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Know About Brexit
The IMF Chief Christine Lagarde has warned that the British exit from the European Union (EU) or Brexit will ruin the country’s economy. She said this at the World Government Summit in Dubai on 10th February, 2019. What is Brexit? ..
Venezuela Crisis
The Venezuela crisis is deepening with passing time. European Union, Australia, US, New Zealand have recognised Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader as the president. Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader, has said that President Nicolás Maduro is illegitimate and has asserted ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019: Key Facts
The United Nations report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 has been released. The important findings of the report are: The report estimates that Global growth is expected to remain steady at 3% in 2019 and 2020, after an expansion ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
World Economic Outlook Report: Key Facts
The International Monetary Fund has released the global wealth forecasts for 2019 in its World Economic Outlook report. The important findings of the IMF forecast are: IMF cut its estimate for global growth in 2019. World Economic Outlook (WEO) projecting ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
EU opens India’s first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in New Delhi
European Union (EU) has established India’s first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Department of European Studies (DES) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in New Delhi. It comes with grant of €1,00,000 to pursue India-EU interdisciplinary studies ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Aeolus: European Space Agency launches world’s first wind-sensing satellite
European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched wind-sensing satellite named Aeolus into orbit on board of Vega rocket from French Guyana. It is world’s first wind-sensing satellite dedicated to map Earth’s wind on global scale in particular tropical winds which ..