Published on: June 17, 2023
Snippets:16-17 JUNE 2023
Snippets:16-17 JUNE 2023
- The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit at end of 2023 will adopt Bangkok Vision 2030. This would be an overarching kind of document and would give direction to the organisation towards sustainable development.
- The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on agreed not to adopt a ruling against India’s import duties on certain information and technology products, following a request by the country and the European Union (EU). Both regions have requested this as they are engaged in resolving the dispute bilaterally. The dispute panel of the WTO had ruled that the import duties imposed by India on certain information and technology products violate global trading norms. The EU and India have said that the additional time would help facilitate the resolution of the dispute.
- The United States military can develop and operate out of bases in Papua New Guinea, according to a landmark security pact underpinning Washington’s efforts to outflank China in the Pacific.
- Rao Bahadur H.C. Javaraya, he was the first Indian superintendent of Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, and the brains behind the fruit research station in Hesaraghatta which later became the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research.
- Hampi to host G-20 meeting
- Japan’s age of consent was raised from 13, among the world’s lowest, to 16 years old as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.
- Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified “Pentagon Papers,” revealing U.S. government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died
- Researchers Discover 20 New Species of Sea Lettuce in the Baltic Sea Region
- NITI Aayog and the United Nations in India sign the Government of India – United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027)
- Indian Navy is conducting “Julley Ladakh” (Hello Ladakh), an outreach programme to Ladakh to increase awareness about the service in the pristine state and to engage with youth and civil society
- Rajasthan, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu emerge Top Achievers in Wind Energy Adoption.
- Armenia accused Azerbaijan of pursuing a policy of “ethnic cleansing” in the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Peloponnese port of Kalamata at Greece
