British MPs has rejected Prime Minister’s EU Brexit deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit or a potential no deal withdrawal by April 12.Britain had to leave the EU on March 29,2019 but UK PM had asked European Union to extend the deadline. The EU has now set… Continue reading MPs reject Brexit deal for third time
Category: Factly: IR
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the International Relations. You can find all relevant International updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Kartarpur talks only if Pak. concedes demands
India has called off a second round of talks with Pakistan on the Kartarpur Corridor scheduled to be held on 2nd April. The inclusion of Khalistan separatists supporter in the recently constituted Kartarpur-related committee by the Pakistan government is the main reason for India calling off the talks. The issues that need to be resolved… Continue reading Kartarpur talks only if Pak. concedes demands
Croatia honours President Kovind with highest civilian award
President Ram Nath Kovind has been honoured with Croatia’s civilian order known as “The Grand Order of the King of Tomislav”. President was awarded for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Croatia and for promoting friendship and partnership between people of both the countries.… Continue reading Croatia honours President Kovind with highest civilian award
Godfathers of deep learning get turing award
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded Yoshua Bengio,Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun the A.M.Turing Award 2018 for making breakthroughs in deep neural networks which is a subfield of Artificial intelligence. The A.M.Turing Award is often referred to as the computer science award equivalent of the Nobel Prize.The award is given by the Association for… Continue reading Godfathers of deep learning get turing award
Poverty down from 55% to 28% in a decade till 2015-16, study shows
According to the Global multidimensional poverty index(MPI) 2018 Report,India has reduced its poverty rate drastically from 55% to 28% in 10 years.India has taken 271 million people out of poverty between 2005-06 and 2015-16.However,India still has 364 million poor in 2015-16,the largest for any country. The Global MPI 2018 Report is prepared by the United… Continue reading Poverty down from 55% to 28% in a decade till 2015-16, study shows
INS Magar Departs for Mozambique with Relief Material
INS Magar has recently departed Mumbai for Port Beira in Mozambique to augment Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) efforts in Mozambique. Mozambique been reeling under widespread flooding and devastation after a tropical cyclone named Idai struck the nation in mid-March. HADR operations seek to provide immediate succour and relief to the disaster affected population… Continue reading INS Magar Departs for Mozambique with Relief Material
Opening Ceremony Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti-VI
Opening ceremony of Exercise Mitra Shakti VI, has been recently held in Sri Lanka. The exercise is being conducted from 26 March to 08 April 19. Troops from 1st Battalion the BIHAR Regiment of the Indian Army and Gemunu Watch Battalion of Sri Lankan Army would be undertaking the exercise. The primary focus of the… Continue reading Opening Ceremony Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti-VI
Kolkata-Dhaka ship to set sail from today
A regular river cruise will begin from 29th March between Kolkata and Dhaka. This is the first time in in the history India and Bangladesh. The cruise will take the Kolkata-Sunderbans route and, via protocol route and reach Bangladesh. Protocol routes are defined maritime navigational routes agreed upon by two countries through bilateral treaties. In… Continue reading Kolkata-Dhaka ship to set sail from today
Boeing unveils changes to anti-stall system
Boeing has announced a series of changes to the anti stall systems installed on its 737 Max aircraft which were linked to two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.It also led to the grounding of these types of planes by airlines across the world. The anti-stall system – known as Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System(MCAS) has… Continue reading Boeing unveils changes to anti-stall system
U.S. circulates draft resolution on Azhar in Security Council
The US has circulated a draft resolution in the UN Security Council proposing to blacklist Jaish chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.The move comes after UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee had failed to designate Azhar as a terrorist after China placed a hold on a listing request that the U.S,U.K.and France had brought before the… Continue reading U.S. circulates draft resolution on Azhar in Security Council
