International Current Affairs

In a significant step, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia increased India’s Haj quota by 30,000 thus lifting the figure to 200,000 per year (from 170,000). This move will pave the way for more Indians to go for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi kingdom. Background: In 2018, Saudi Arabia increased India’s Haj quota by […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump “aired” their concerns over the bilateral trade disputes and agreed for an early meeting of their commerce ministers to sort out the issues, a day after the US leader demanded withdrawal of the “very high” tariffs levied by India on American goods. Though trade is an important

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is among the 100 most influential women driving the UK-India relationship forward alongside one of Britain’s senior-most Cabinet ministers Penny Mordaunt. The ‘100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations: Celebrating Women’ list was launched by UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid to mark India Day in the Houses of Parliament in London. It

Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with US President Donald Trump and discussed various bilateral and global issues including Iran, 5G communications networks, trade and defence ahead of the G-20 Summit. Modi thanked Trump for expressing his “love towards India” in a letter recently delivered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Prime Minister said

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended a ban by Moscow on food product imports from the United States, the European Union and its allies until the end of 2020, continuing its retaliation against the sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine. Monday, the Russian leader signed a decree, a copy of which was posted on the

The 7th Foreign Office Consultations between India and Brunei Darussalam was held on 24th June, 2019 in New Delhi. The Indian side was led by Smt. Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary(East) and Brunei side was led by Mrs. Hajah Siti Norishan Haji Abdul Ghafor, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brunei Government. The consultations provided an

The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to launch a new reporting platform developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to curb organised crimes. The UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit launched the new anti-money laundering platform ‘goAML’ , which has been open for registration since May. This was announced by

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won Mauritania’s presidential election with an absolute majority. It was the first time Mauritanians voted to elect a successor to a democratically elected president in the West African state. Mauritania’s ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, a former general and defense minister, won the country’s presidential election with 52% of the vote, the

Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to join the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) after its Plenary Meeting agreed to grant the Kingdom full membership of the group at a meeting held in Orlando this week. Saudi Arabia’s accession comes as FATF celebrates its 30th anniversary and the first meeting it held in

Country’s 1st iron mine discovered in Dinajpur; opens up huge economic prospects as its quality is much better. For the first time in Bangladesh, a magnetite (iron ore) mine has been discovered at Isabpur village in Hakimpur upazila of the district, bringing new hopes for the country’s economy. The Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) made