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Foreign Direct Investment to India
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released the data related to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows during April-September 2018-19. The important aspects from this data: The...
FDI to India since 2014
The Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in the interim budget 2019 stated that India has received massive foreign direct investment worth USD 239 billion in the last five...
Damper for India’s entry into NSG
In the backdrop of the meeting of the P5 (UK, US, France, Russia and People’s Republic of China) to discuss issues related to nuclear disarmament, China has again...
Corruption Perception Index 2018
The Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index make the following observations: Denmark is the world least corrupt country scoring 88 out of 100 points. Denmark is followed by New Zealand...
World Steel Association Report: Key Facts
The World Steel Association has released a Report highlighting various trends related to the Industry, they are: China is the largest producer of crude steel and it accounts...
Australian Open 2019
Australian Open which is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis event concluded at Melbourne in Australia. Nicknamed as the happy slam, the Australian Open has grown to become...
Palestine takes over chairmanship of G77
Palestine has taken over the chairmanship of G77 from Egypt. Palestine will be formally elected chair at the annual G77 ministerial meeting, scheduled to take place in mid-September....
Global Economic Prospects report 2019- Key Facts
The World Bank has released the Global Economic Prospects report 2019 titled “Darkening Skies”. The key findings of the report are: Growth among advanced economies is expected to drop...
SpaceX successfully launches 64 small satellites using reusable Falcon 9 rocket
Elon Musk-led SpaceX has successfully launched 64 small satellites into low Earth orbit onboard of its reusable and preflown Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
Patents granted by India up by 50% in 2017: WIPO
According to World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018 report released by United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), number of patents granted by India shot up by 50% in...
Scientists build and flow first-ever silent airplane with no moving propellers or jet turbines
Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US have built and flown first-ever silent airplane with no moving propellers or jet turbines. At present, every aircraft have moving...
