Ghana Current Affairs, GK & News
IOCL inks MoU with Oil Regulator of Ghana
To further strengthen the bilateral relationship between India and West African country, Ghana, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of Ghana on Wednesday, 22nd January 2020, under which IOCL will have the administrative assistance for commercial participation in the gas-rich petroleum sector ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Ghana • Indian Oil Corporation • Liquefied petroleum gas • Memorandum of understanding • National Petroleum Authority
AFINDEX-19
Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between the Indian Army and 16 African nations will be conducted in Pune from March 18 to 27. Features of AFINDEX-19 10 personnel, each from the participating nations from the African continent and personnel of Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army will participate in the joint exercise. The joint exercise would be held ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: AFINDEX-19 • Africa • Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise • Democratic Republic of Congo • Egypt • Ghana • India-Africa • Madagascar • Maratha Light Infantry • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • Senegal • South Africa • Sudan • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia
Indian Africa Field Training Exercise
Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX) will be held at Aundh Military Station and College of Military Engineering, Pune from 18 March to 27 March 2019. The modalities for the IAFTEX were discussed in the conference held between 23-24 January 2019. The conference saw attendance from delegates of Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, South Africa, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Egypt • Ghana • Indian Africa Field Training Exercise • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Pune • Senegal • South Africa • Sudan • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia
Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan passes away
Former United Nations General Secretary and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan passed away in Bern, Switzerland. He was 80. He had served as seventh Secretary-General of UN for two terms reigning from 1997 till 2006. He was first black African to become Secretary-General of UN and also the first to be elected from UN ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Ghana • Noble Peace Prize • Obituary • Persons in News • UN Secretary-General
First malaria vaccine to be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi in 2018
The World Health Organization has announced that it is ready to test the first malaria vaccine in the real world setting in 2018. The aim of the testing will be to ascertain whether the vaccine will work under real world circumstances or not. Kenya, Ghana and Malawi have been chosen for taking part in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Topics: Ghana • International • Kenya • Malaria • Malawi • WHO