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 agreement was signed in 2001 and has been renewed since then twice. Details of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: EU • European Union • India • India-EU • Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement

India-EU Virtual Summit: Highlights of the High Level Dialogue

The virtual summit between India and the European Union was held in order to boost trade and investment, to remove all kinds of trade hurdles and expand the market access on reciprocal basis between the two parties. However, the Free Trade Agreement between these two partners remained elusive in this summit. The Highlights of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

Topics: India-EU • India-EU summit

India-EU Sign Civil Nuclear Pact

India and the European Union have signed an agreement pertaining to civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries. The agreement, signed between the European Atomic Energy Committee and Indian authority, will focus on collaborating to explore new ways to utilize nuclear energy. Why Civil Nuclear Agreement? Civil nuclear agreements are mainly for the purpose of ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Europen Atomic Energy Committee • India-EU • Nuclear energy

EU-India to resume talks on Free Trade Agreement

The Government of India and the European Union are expected to start a ‘High Level Dialogue of Trade and Investment’ during the virtual EU-India summit. However, the EU has also expressed its concerns towards the protectionist policies by the Indian government such as Make in India, ‘Atmanirbhar India’ etc. Background of the EU-India Free Trade ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

Topics: Free trade agreement • India-EU • International Trade

India attends Munich Security Conference in Germany

The Munich Security Conference is being held in Germany between February 14, 2020 and February 16, 2020. The Conference was attended by External Affairs minister Jaishankar representing India. Highlights The Minister met his counterparts of Georgia, Portugal and Lithuania on the sidelines of the conference. The minister his Portugal Counterpart as a backdrop of its ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Cyber-security • Energy security • European Union • Germany • India-EU • India-Germany • Ministry of External Affairs • S jaishankar • Security Cooperation