manufacturing, communication and financial services, a United Nations trade report said. In South Asia, FDI inflows increased by 3.5 per cent to USD 54 billion, said the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2019. So, India attracted over 77 per cent of the total foreign direct investments that came to the South Asian region.
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#WorldInvestmentReport2019 #UNCTAD #SEZs #SouthAsia #FDI

Indian Medical Council Amendment Bill cleared
The Cabinet has approved the Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, and the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, both of which had lapsed in the 16th Lok Sabha session. Both the Bills are now set to be reintroduced in the upcoming Parliament session.
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#AmendmentBill #LokSabha #MCI #IndianMedicalCouncil #IMCAct

SEZs deemed to be multi-sector SEZs
The central government has notified that all notified and existing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) shall be deemed to be multi-sector economic zones. This would release land parcels in single commodity SEZs for other sectors.
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#SEZs #EPZ #amendment #Asia #TamilNadu #manufacturing

Threat to outer space security
Rising space power China on 23 December 2019 attacked the newly created US Space Force as a "direct threat to outer space peace and security". Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters that China is "deeply concerned about it and resolutely opposed to it".
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22399-threat-to-outer-space-security.html
#SpaceForce #DRDO #satellite #orbit #OST #BNSS

What is Wi-Fi calling?
Wi-Fi calling is the buzz word in the Indian telecom industry right now. Airtel has already launched its Wi-Fi calling service in the country (available only in some areas for now), while Reliance Jio is still testing it in some circles and is expected to announce it very soon.
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#WiFiCalling #RelianceJio #TamilNadu #telecom #Indiantelecom

China, South Korea, Japan meet
The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea are holding a trilateral summit in China this week amid feuds over trade, military maneuverings and historical animosities. Most striking has been a complex dispute between Seoul and Tokyo, while Beijing has recently sought to tone down its disagreements with its two neighbors.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22397-china-south-korea-japan-meet.html
#China #THAAD #Asiantroika #ShinzoAbe #Japan #nuclear

UN Conference on Migratory Birds
United Nations Conference on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (COP13) will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 17 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
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#UNConference #MigratoryBirds #NarendraModi #CMS

Palestinians withdraw on US Mideast plan
The Palestinians have abandoned their request for a vote at the UN Security Council on 11 February 2020 on rejecting the US Mideast plan, over a lack of international support.
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#Palestinians #USMideastPlan #UNSecurityCouncil #MahmudAbbas

Five new smart cities to be investment hubs
Five new smart cities, proposed by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget, would be developed on the pattern of Gandhinagar’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) with dedicated metro corridors, energy-conserving buildings, walkability elements, state-of-the-art design elements, and automated garbage collection.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22833-five-new-smart-cities-to-be-investment-hubs.html
#newsmartcities #hubs #GIFT #SEZs #NirmalaSitharaman

Exercise Ajeya Warrior
The fifth edition of India-UK joint military exercise 'Ajeya Warrior' will be conducted at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom from February 13 to 26, the Army said.
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#ExercisAjeyaWarrior #AjeyWarrior #UnitedKingdom

Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution
Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on 11 February 2020 amid some of the highest tensions ever between Tehran and the US in the past four decades.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22831-iran-remembers-1979-islamic-revolution.html
#Iran #IslamicRevolution #US #HassanRouhani