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

Niti’s SDG Index 2019
For the second year in a row, Kerala retained its first rank among states and Bihar came last in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index for 2019.
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#NitisSDG #SDG #NitisSDGIndex #Kerala

Carbon tax waiver for coal mooted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has proposed waiving a tax on coal to help finance pollution-curbing equipment, according to documents, but the move would also make coal more competitive in price with solar and wind energy.
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#Carbon #taxwaiver #coalmooted #NarendraModis

India's green cover increased
India’s green cover increased by 5,188 sq km (0.6%), an area the size of Goa and Delhi put together, in the past two years, shows a new assessment report of the government on the status of forest and tree cover in the country, released on 30 December 2019.
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#Indiasgreen #coverincreased #Goa #RFA

14th Global Healthcare Summit
Visakhapatnam will host the prestigious three-day 14th Global Healthcare Summit from January 3, 2021.
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#14thGlobalHealthcare #GlobalHealthcareSummit #AAPI #Visakhapatnam

Policy decisions for economy in 2019
From the point of view of the economy, 2019 proved a rather challenging year for India. Difficulties facing the Indian economy was a much-debated issue throughout the year.
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#economy #AGR #Policydecisions #Indianeconomy

102-trn infrastructure projects unveiled
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 30 December 2019 unveiled Rs 102 trillion of infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government's spending push in the infrastructure sector.
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#NirmalaSitharaman #projectsunveiled #IndependenceDay

AUM system
Scientists at Gayatri Vidya Parishad-Scientific and Industrial Research Centre in Visakhapatnam have developed an indigenous system for real-time remote monitoring of air quality parameters, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said.
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#AUMsystem #AUM #DST #Visakhapatnam #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses