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Comments
 United States will provide $1.56 billion a year,
maintaining more than 30% of all contributions.
$14 billion for the next three years to save 16 million
lives and help end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by France has pledged to provide $1.29 billion.
2030. India also has announced contribution of $22
million
As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia embarks on a
broad programme of economic and social reforms,
the country announced that it will allow women in Saudi Arabiaw which is the world’s largest
kingdom to serve in armed forces crude exporter

The US funding covers 22% of UN regular

UN Financial Crisis budget. It is more than any other nation

India will be represented by Union Commerce

The 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Minister Piysuh Goya
Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial ASEAN HQ jakarta indonesia
meeting will be held in Bangkok in Thailand
Pakistan PM on a three-day visit to China – To
take up J&K issue; To engage in high level talks – 60 billion USD CPEC – China – Pakistan
oil, hydropower, steel Economic Corridor

A Coastal Surveillance system

Standard Operating Procedure on the use of
Chattogram and Mongola ports
Withdrawal of 1.82 cusec of water from Feni
M Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart signed river for drinking water scheme for Sabroom
several MoUs town, Tripura.
While the Pallavas sea port Mamallapuram is
getting a historic fillip for India – China meet next
week, archaeological evidences show that trade
links between them existed since ancient times.
The Land of Dragon (China) traded silk, pots with
the ancient sea port Mamallapuram 2000 years
ago.

To deal with the nexus of terrorist groups India

called for increased cooperation between the The Paris based FATF – Financial Action Task
United Nations (UN) and the Financial Action Force is an international organization developed
Task Force (FATF). to combat terrorism and money laundering

The US Labor Department reports that the Why American Economy is a matter to the
unemployment rate fell to 3.5% from 3.7%. The world? US is one of the biggest economies in
main reason behind the development is that the the world. The slow down in US economy will
economy added 136,000 jobs in September 2019. slow down other economies across the world

The issues of Teesta water sharing and Rohingya

were also discussed. The issue of NRC was not
of focus in the talks

Teesta river issue Teesta flows through West

PM Modi held meeting with the Bangladesh PM
Sheikh Hasina at Hyderabad House.
After North Korea tested a ballistic missile from
the coast of Wonsan, US tested an unarmed
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
The missile was launched from the California base
Bengal and Sikkim before draining into Bay of
Bengal. In 1983, India and Bangladesh signed
an Ad – Hoc agreement that was valid till 1985.
According to the agreement India will use 39%
and Bangladesh will use 36% of Teesta waters.
.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritian

Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth jointly
inaugurated two landmark projects in Mauritius via
video conferencing. These projects are Phase-1 of
Metro Express service and a new ENT Hospital.
Ambassadors of five nations namely Kazakhstan,
European Union (EU), France, Denmark and
Mexico present credentials to President of India
Ram Nath Kovind, at a ceremony held at
Rashtrapati Bhavan
Ecuador will withdraw from 14-nation
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) from 1 January 2020

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
arrived in New Delhi on a four day visit to India.
She will be attending India Economic Summit of
World Economic Forum in Delhi on 3 October
2019
Both Prime Ministers are also likely to discuss
joint celebration of birth centenary of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 50-
years of Bangladesh’s independence as well as
diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and India.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his

Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping would be visiting Mamallapuram The place is also known as
Mamallpuram, Tamil Nadu for the second edition Seven Pagodas or Mahabalipuram. Marco Polo
of informal summit between India and China. and other Europeans named it Seven Pagodas

Rapidly-moving Typhoon ‘Mitag’ is bearing down 27 kilometers per hour with winds gusting at up
on northern Taiwan to 162 kilometers per hour (100 mph).

The World Tourism Day which observed

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia will offer tourist
visas for the first time
globally on 27 September is hosted by a
different country every year. India has been
selected as the host country for celebration of
World Tourism Day 2019 by United Nations
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

The letter was written by Gandhiji on the

occasion of Jewish new year, that is, on
The National Library of Israel unveiled an 80 – September 1, 1939. It also marked the day when
year old handwritten letter by Mahatma Gandhiji Germany invaded Poland and set the world at
on the day World War II broke out. war.
China has launched its first amphibious assault
ship in Shanghai. This ship would enable ground
forces to carry out attacks on enemy territory from The new ship is the first in Type 075 class of
sea amphibious assault ship

SAARC is South Asian Association for

The SAARC Council of Ministers meeting is to be anthem for SAARC as that of other groupings
held on New York on 26th September 2019
The 9th India-China Financial dialogue was held
in New Delhi on wide-ranging issues of mutual
interes
Regional Cooperation. The member nations of
the grouping are Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
Pakistan. SAARC comprises of 21% of world
population and 3.8% of world economy.
SAARC was founded in Dhaka. There is no
(Eg: ASEAN)

Prime Minister Modi met the leaders of the

Caribbean Community on 25th September, 2019,
in New York. The meeting focused on fighting
climate change and increasing India’s participation
in the grouping

IMF is an international organisation

headquartered at Washington DC. It consists of
189 countries. IMF works towards global
monetary cooperation, facilitates international
The Bulgarian Economist Christina Georgieva was trade and secures financial stability. It was
appointed as the new head of the International formed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods
Monetary Fund. Conference.

About Gandhi Peace Garden It is an innovative

initiative under which Consulate General of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with United India (in New York), Shanti Fund (a Long
Nation chief Antonio Guterres and other world Island-based NGO) and State University of New
leaders, inaugurated the Gandhi Peace Garden at York- Old Westbury have entered into an
the UN headquarters in New York. agreement for planting 150 trees.
On 23rd September, 2019, Facebook announced
that it will acquire CTRL – Labs, a tech company The deal is worth approximately, from 500
that makes wrist bands capable of reading minds million USD to 1 billion USD.
The European Union’s top court on 24th
September, 2019, ruled that Google does not have
to apply “Right to be forgotten law” globally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi played host to

United States President Donald Trump at NRG
Stadium in Houston, Texas, for an Indian-
American rally dubbed the ‘Howdy Modi: Shared
Dreams, Bright Futures’.

The Department of Posts under Union Ministry of

Communications has announced commencing of
International Speed Post (EMS) Service to six new
foreign destinations in Asia, Europe and South
America
US President Donald Trump has named Robert C.
O’Brien as his new National Security Adviser
(NSA).
Sri Lanka unveiled a 350-metre-tall Lotus Tower
which is now being dubbed as South Asia’s tallest President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena
tower in Colombo city. decided to open the tower to public.
Russia holds Center-2019 International Command
Exercise
Special Training Programme for Maldivian Civil
Servants is scheduled to be conducted at the hill
town Mussoorie (Uttarkhand) and New Delhi from
16 to 28 September 2019

The 24th World Energy Congress was held in Abu
Dhabi, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition
Centre, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 9-12
September 2019. It was held under the patronage
of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President
of UAE
President of India Ram Nath Kovind, addressed
the India-Iceland Business Forum in Reykjavik,
(capital of Iceland) o
8th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable
(AMER8) held in Abu Dhabi
World Energy Congress (WEC) Background:
The World Energy Congress is a triennial event
and has been running since 1924. With over 150
countries represented, WEC is world’s largest
and most influential energy event that covers all
aspects of energy agenda.
India is the co-host along with UAE at the
AMER8 event
PM Modi meets PM of St. Vincent and Grenadines Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines
in New Delhi
India-Nepal petroleum products pipeline
inaugurated
Hurricane Dorian: India announces $ 1million
humanitarian aid for Bahamas
7th RCEP Ministerial Meeting commence in
Bangkok from 8-10 September
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets his South
Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo
India hosts 6th India-China Strategic Economic
Dialogue
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh addresses 8th
Seoul Defense Defence Dialogue 2019
Dr. Ralph Everard Gonsalves
inaugurated South Asia’s first cross-border
petroleum products pipeline from Motihari (in
Bihar)
About The Bahamas It is a country within
Lucayan Archipelago (or Bahama Archipelago),
in Caribbean.
It is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA)
between 10 member states of Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 6
free-trade agreement (FTA) partners- India,
China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New
Zealand. ASEAN members countries are
Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Myanmar.
India-Korea Defence Ties India is already
developing strong military hardware cooperation
with South Korea as Indian Army has already
inducted K-9 Vajra self-propelled howitzers
(which is a modified version of South Korea’s
Samsung-Techwin K-9 Thunder) built in
partnership with Indian firm Larsen and Toubro
(L&T) and South Korean Hanwha Techwin
principle of SAGAR– Security and Growth for
All in the Region, a principle that remains
cornerstone of India’s outlook for Indo-Pacific
region.

Fourth Indian Ocean Conference 2019 was
recently held in Male, capital of Maldives. The
two-day conference was held from 3-4 September
2019. Indian External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar was one of the speakers at Indian
Ocean Conference 2019 event
Chair of the conference: Sri Lankan Prime
Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Organiser: It was organised by India Foundation
(based in New Delhi), in association with
Government of Maldives and S Rajaratnam
School of International Studies (RSIS) in
Singapore.

Africa’s ‘Agenda 2063’ for its overall

National Conference on ‘India-Africa Partnership
in a Changing Global Order: Priorities, Prospects
and Challenges’ held in New Delhi. It was
organized by Indian Council of World Affairs
(ICWA).
development is in line with India’s broad
guiding principles of engagement with the
continent. Therefore, India’s interactions with
Africa in recent years have acquired vibrancy
and dynamism

India has announced contribution of $22 million to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) Malaria (the Global Fund) The international
for 6th Replenishment Cycle (for year 2020-22). organization commenced its operations in
This is an increase of 10% over the amount January 2002 and maintains its secretariat in
contributed by India in 5th cyc Geneva, Switzerland
72nd session of WHO Regional Committee of
South-East Asia inaugurated in New Delhi
Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting 4th
General Assembly of Association of World
Election Bodies (A-WEB) at Bengaluru,

It is the largest and first global association of

Election Management Bodies (EMBs) worldwide.
It was established in 2013 in Song-do, South
Korea.. Its permanent secretariat is located at
Seoul, South Korea. At present, it has 115 EMBs
as Members & 20 Regional
Associations/Organisations as Associate Members.
Under the slogan of ‘Democracy to Grow for All
Worldwide’

Government of Indonesia has announced to move

its current capital from Jakarta (on the island of
Java) to the sparsely populated East Kalimantan
(on Borneo island). Indonesia’s President Joko
Widodo has announced that his government plans
to build smart, green capital city on Borneo island.
However, t some environmentalist groups fear
$33billion relocation plan of capital city may put Borneo Island It is the third-largest island in the
further pressure on Borneo island’s rainforest world and the largest in Asia. It is home to some
dwelling species like the orangutan of the world’s greatest tropical rainforests.
Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI)
Regime between Switzerland and India kicked off
from September 1, 2019. Under this mechanism,
India will start receiving information on all
financial accounts held by Indian residents in
Switzerland, for the year 2018. Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) has hailed this move as a
significant step in the government’s fight against
black money and end of “Swiss bank secrecy” era.
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has approved establishment of
International Coalition for Disaster Resilient
Infrastructure (CDRI) along with its supporting
Secretariat Office in New Delhi. CDRI is
proposed to be launched at United Nations (UN)
Climate Action Summit scheduled to be held in
New York, US on 23rd September 2019

India and Nepal have launched Nepal’s capital

Kathmandu and Siliguri in West Bengal. The first
bus service on this route was flagged off by
Nepal’s Minister for Physical Infrastructure and
Transportation Raghubir Mahaseth and Indian
Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri rom Kathmandu.
It is overall 11th route for bus service between
Nepal and India, of the total 13 routes that have
been approved for operating regular bus services
between the two countries

The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial About Asia Pacific Group (APG) It is Financial
Action Task Force (FATF) has put Pakistan in Action Task Force (FATF)-style regional body
Enhanced Expedited Follow Up List (Blacklist) for for Asia-Pacific region to develop policies to
its failure to meet its standards. Decision in this combat money laundering and terror financing.
regard was taken at FATF APG plenary meeting It is inter-governmental organisation founded in
held in Canberra, Australia. 1997 in Bangkok, Thailand.

About Bavar-373 Missile System The word

Bavar means ‘believe’ in Farsi. It is being touted
as Islamic republic’s 1st domestically produced
long-range missile defence system. Features– It
is a long-range mobile surface-to-air missile
system. Range: more than 200 kilometres (124
ran unveiled its new home-grown air defence miles) This long-range missile system is suited
system called Bavar-373 during a ceremony held to Iran’s geography. It competes with Russia’s
on Iran’s ‘National Defence Industry Day’. Iran’s S-300 and USA’s Patriot systems. It is being
President Hassan Rouhani has ordered to add touted as a system better than Russia’s S-300
Bavar-373 to country’s missile defence network. and close to S-400.
In a landmark reform, Saudi Arabia has allowed
women above 21 years of age to receive passports
(issue or renew) and travel abroad without
permission from a male guardian. Saudi Arabian
Women have for long required permission from
their male guardians (which includes husband,
father and other male relatives) for these tasks.
These restrictions have drawn international
censure also.

The United States Department of Defense (DoD)

announced successful testing of a medium-range
ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks after
withdrawing from Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Treaty, a Cold War-era pact with
Russia eliminating that class of nuclear-capable
weapons.
The test cruise missile exited its ground mobile
launcher and accurately impacted its target after
more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) of flight.
INF treaty banned development of missiles with
a range of 500-5,500 kilometres.

India will introduce a flexible e-tourist visa regime
for more than 160 countries based on tourist
footfall. As per this the e-tourist visa fee would be
higher for peak season of July to March and a
considerably lower fee during lean period of April
to June. The objective behind the move is to
encourage foreign tourists to visit India. Both the
Union Home Ministry and Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA) have given approval to the flexible
e-tourist visa regime.
Tourists from all countries to which India has
extended e-visa facility will pay $10 for 30 day
e-visa during lean season and will have to pay
$25 during peak period. Tourists from these
nations will have to pay $40 for 1-year e-visa
and $80 for 5-year e-visa validity. For Sri
Lanka, Japan and Singapore, the 30-day lean
period visa fee is suggested to cost $10, and for
peak season 30-day visa and for 1-year and 5-
year e-visa fee is $25.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

between India and Maldives on Training and
Capacity Building Programme for Maldivian Civil
Servants became operational. This comes
following discussions between senior officials of
National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG),
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances (DARPG) from India and Maldives
Civil Service Commission at Male (capital of
Maldives)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day
visit to neighbouring country Bhutan to explore
ways to further strengthen and diversify bilateral
partnership across several sectors. This is PM
Modi’s 2nd visit to Bhutan and 1st since his re-
election in May 2019. On reaching Thimphu
(Capital of Bhutan), he was welcomed by Lotay
Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan and received a
Guard of Honour.

BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and

China) held their 28th Ministerial meeting on
Climate Change recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It
was held in the run-up to United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP-25) meet
scheduled to be held in December 2019. In this
meeting, India was represented by Union
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Lithuania: M V Naidu will be visiting Lithuania

Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has
embarked on a 3-nation visit to Lithuania, Latvia
and Estonia. He is accompanied by a high-level
delegation. This visit will be Vice President’s 1st
ever high level visit (from India) to 3 Baltic
countries.
from 17-19 August, during which he will have a
detailed bilateral meeting with President Gitanas
Nauseda. He will also meet Viktoras Pranckietis,
Speaker of Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament).
Latvia: The vice president will visit Latvia from
August 19-20 where he will have bilateral
meeting with President Eglis Levits. He will
also meet Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins and
Inese Libina-Egnere, the Acting Speaker of the
Saeima (Latvian Parliament). He will also attend
a business forum co-organised by Latvian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry of India). Estonia: Vice
president will visit Estonia from August 20-21.
Here he will meet President Kersti Kaljulaid,
Juri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia and Henn
Polluaas, President of Riigikogu (Estonian
Parliament). As a special privilege, Naidu will
also address Estonian Head of Mission’s
conference on India’s role in Indo-Pacific region
and address an India-Estonia business forum led
by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from
Indian side
India suspended weekly Jodhpur-Munabao Thar About Samjhauta Express It is another
Link Express amid the ongoing tension with passenger train running between India and
Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. This move comes Pakistan. It runs from Delhi to Attari on Indian
days after India cancelled Samjhauta Express from side and from Lahore to Wagah on the Pakistan
its side after Pakistan had announced suspension of side. Its service was started in 1976 following
all train services to India. Shimla Agreement.

India has contributed $1 million to United Nation

Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF) for Resident
Coordinator System showing India’s willingness
and happiness to tangibly contribute to reform of
UN Development system.

Newly discovered Kajin Sara lake in Nepal is

likely to set a new record of being the world’s Current world’s highest lake: It is Tilicho Lake,
highest lake. It is located at Singarkharka area of situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres in Nepal.
Chame rural municipality in Manang district of It is 4 km long, 1.2 km wide and around 200
Nepal. metres deep.

India signed United Nations Convention on

International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) also
known as Singapore Convention on Mediation. It
was signed by India’s High Commissioner to
Singapore Jawed Ashraf, representing Government
of India (GoI). So far 46 countries have signed this
international treaty on settlement agreements.

India has contributed US $5 million to United

Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The
contribution was provided in support of UNRWA’s
core programmes and services, including
education, health care, and relief and social
services.

United States has designated China a “currency

manipulator”, after country’s central bank allowed
Yuan (Chinese Currency) to fall against dollar.
This move could escalate tense trade relations
between two nations.

Bangladesh signed deal with Russia for lifetime

supply of uranium for its 2,400 MW Rooppur
Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Bangladesh.
Under the deal, Russia will supply nuclear fuel
needed for plant during its entire life cycle. RNPP
will come into operation by 2022.
 About Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) It is
sub-regional cooperation organisation
comprising India and five ASEAN countries,
The 10th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) namely, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
Ministerial Meeting was held in Bangkok, and Vietnam. It was launched in 2000 at Laos
Thailand. India was represented by External capital Vientiane. It takes its name from Ganga
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. During this meeting, and Mekong, the two civilisational rivers in
new MGC Plan of Action 2019-2022 was adopted. Southeast Asia.

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra

Modi has approved signing of United Nations
Convention on International Settlement
Agreements (UNISA) resulting from mediation by
India. It is scheduled to be signed in Singapore on
7th August, 2019 or at the United Nations

Sri Lankan Government has exempted Indian

tourists from Visa Fees for tourism purposes. This
decision comes into effect from 1 August 2019.
With this move India is now among 48 countries
whose citizens have been exempted from visa fees
by Sri Lankan government.

President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Benin at

Cardinal Bernadine de Cotonou International
Airport in Cotonou, the largest city in the West
African country. This visit is part of first leg of his
3 nations’ tour to West African region which
includes Gambia and Guinea from July 28 to
August 3. This is first visit by either a head of state
or head of government to three West African
countries. This is the 23rd country to be visited by
President Kovind during his Presidential tenure till
now

India-Nepal Logistics Summit was organised in

Kathmandu, Nepal on 28 July 2019. It was
inaugurated by Prime Minister of Nepal KP
Sharma Oli. Theme for Summit was: Transforming
Logistics Landscape.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman

Next USA, China is the largest

contributor paying 12% of UN
budget. This is 15 times to what
India pays. Japan is the third
largest contributor with paying 3%
of UN funding

About Regional Comprehensive

Economic Partnership (RCEP) It
is a proposed free trade agreement
(FTA) between 10 member states
of Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) and its six free- 10 ASEAN Members countries:
trade agreement (FTA) partners- Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam,
India, China, Australia, New Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
Zealand, Japan and South Korea Thailand and Myanmar

Under India’s Act East Policy,

Bangladesh is provided
opportunities to expand
connectivity corridors. Both India
and Bangladesh are set to increase
air, water and rail connectivity to
enhance trade between
Bangladesh and North Eastern
India. As part of this decision, the
countries decided to operationalize
It meets thrice in year. It was
formed in 1989 at the G – 7
Summit, Paris. Initially it was
formed to combat money
laundering. Later in 2001, it
expanded towards terrorism

India’s onion exports fell by 10.7%.

Malaysia, UAE, Sri Lanka are the other
top onion importers from India.

India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers in

common. A bilateral JRC – Joint River
Commission is working since 1972 to
maximize the benefits from these rivers
3 projects related to LPG imports,
social facilities and vocational
training were inaugurated.
The temple overlooks Bay of
Bengal. It was built during the
Pallava dynasty. It is a cave
temple. Lord Vishnu shrine is The first informal meet between the
placed between two shrines of leaders was held at Wuhan, China in April
Lord Shiva. 2018

Typhoon is the regional names for

Tropical Cyclones that occurs in
Western Pacific and South China
Sea i.e. in Philippines islands,
eastern China and Japan the
tropical cyclones are called
typhoons.

World Tourism Day 2019 Theme–

“Tourism and Jobs: A better future
for all”,

The letter was addressed to Shohet

Shohet – The Indian Jewish leader
Shohet saw the movement as the
only way to unite the Jewish
population in India.
Since in power, Chinese President
Xi Jinping has advocated a new
military doctrine as per which the
2.3 million Chinese military
(largest in the world), has reduced
the size of its army by 3 lakhs in
last few years and expanded its
navy and air force manifold to
enhance its global influence
CTRL – Labs was founded by
Patrick Kaifosh, a neuro scientist
and Internet Explorer creator
Thomas Reardon.

About 24th World Energy

Congress Theme of this year’s 4-
day World Energy Congress:
‘Energy for Prosperity’. This
theme also represents ambitious
and dynamic energy transition of
UAE
St. Vincent and Grenadines
registered a historical achievement
of becoming the smallest country
ever to be elected as a non-
permanent member of United
Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

delivered a keynote address at
‘Seoul Defence Dialogue 2019’
during his visit to South Korea.
The theme of Defence Dialogue
was- ‘Building Peace Together:
Challenges and Vision’. Defence
Minister is on a 3-day visit to
Seoul.
heme for 4th Indian Ocean
Conference 2019 was: ‘Securing
the Indian Ocean Region:
Traditional and Non-Traditional
Challenges’
The 1987 Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty banned all
land-based missiles, conventional
and nuclear, that could travel
between 500 and 5,500
kilometers. It worked towards
abolishing a class of nuclear arms
being deployed by United States
and the then-Soviet Union that left
Europe most threatened
A third of world’s children under five years of
age, which is around 700 million, Japan has the least Infant Mortality Rate.

report released by World Bank on ‘South Asia

Economic Focus, Making (De)Centralization Bangladesh has become the second-fastest
Work’ growing economy in South Asia after Bhutan

National Blindness and Visual Impairment

Survey was released by the Union Health
Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan at the 13th
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in Conference of Central Council of Health and
people above 50 years. Family Welfare.

The World Bank recently released its South

Asia Economic Focus, 2019. The report says
that Bangladesh and Nepal are growing faster
than India. However, it assured that India is
still a fast-growing economy. India is
relatively hit hard by the recent global
economic slowdown. The report is titled
“Exports Wanted” highlighting the export
potential of the South Asian region being not
used to the fullest
The MFN – Most Favored Nation status was
withdrawn after the Pulwama attack. The
custom duties on all goods imported from
Pakistan was raised to 200%. It is expected
that Pakistan will retaliate imposing tariffs on
Indian goods.

India ranked 68th in the annual Global

Competitiveness Index. It is the worst
performing among the BRICS nations along
with Brazil that is ranked at 71. The Global
Competitive Index is compiled by World
Economic Forum.
In India, growth is projected to fall to 6%
this fiscal year and is then expected to
gradually recover to 6.9% in fiscal year 2021
and to 7.2% in 2022. The growth rate of
Pakistan is projected to decrease further to
2.4% this fiscal year

Uttar Pradesh has the highest population

suffering from blindness.

The garment industry of Bangladesh has

benefited immensely from the ongoing trade
tensions between China and USA.