India-US Current Affairs, GK & News
India-US Education and Skills Development Working Group
India and the US have plans to strengthen cooperation in the fields of skill development and education through joint collaborations. The two countries are also mobilizing plants to promote student and scholar mobility with the aim of building people-to-people linkages between the two nations. Overview: Keeping in line with the cooperation plans the establishment of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Education • Education and Skills Development Working Group • Fulbright-Nehru program • India-US • Skills Development
MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters
As per defence authorities, first batch of three MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters is likely to arrive India by July 2022. Indian Navy had ordered the MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters from the United States. Key Points A case is also being prepared to purchase six Kamov Ka-31 early warning helicopters. Three helicopters were sent to Indian Navy in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Buy Global Deals • India-US • India-US Defence relations • Kamov Ka-31 helicopters • MH-60R multi role helicopters
8th ministerial meeting of India-US Economic & Financial Partnership Dialogue
Eighth ministerial meeting of “India-United States of America (US) Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue” was held on October 15, 2021 at Washington D.C. Highlights Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman and Secretary of Treasury of the United States, Dr. Janet Yellen, chaired the meeting. During the meeting, both sides held discussions on ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences
Topics: Generalised System of Preferences • India-US • India-US Economic & Financial Partnership Dialogue • India-US Economic Engagement
Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2021
India and the United States are set to start a 15-day mega military exercise in Alaska from October 15, 2021 in a bid to further deepen bilateral military cooperation between both the countries. Key Points Year 2021 will mark the 17th edition of the exercise “Yudh Abhyas”. Exercise will be conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Comcasa • India-US • India-US Defence relations • LEMOA • Yudh Abhyas • Yudh Abhyas 2021
India-US to set-up JWG in Defence industrial security
India and United States (US) held their Industrial Security Agreement (ISA) summit between September 27 to October 01, 2021 at New Delhi. Key facts The summit was organised in order to develop a protocol to exchange classified information between the defence industries of both the countries. It was led by “Designated Security Authorities (DSAs)” viz., ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: India-US • India-US Defence relations • India-US joint working group • industrial security agreement • industrial security annex • JWG in Defence industrial security