Recently, India has decided to set up an electronic platform to help member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision has been conveyed during a virtual conference of health professionals of eight countries in the region. Key Points The virtual conferencing of the health workers of the SAARC Nation was part of the two proposals made by Indian Prime Minister during th... .
Updated on 30 March, 2020
Recently, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific and a tsunami warning was issued for the closest shores on Russia’s far eastern Kuril Islands. The earthquakes of this strength in the region have caused tsunamis in the past far from the epicenter of the earthquake. The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus.(The hypocenter is where an earthquake or an underground explosio... .
Updated on 27 March, 2020
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Recent attack on gurdwara in Kabul has killed 25 people, mostly members of Afghanistan’s persecuted Sikh minority. More about the news: The attack was claimed by Islamic State(IS) and as stated by them it was to take revenge for Kashmir. However, The Taliban have denied having anything to do with the gurdwara attack. Recently,UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an appeal for an immediate ceasefire in theatres of conflict across the wo... .
Updated on 27 March, 2020
According to a release, the G20 countries committed to inject more than $5 trillion into the global economy, and contribute to the World Health Organisation (WHO) led COVID-19 solidarity response fund. Background: An Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit was convened recently to discuss the challenges posed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and to forge a global coordinated response. The extraordinary G20 Summit was a culminati... .
Updated on 27 March, 2020
The Prime Minister of India has recently said that the Group of 20 (G20) major economies has an important role to play in tackling the global coronavirus crisis as the G20 leaders prepared to meet for a ‘virtual summit’ (being coordinated by the Saudi G20 Presidency) to agree on a coordinated response. Background: Saudi Arabia, which holds the G20’s rotating presidency this year, announced to convene an “extraordinary session" for prepa... .
Updated on 27 March, 2020
According to a release, the G20 countries committed to inject more than $5 trillion into the global economy, and contribute to the World Health Organisation (WHO) led COVID-19 solidarity response fund. Background: A video-conference of leaders of the world’s top twenty economies, the G-20, hosted by the Saudi King has been conducted to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. Joint statement: The virus respects no borders: The unprecedented CO... .
Updated on 27 March, 2020
