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G20 express concern over risks from intensified trade conflict
The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors has expressed concerns that trade and geopolitical tensions have intensified raising risks for improving global growth. The meet...
G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy
G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy is being held from 8 June- 9 June 2019 in Japanese city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Tsukuba is Japan’s...
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) meets in Bangkok
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue also known as Quad is an informal strategic grouping consisting of India, US, Australia and Japan recently met in Bangkok in Thailand. Key Highlights...IAF Lifts Temporary Restrictions Imposed on Indian Airspace
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has removed the temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian air space. Why the restrictions were imposed? The IAF had imposed...
US to end preferential trade terms Under GSP for India
The US President Trump has terminated India’s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) trade programme. Why did the US Withdrew? The...
IMD World Competitiveness Rankings 2019
The IMD World Competitiveness Rankings are released by the IMD Business School evaluate countries on their ability to foster an environment where enterprises can achieve sustainable growth, generate...
US takes India off Currency Watch List
The US government has removed India from its currency monitoring watchlist. The countries in the list will be closely monitored by the US for the potential questionable foreign...
No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space: Joint Statement
Pakistan and Russia signed a joint statement on “No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space”. The joint statement was signed in the sidelines of the Council of...
US Unveils Merit-Based Immigration Policy Plan
President Trump has unveiled a new merit-based immigration policy. The new policy: Proposes a point-based system under which people with skills would be preferred for permanent residency as...
US’s Berkeley Lab creates PDK, a Fully Recyclable Plastic
A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of United States’ (US) Department of Energy’s (DOE) has designed a fully recyclable plastic which can be disassembled into...
US unveils Global Health Security Strategy
The United States government unveiled ‘Global Health Security Strategy’. It is an effort which outlines coordinated US approach to help improve world’s ability in stopping deadly outbreaks even...
