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Global Pravasi Rishta portal and app
The Government of India launched the Global Pravasi Rishta Portal and Mobile app. The application aims to connect the Indian Diaspora spread all over the world. What is the main purpose of launching Global Pravasi Rishta Portal and Mobile app? The Global Pravasi Rishta Portal and Mobile app will help to connect 3.12 crores Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: external affairs • External Affairs Minister • Global Pravasi Rishta portal • Indian diaspora • mobile application • NRI • Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) • Person of Indian Origin (PIO)
European Union: 750 billion Euros announced as COVID-19 Recovery Fund
On May 27, 2020 the European Union proposed 750 billion Euros as COVID-19 recovery fund. The fund is to be used by the countries to recover from deep recession caused by the COVID-19. Highlights The European Union has broken the deficit limit to keep jobs, health care systems and businesses alive in its member countries. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • European Union (EU) • External Affairs Minister • France • Germany • India-United Nations • S jaishankar • United Nations • World Health Organization (WHO)
BRICS Foreign ministers to attend COVID-19 meeting
The foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping are to discuss on measures to combat COVID-19. External Affairs Minister Shri S Jaishankar is to represent India at the meet. Highlights The video conference is to be hosted by Russia as it is the current rotating head. The ministers are to discuss possible joint measures to fight ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: BRICS • Climate change • COVID-19 • External Affairs Minister • G20 • GDP • S jaishankar • UN Security Council (UNSC) • World Trade Organization
National Institutes renamed after late Union Ministers Sushma, Arun Jaitley and Manohar Parrikar
The Government of India has been renaming the national institutes after late ministers. The leaders passed away in 2019 due to health issues. They were Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. Objective of renaming The renaming is being done in order to align the institutes on the lines of the vision of the late ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Arun Jaitley • Defence minister • Education • External Affairs Minister • Finance Minister • Manohar Parrikar • Sushma Swaraj
Fact Box: Sushma Swaraj
Former Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest in New Delhi. She was 67, She had started her political career under Janata Party and was elected to the Haryana assembly in 1977 and became a state minister at age 25. About Sushma Swaraj She was born on 14 February ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: External Affairs Minister • first woman Chief Minister of Delhi • India’s first full-time woman Foreign Minister • Obituary • Person in news • Sushma Swaraj