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Defence cooperation with Myanmar
India and Myanmar signed a defence co-operation agreement providing for boosting bilateral military engagement, weeks after the two countries carried out a coordinated operation targeting several militant groups operating in the Northeast.
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#cooperation #Myanmar #India #AungHlaing #military

UNAMA report
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 30 July 2019 said more civilians were killed by NATO and Afghan forces than by the Taliban and other militant groups during the first half of 2019.
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#UNAMA #NATO #Afghanforces #Taliban #US #Islamic

Consumer Protection Bill passed
Lok Sabha on 30 July 2019 passed the Consumer Protection Bill that seeks to establish the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to protect and enforce consumer rights.
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#ConsumerProtectionBill #CCPA #CDRCs #LokSabha #RamVilasPaswan #CPB

Anti-microbial peptide (AMP)
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) have designed an anti-microbial peptide (AMP) that, researchers say, can effectively and quickly kill a notorious multidrug-resistant bacterium called Acinetobacter baumannii.
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#AMP #IISc #AMP #WHO #Omega76 #AntiMicrobialPeptide #healthcare

Another warship at Visakhapatnam
The sixth ship of the ‘Class of Eight’ Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mark-IV vessels ‘IN LCU L-56’ was commissioned by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.
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#Visakhapatnam #LCU #AtulKumarJain #GRSE #IBS #IndianNavy #IPMS
NSIL gets first booking
NEWSPACE INDIA Limited (NSIL), the newly created second commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has bagged its first contract. A private US space services provider has booked ISRO’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), which is yet to be tested, for launching a spacecraft.
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#NSIL #SSLV #ISRO #Spaceflight #LEO #PSLV #DoS

US-Taliban talks end without a deal
Talks on a pact that would allow the United States to end its longest war and withdraw troops from Afghanistan ended on 12 August 2019 without agreement and both sides would consult their leaders on the next steps, the Taliban said.
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#US #DonaldTrump #Pakistan #Taliban #ZabihullahMujahid

World's largest water pump
Lakshmipur pump house in Hyderabad, a key component of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) and claimed to be the world's largest pump house, has successfully commenced operations in Telangana, it was announced on 12 August 2019.
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#LUPS #KLIP #MEIL #GodavariRiver #Hyderabad #TMC #Kaleshwaram

Scheme for study of parliamentary institutions
The Rajya Sabha on 12 August 2019 launched a scheme to promote research and study of the functioning of parliamentary institutions, impact of legislations on socio-economic transformation and efficacy of various parliamentary devices, such as committees.
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#RajyaSabha #MVenkaiahNaidu #SRadhakrishnan #parliamentary
US, Taliban sign historic peace deal
The United States and Taliban on 29 February 2020 signed a historic peace deal to end the 18-year-long confrontation in Afghanistan. The signing was held in Doha of Qatar between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and representatives of the Taliban.
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#Taliban #historic #MEA #NarendraModi #Trump

Third election in Israel
Israelis head to the polls on 2 March 2020 with a sense of deja vu after trying and failing twice in the past year to break the country's political deadlock.
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#election #Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #DonaldTrump #BennyGantz

SN1 spacecraft blows up
A prototype for SpaceX's Starship super-rocket appeared to burst during a pressure test on its pad at the companys South Texas facility. Footage captured by a Boca Chica resident shows the spaceship, known as SN1, exploding on 28 February 2020 night.
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#SN1 #spacecraft #CCAFS #NASA #SpaceX #moon

Minimoon found orbiting Earth
In the early hours of February 15, two astronomers at the Mount Lemmon Observatory 9,000 feet above Tucson, Arizona, noticed a small asteroid-like object near the Earth. Kacper Wierzchos and Theodore Pruyne from the Catalina Sky Survey saw this object moving against the steady backdrop of the stars.
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#Minimoon #Earth #CD3 #gravitational #NASA
UNSC endorses US-Taliban deal
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution to welcome the recent progress in the peace process in Afghanistan.
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#UNSC #NATO #Taliban #Resolution2513

Coronavirus a global pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle East and now parts of the United States.
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#Coronavirus #globalpandemic #WHO #COVID19 #PHEIC

Funds to promote innovation, peace
India is in discussions with the Commonwealth of Nations over the introduction of new targeted funds to promote innovation and peace within the 54 member-countries.
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#CFTC #CommonwealthofNations #WorldWars #CHOGM

WEF's COVID action platform
With the coronavirus epidemic hurting economic activities globally, the World Economic Forum on 11 March 2020 launched a new platform with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to convene the global business community for a collective action on the COVID-19 response.
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#COVID #WEF #CEOs #KlausSchwab #globally

WEF’s YGL list
Byju Classes’ founder Byju Raveendran and Zomato’s co-founder Gaurav Gupta are among the five Indians named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders (YGL) on 11 March 2020.
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#WEF #YGL #CEOs #SwapanMehra #Byju #NobelPrize