•India signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with four European countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland — with a binding commitment to invest $100 billion in India producing 1 million jobs within 15 years. •The Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) marks the second such full-fledged FTA signed after India’s agreement with the United …
•There are an estimated 7,396 golden langurs in India, the latest survey of the primate has revealed. •The entire distribution range of the golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) covers the Manas Biosphere Reserve and all fragmented forests in the western part of Assam. •Manas Biosphere Reserve, includes Ripu Reserved Forest — a major part of it …
•The order did not interfere with the existing scheme of allowing anonymous donations to political parties up to an amount of Rs 20,000 by any individual or company. •Apart from the full disclosure mandate, the court also brought back the 2013 cap of 7.5% of average net profit of a company in the last three …
•The death of a second Indian lured into working with the Russian military in the Russia-Ukraine conflict was confirmed. •The two men were from Surat and from Hyderabad; their bodies are yet to be repatriated. Others have been seriously injured. •Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raiding visa recruiters across India and filed cases against them …
•The Karnataka water crisis has affected more than 7,000 villages, 1,100 wards, and 220 talukas thus far. •The problem encompasses Mandya and Mysuru districts, where a major Cauvery river watershed and the Krishnaraja Sagar dam are located, and both important sources of water to Bengaluru. •Bengaluru consumes roughly 1,400 million litres a day each from …
•Nearly 300 students were abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. •The mass kidnapping in Kuriga was the third in northern Nigeria in a week; with 15 children abducted from another school, and a few days earlier 200 people abducted. •The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the …
