• The United States and Iran will begin negotiations through intermediaries in an attempt to re-reach an agreement restricting Iran’s nuclear program. The announcement marked significant progress in the efforts to return the two countries to the 2015 accord, which…
• TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Market Development Association Limited), the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Indian government launched two interesting competitions for the tribal people. They are the Become a Brand Ambassador of the Indian Tribe and Become a Friend…
• India’s largest floating solar power plant will be built in Ramagundam, Telangana. The solar power plant has a capacity of 100 megawatts. It is expected to open in May 2021. The solar power plant is being built in the…
• On March 26, 2021, at the invitation of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a two-day visit to Bangladesh. This visit includes commemorations of three very important events. The first is Mujib Borsho. The second…
• The World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Report for the year 2021. India’s ranking on the index fell 28 places. Among the 156 countries in the index, India ranks 140th. As a result, India became the third…
• The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean have released a new report entitled “Indigenous and Tribal People’s Forest Governance”. In the Caribbean…
• Central government data showed that, as on February 28, dues of Rs. 22,900 crore were pending for the cane procured in the current season, which began in October 2020. About: • Mill owners want the Centre to hike the…
• The meeting was held in preparation for the 5th BIMSTEC Summit proposed to be held in August of 2021. Highlights of the meeting: • India hailed an initiative to create a connectivity master plan linking country in South and…
• The report has been submitted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, towards fulfillment of the reporting obligation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). • A BUR-3 report by India said that it…
• First surveys to be launched are the All-India Survey of Migrant Workers and All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES). About: • These surveys have been developed and designed by the Labour Bureau to plug-in the data gap on…
• India will participate in French naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal this month. This is the first French naval exercise that the Indian Navy will participate in. The exercise is called La Perouse. Japan, Australia and the United…
• The Centre has decided to retain the inflation target of 4%, with a tolerance band of +/- 2 percentage points for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). About: • RBI in its report had stressed that the current numerical framework…
