Russia revokes ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a Bill, revoking Russia’s ratification of global nuclear test ban. Putin said that rescinding the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, also known as the CTBT, would mirror the stand taken by the U.S., which has signed but not ratified the nuclear test ban.
India surpassed New Zealand with its 59th win to become the second-most successful team in the ODI World Cups, only behind Australia.Australia holds the record with 73 wins.
India’s first-ever Lavender Farm is coming up at Challa village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. It is spread over two hectares of land owned by the Department of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare.
The report, titled ‘Hunger Hotspots’ for the period between November 2023 and April 2024, was published recently. The new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) indicates that acute food insecurity is expected to deteriorate in 18 hunger hotspots until April 2024.
China, the world’s largest supplier of rare earths, has been promoting the development of the rare earths industry for over 60 years.China has raised its rare-earth metal production quota for 2023 by 14% over last year to 240,000 tonnes.
China has the highest weighting on the globally tracked gauge, the MSCI Emerging Market Index (Emerging Markets) around 30%.India is placed at the second position now has a weighting of 15.5% on the Index, compared with 15.11% for Taiwan.
IBM has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch an innovation lab in Bengaluru to help mutual clients derive value from the latest technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).
The Bihar Legislature collectively approved a legislation that increases the reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in educational entities and public employment from 50% to 65%.
The Government of India signed a $400 million policy-based loan with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support its urban reform agenda for creating high quality urban infrastructure, improving service delivery, and promoting efficient governance systems.
China and Pakistan are conducting the third edition of the Sea Guardian-3 bilateral naval exercise in the northern Arabian Sea.This is their largest-ever naval exercise in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to enhance interoperability between their navies.
The Ministry of Coal has announced an amendment to the SHAKTI Policy (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal) Transparently in India).
Madras High Court has created a record in disposal of cases by registering its highest-ever Case Clearance Rate (CCR) of 114% in 2022 as against 109% in 2021.
‘Hamfest India 2023’ was inaugurated recently in Ahmedabad, Gujarat by the Minister of State of Communications.The two-day national convention kicked off recently, drawing participation from over 1000 amateur radio operators (HAMs).
