China strongly opposes India’s move to ban 118 more Chinese mobile apps
China’s Commerce ministry stated on Thursday that it strongly opposes the latestIndia induced by India on Chinese mobile apps. The Commerce Ministryspokesperson Gao Feng mentioned in a briefing that Indian actions are violating thelegal interests of Chinese investors and service providers and that China has askedIndia to correct its mistakes.India has announced a ban on…
BBMP to stop the practice of pasting stickers at COVID-19 infected people’s houses
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has taken a step to stop the practice of posting stickers outside the houses where infected Covid-19 patients live. This move is to stop the raising stigma related to Covid-19 patients, as the stickers outside houses made the residents see it in bad light. This comes weeks after BBMP…
Trump’s pullout leads to US cutting down remaining dues payment to WHO
The Trump administration has given a clear statement on Wednesday about not paying more than USD 60 million in dues as per what it owes to the World Health Organization (WHO). The money would rather be used for other contributions to other projects of United Nations. This announcement was followed a day after White House…
More Covid-19 deaths at private hospitals in Bengaluru
A higher number of Covid – 19 patients are dying in the private hospitals at Bengaluru as per the analysis of the official data. Considering the figures over the last 10 days, for instance, a count of 350 patients have died in the city.And, from the 350 deaths, 67 % deaths have occurred in the…
UN Security Council rejects Pakistan’s plea of listing two Indian names as‘terrorists’
The United Nations Security Council has rejected Pakistan’s application with respect to listing two Indian citizens to be termed as global terrorists under the 1267 Committee for Counter-terrorism Sanctions. This was a joint decision passed by France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany and Belgium together as UNSC Council. Regarding the issue, India’s Permanent Representative to…
Cabinet passes approval for Mission Karmayogi to re-skill civil servants
In order to set a new benchmark for learning for the public servants, the Union Cabinet gave a green signal to Mission Karamyogi on Wednesday. Mission Karmayogi called as National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) which is a skill development scheme for civil servants with the objective to establish a future – ready…
1.7 million requests to the Environment Ministry seeking to withdraw draft EIA
About five hundred experts from the country have written a letter on Wednesday to the Union Environment ministry with the request to withdraw the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020. The experts being the scientists, researchers and academics from top institutes including Indian Institutes of Technology requested stating that draft EIA might be a…
Australia experiences first recession in nearly three decades
The economy of Australia has contracted with a first recession in nearly past 30 years due to the massive fallout inflicted by Coronavirus pandemic. The Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 7 % in the three month quarter April – June as compared with the previous three months. Biggest fall since 1959 Australia, quite popularly known…