Switzerland Current Affairs, GK & News
India receives second set of Swiss Bank Account Details
On October 9, 2020, India received second set of Swiss bank details under the “Automatic Exchange Pact” signed with Switzerland. The pact was a key milestone of GoI in its fight back against black money. Highlights India is one among 86 countries with which Switzerland exchanges information on financial accounts. In 2019, India received its ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Automatic Exchange Pact • Banking in Switzerland • black money • india-switzerland • Indian black money • Switzerland
23rd June: International Olympic Day
On 23rd June 1894, the International Olympic Committee was founded in Paris. The day 23rd June was chosen to be celebrated as International Olympic Day to commemorate the foundation day of the International Olympic Committee. International Olympic Day was first celebrated in the year 1948. A total of 9 countries celebrated the day in their ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • International Olympic Committee (IOC) • International Olympic Day • Paris • Switzerland
World’s Smallest Gold Coin Minted by Switzerland
Switzerland has recently minted the world’s smallest gold coin, which bears the famous picture of the great Scientist Albert Einstein with his tongue out. The government-run Swissmint announced that the world’s smallest coin has a diameter of 2.96-millimeter and weighs 0.063 grams. The value of the coin is pegged at 1/4 Swiss francs or approximately ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Albert Einstein • Bern • Germany • Roger Federer • Swissmint • Switzerland • Theory of Relativity • Ulm city
Kalinganagar Plant of Tata Steel awarded at WEF
Tata Steel Kalinganagar was recently awarded at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland for being included in the WEF’s Lighthouse Network. T V Narendran (CEO and MD of Tata Steel) represented the company at the World Economic Forum stated that the Kalingnagar plant has state of the art equipment and utilities that ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Davos • Kalingnagar • Lighthouse Network of World Economic Forum • Netherlands • Odisha • Switzerland • Tata Steel • World Economic Forum
Global Consortium for Digital Currency Formed by WEF
For the adoption of digital currencies, the first Global Consortium which focussed on creating a framework for Governance of Digital Currencies was announced on Friday, 24th January 2020 by the World Economic Forum. The announcement was made during the last day of the 50th annual meeting of WEF, held in Davos, Switzerland. Over the last ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: cryptocurrencies • Davos • Digital currency • Global Consortium • Switzerland • World Economic Forum