The Minister says, this will be a major milestone in the journey of ISRO, after Prime Minister Modi unlocked the Space Sector in 2020 for private participation Vikram Rocket launch will herald a level playing field for cost-efficient satellite launch services by disrupting the entry barriers: Dr Jitendra Singh Indian …
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MALABAR 22 EXERCISE
The 26th edition of the multinational maritime exercise MALABAR 22 culminated in the seas off Japan on 15 November 2022. This edition also marked the 30th anniversary of the exercise and was hosted by the JMSDF. The Indian Navy was represented by Eastern Fleet ships Shivalik and Kamorta led by Rear Admiral Sanjay …
Read More »RETAIL INFLATION
How is the Reserve Bank of India viewing recent trends in retail inflation? Does a drop mark the beginning of a sustainable downtrend in inflation figures? Background: India’s retail inflation dropped to a three-month low of 6.77% in October when compared to the same month last year. Wholesale price inflation also …
Read More »INDO-PACIFIC DISCUSSION AT G-20 SUMMIT
S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had a bilateral meeting in Bali on the fringes of the G20 Summit, where they discussed the U.K.’s Indo-Pacific priorities, Russia and Northern Ireland. Sunak had, as per his press secretary, told Mr. Biden that the border issues with Northern …
Read More »2025 UN CLIMATE TALKS IN BRAZIL
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received a warm welcome at the COP-27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, where he pledged to recommit the rainforest nation to tackling the climate crisis and offered to hold future U.N. climate talks. “I am here to say to all of you here that …
Read More »YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EXCHANGE IN 2023 BY INDIA AND UK
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new “partnership” with India on Wednesday, at the G-20 summit in Bali, Downing Street has announced. Under the U.K.-India Young Professionals Scheme, the U.K. will offer, annually, 3,000 degree-holding Indians in the 18–30-year age group places to work in the U.K. for …
Read More »APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHANCELLORS
Two recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India on the appointment of vice chancellors (VC) in State universities in violation of the regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) are significant in the context of higher education in a federal country such as India. In the first case, Gambhirdan K. …
Read More »BASIC MINISTERIAL MEET AT COP 27
Ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China representing the BASIC Group met today at the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Ministers pledged their full support to the Egyptian COP27 Presidency for a successful conference, which …
Read More »“YUDH ABHYAS 2022”
The 18th edition of Indo – US joint training exercise “YUDH ABHYAS 22” is scheduled to be conducted in Uttarakhand this month. Exercise YudhAbhyas is conducted annually between India and USA with the aim of exchanging best practices, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures between the Armies of the two nations. The previous …
Read More »AFFECT ON GLOBAL HEALTH BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Even as countries are meeting at the ongoing Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, a recent report by Lancet, has traced in detail the intimate link between changing weather events and their impact on the health of people. The 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Health at the Mercy of Fossil …
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