Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted an invitation to attend the session of the G7 Summit in Biarritz.  The 45th summit of the G7 group of countries takes place from August 24 to August 26 in Biarritz, France. Lemoyne visited India and he is the first French ministerial trip to the country after the Narendra Modi government assumed […]

China claimed four gold medals at 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong. The event was held from 6 June to 9 June.  Women’s singles:Wang Yidi the women’s singles title by defeating second seed Mima Ito of Japan. She secured 4-0 scoreline (11-3, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6). This is her first international win.Men’s singles:Chinese player

Veteran director, playwright and actor Girish Karnad passed away at the age of 81 on 10th June 2019. Karnad died due to a prolonged illness. His career: Karnad made his acting and screenwriting debut in a 1970 on a release called ‘Samskara’ which won the President’s Golden Lotus Award.  He served as the Director of the Film and

Haryana and Maharashtra participated in the  third day of the 3rd Youth men’s and women’s national boxing championship in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand  Four boxers from Maharashtra entered the quarterfinals  Ankit Narwal-led Haryana boxers reached the last-eight stage.  Narwal, the 2018 Youth Asian Championship bronze winner in men’s 60kg category  Haryana’s Akshay Kumar won the game in the

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has proposed to set up a National Data Warehouse with an aim to leveraging big data analytical tools. This move is to further improve the quality of macro-economic aggregates. MoSPI also plans to introduce a legislative framework so that the National Statistical Commission (NSC) can function with independence and give holistic guidance for improving the

India is making debut in the adventurous game of Rafting. Former Prime Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports team played in World Rafting Championship which is taking place in Tuncelli. There are 20 teams from 20 countries are challenging for the title.  President of Turkish Rafting Federation Fikret Yadimei expressed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping before the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. The announcement was made by the Ministry of External Affairs. Its a reiteration: Prime Minister Modi is to reiterate his invite to President Xi to visit India for an informal summit in 2019. The first informal summit was held

Canada ban single-use plastics from the year 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau planned to ban plastic bottles, straws and plastic bags clogging the world’s oceans. Canada to lead to fighting against plastic pollution as the country with the world’s longest coastline. Currently, 10 percent of plastics are recycled. A  million birds and more than 100,000 marine

Imports from Pakistan declined by 92 percent to $2.84 million in March this year after imposition of 200 percent customs duties on all products following Pulwama terror attack. On February 16 this year, taking strong economic action against Pakistan following the attack, India raised the customs duty to 200 percent on all goods imported from

State Bank of India introduced repo rate-linked home loans.  SBI, the country’s largest bank by assets home loans linked to the repo rate from July 1, 2019.  There are 10 key new facts, repo rate-linked SBI home loan: Key interest rate reduced to 5.75 Repo rate-linked home loan will make changes in the key interest rate