India pulls out of RCEP pact
India on 4 November 2019 pulled out of the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, capping six years of talks to clinch the world’s biggest free-trade deal in the face of stiff resistance from domestic industries and political circles and reluctance of partners like China to grant it meaningful concessions despite hard negotiations in recent weeks.
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US formally moves to exit the Paris Agreement
The United States formally notified the United Nations on 4 November 2019 that it was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
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Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
The United States formally notified the United Nations on 4 November 2019 that it was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
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Clues to cosmic shoreline
Scientists have decoded the signals sent by NASA’s Voyager 2 from about 11 billion miles away from interstellar space, which will help scientists paint a clearer picture of cosmic shoreline, where the heliosphere ends and interstellar space begins.
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ICAR sign deal with Nabard
With a view to promote sustainable agriculture and climate resilient farming systems the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Board of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to facilitate the action research (the research carried out with the active participation of farmers to provide solutions for the challenges) and up-scaling of the various technologies and innovative farmer models developed by the ICAR that includes the successful climate resilient practices, models and integrated and hi-tech farming practices in a participatory model through adoptive research on watershed platform.
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No significant progress made in COP25
Unable to make any significant progress on main agenda issues such as the creation of new carbon markets, as was expected, discussions on contentious issues at the Madrid climate talks are set to be postponed to next year.
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China, U.S. announce trade deal
The United States and China cooled their trade war on 13 December 2019, announcing a “phase one” agreement that reduces some U.S. tariffs in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of American farm goods.
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#China #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #UnitedStates #USTR

National Ganga Council meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 December 2019 chaired the first meeting of National Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga Council (National Ganga Council) at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology in Kanpur.
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#NGC #NarendraModi #Kanpur #NationalGangaCouncil #CETP #NMCG

Wind flow pattern on Mars
NASA scientists have mapped the global wind circulation patterns in the upper atmosphere of Mars- 120 to 300 kilometers above the Red Planet's surface.
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#Mars #NASA #UMBC #MAVEN #NGIMS #RedPlanet

Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
On 2 October 2020, a few hours to deadline Nigeria submitted its formal adoption of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the UN; becoming the 144th country to, thereby ensuring its entry into force.
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