive stimulus plan for the coronavirus-affected economies within the bloc. The decision could be finalized after four days of intense debate and discussion in a meeting attended ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal
Environmental organisations from Central and Eastern Europe wrote to the European Union calling for the halting of the Danube Oder Elbe Canal project. About the Project The Danube Oder Elbe canal is an artificial waterway project that seeks to connect ..
European Investment Bank to stop Fossil Fuel Funding by 2021
The European Investment Bank is to stop funding oil and coal projects at the end of 2021. Since 2013, the European Union through the bank has funded 13.4 billion Euros for fossil fuel projects. In 2018, it was around 2 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
US widens trade war with European states; Indian Sensex dips 200 points
The US imposed tariffs on 7.5 billion USD worth European exports. The WTO had earlier ruled that US could target goods from EU nations as they had failed to comply ruling regarding subsidies for Airbus. The US had imposed tariff ..