COP25 to take place in Madrid
The United Nations has confirmed that this year's climate change talks will take place in Madrid in December, after Chile withdrew as host this week because of massive street protests in the South American country.
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#COP25 #Madrid #UnitedNations #UNFCCC #SouthAmerican

Mumbai and Hyderabad joined UCCN
UNESCO has announced that Mumbai and Hyderabad have been included in its network of 'Creative Cities' on the occasion of World Cities Day 2019 on 31 October 2019.
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#Mumbai #Hyderabad #UCCN #UNESCO #CreativeCities

AFSPA in J&K and Ladakh notified
The Union Cabinet Secretariat has notified rules reiterating that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be the authority on deciding the imposition of AFSPA in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
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#AFSPA #Ladakh #MHA #SpecialPowersAct #ArmedForces

China rolls out 5G telecom services
China’s three major state-run telecom operators have unveiled their 5G network, as the country aims at becoming the global leader in next generation telecom technology surpassing the US and other western nations.
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#Chinarolls #5Gtelecomservices #telecomservices #5Gnetwork

Smallest ever black hole
Space scientists seem to have discovered the smallest black hole ever to get detected till now that might come under a totally different class of objects.
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#blackhole #suns #star #OhioStateUniversity #gravity

Longest UN climate talks end
Marathon international climate talks ended on 15 December 2019 with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.
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#COP25 #LongestUN #climatetalks #Madrid #Glasgow #greenhousegas

India in CCPI 2020
India is among the top 10 nations as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) which is based parameters like renewable power and energy use efficiency, Power Minster R K Singh said.
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#CCPI2020 #India #RKSingh #COP #NDCs #CCPI

Khyber Pass economic agreement
Pakistan and the World Bank has signed a project agreement worth $406.6 million for financing the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project with an aim to promote economic development.
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#Khyber #KPEC #WorldBank #Pakistan

MCA's 2019 Review
In its year-end review, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on 15 December 2019 mentioned the various steps it undertook in 2019 for ease of doing business and creating a robust insolvency framework.
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#MCA #SPICe #NCLT #CCI #DVRs #WorldBank #GreenChannel #Amendment

Draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
In a bid to attract the pharmaceutical industry for pooling investments in drugs for treating rare diseases, country’s apex research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has come up with national guidelines for gene therapy related clinical trials.
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#ICMR #PID #CDSCO #NDCTR #India #CAGR #orphandrug