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Topic: Washington D.C

Tearless Onions in UK

The tearless onions are called “Sunions”. It is to be sold in United Kingdom. These onions were produced by cross breeding onion varieties that are less pungent. About...

January 15, 2022

What is Cicadas?

Cicadas are the world longest living insects. They are winged, red eyed insects that live underground feeding on the roots. They emerge from the underground once in 12-17...

May 5, 2021

United States Capitol Protests, 2021

On January 5 to January 6, 2021, the US President Donald Trump supporters gathered in Washington DC to protest against the results of recent US President Elections What...

January 7, 2021

Why US disagrees to grant Statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.?

The United States territory of Puerto Rico for the third time in ten years has voted in favour of statehood. It demands to be treated at par with...

November 16, 2020

Democrat-led House of Representatives approves Statehood Bill for Washington D.C

On 26th June 2020, the lower house of the United States Congress the House of Representatives has voted 232-180 in favour of the Bill that would grant the...

June 27, 2020

NASA’s headquarter building named after ‘Mary W.Jackson’

NASA has named it’s headquarter building at Washington D.C after its first African American Female Engineer Mary W.Jackson. The announcement was made on 24th June 2020 by the...

June 26, 2020

Maharashtra topped in LEED-Certified Space in GBCI Report

The Washington, D.C based leading certification agency that provides third part credentialing and verification for rating systems related to the built environment, Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI). released...

January 23, 2020

IMF lowers from 6.1 to 4.8 Percent GDP Growth Rate for India

The Washington, D.C based international organization, International Monetary Fund (IMF)decreased India’s GDP growth forecast to 4.8 percent for this fiscal year, which is 1.3 percentage point lesser than...

January 22, 2020

US drops Currency Manipulation Charge against China ahead of Trade Deal

According to the semi-annual report on Macroeconomics and Foreign Exchange Policies published by the United States Treasury Department on Monday 13th January 2020, United States has dropped its...

January 14, 2020

Chinese Delegation on its way to the US to sign Trade Deal

To sign phase one of the US-China trade deal, on Monday, 13th January 2020 a Chinese delegation led by the Vice Premier of China, Liu He, who headed...

January 13, 2020

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