Draft roadmap for population stabilisation
Government think tank Niti Aayog on 20 December 2019 will hold a consultative meeting to discuss a roadmap for population stabilisation and come out with a working paper to address key gaps in India's family planning programmes.
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#NitiAayog #PFI #NarendraModi #India

‘Operation Twist’ in desi avatar
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has commenced something that is akin to the famous “Operation Twist” conducted by the US Federal Reserve by deciding to buy the long-tenor 10-year benchmark bonds worth Rs. 10,000 crore and selling four short-dated securities worth the same amount under open market operations (OMOs).
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#OperationTwist #RBI #OMOs #acknowledgement #US

Ethiopia launches first satellite
Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space on 20 December 2019, as more sub-Saharan African nations strive to develop space programs to advance their development goals and encourage scientific innovation.
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#Ethiopia #satellite #China #AddisAbaba #space

Satellite to monitor Amazon rainforest
An Earth observation satellite jointly developed by China and Brazillaunched into space on 20 December 2019 under a bilateral programme seen as a template for broader cooperation among BRICS nations.
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#Satellite #Amazon #rainforest #BRICS #CBERS #Earth

Votes for Brexit deal
Britain's freshly-elected parliament prepared on 20 December 2019 to move past years of partisan wrangling and initially approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson's divorce deal with the EU.
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#Votes #EU #Johnson #Brexit #London #EuropeanUnion

Iraq Parliament votes to expel US military
The Iraqi parliament has voted to remove US troops from Iraq. In an extraordinary session, lawmakers backed a resolution to ask the government to end an agreement with Washington to station 5,200 troops in Iraq.
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#Iraq #military #ISIS #Parliament #votes #IslamicState

The farthest group of galaxies
An international team of astronomers linked to Nasa, led by an Indian-origin Goa-born scientist, Vithal Tilvi, have discovered a never-before-seen group of galaxies, now labelled EGS77, which is the farthest group of galaxies to have ever been sighted.
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#galaxies #EGS77 #VithalTilvi #Nasa #WFIRST #Earth

China begins major military exercises
The Chinese army has begun major military exercises in the high-altitude Tibet bordering India, deploying latest weapons including the Type 15 light battle tank and the new 155-MM vehicle-mounted howitzer.
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#China #PLA #LAC #military #aircraft #ArunachalPradesh

Rugby’s ‘international young player of year’
Sweety Kumari, who hails from Nawada village in Barh tehsil of Patna, has earned international accolades in the sport. Sweety, 19, was recently adjudged as the “international young player of the year” by a reputed women’s rugby website – Scrumqueens.
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#Rugby #SweetyKumari #MikeFryday #internationalyoungplayer