Current Affairs 09th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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NITI Aayog constitutes Multidimensional Poverty Index Coordination Committee (MPICC)

  • NITI Aayog has constituted a Multidimensional Poverty Index Coordination Committee (MPICC).
  • The MPICC, chaired by Ms Sanyukta Samaddar, Adviser (SDG) has members from relevant Line Ministries and Departments, namely Ministry/ Department of Power, WCD, Telecommunication, MoSPI, Rural Development, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Food & Public Distribution, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Education, Housing & Urban Affairs, Health & Family Welfare, and Financial Services.
  • Preparation of a MPI Parameter Dashboard to rank States and UTs, and a State Reform Action Plan (SRAP) are at an advanced stage of development.
  • Global MPI is an international measure of multidimensional poverty covering 107 developing countries and was first developed in 2010 by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for UNDP’s Human Development Reports.
  • According to Global MPI 2020, India is 62ndamong 107 countries with an MPI score of 0.123 and 27.91% headcount ratio, based on the NFHS 4 (2015/16) data.
  • Neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka (25th), Bhutan (68th), Nepal (65th), Bangladesh (58th), China (30th), Myanmar (69th) and Pakistan (73rd) are also ranked in this index
About NITI Aayog
  • Headquarters: New Delhi
  • Chairperson: Narendra Modi
  • Vice Chairperson: Rajiv Kumar
  • CEO: Amitabh Kant

PM Modi inaugurates Patrika Gate in Jaipur

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Patrika Gate in Jaipur through video conference.
  • The Iconic Gate is built by the Patrika Group of Newspapers on the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg in the Pink City.
  • Patrika Gate has been built as a unique memorial showcasing the architectural and cultural heritage of all the regions of Rajasthan.
  • The gate engraves the architecture, culture, and lifestyle of every corner of Rajasthan
  • On this occasion, the Prime Minister will also launch two books – Samvad Upanishad and Akshar Yatra – authored by Editor-in-Chief of Rajasthan Patrika Group Gulab Kothari.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan announces that Five Petroleum and Gas sector PSUs will join International Solar Alliance

  • Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhaninaugurated  First World Solar Technology Summit organized by
  • Five Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry will be joining International Solar Alliance (ISA)’s Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action (ISA-CSCA) as Corporate Partners.
  • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and GAIL (India) Limited will be contributing to ISA’s Corpus Fund.
About MoPNG
  • Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel: Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
  • Constituency: Deogarh, Odisha

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches 22 bamboo clusters in 9 States; Logo for National Bamboo Mission also released

  • Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated by virtual mode 22 bamboo clusters in 9 States (Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Karnataka).
  • logo for the National Bamboo Mission was also released.
  • The Government’s goal in the bamboo sector is being achieved with the concerted efforts of all stakeholders of the Bamboo Mission.

Current Affairs 08th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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International Literacy Day

  • 8 September was declared international literacy day by UNESCO. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967.
  • Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries.
  • Thetheme of International Literacy Day 2020, is “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.” 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

Germany launches Indo-Pacific strategy with ‘key role’ for India

  • Germany, current EU president and Europe’s biggest economy, has launched its Indo-Pacific strategy with India that is expected to play a key role in Berlin’s outreach in the region where China’s aggressive foreign policy has rattled countries.
  • The strategy released by German Foreign Ministry has several indirect references to Chinese behaviour that challenged rules-based world order. Berlin’s strategy also suggested opening dialogue with institutions where India plays a key role — Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation and Indian Ocean Rim Association — in the areas of business and maritime safety, as well as disaster risk management.
  • The German government also announced that it will work to maintain rules-based order together with partners in the Indo-Pacific region. To this end, it will cooperate with India and Japan for UN Security reforms.
About Germany
  • Capital: Berlin
  • Currency: Euro
  • Chancellor: Angela Merkel

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND FINANCE

NABARD organizes awareness cum sensitization programme for newly proposed FPO in J&K

  • In Jammu and Kashmir, an awareness cum sensitization programme for newly proposed Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) was organized by NABARD in coordination with District Administration in Anantnag.
  • The programme was organised to promote sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural prosperity through effective credit support related services, institutional development and other initiatives.

Current Affairs 06th & 7th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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First-ever cannabis medicine project coming up in Jammu

  • Union minister Jitendra Singh announced that the first ever cannabis medicine project will soon be set up at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) in Jammu with Canadian collaboration.
  • Special permission had to be obtained to produce the pain-relief medicine for patients suffering from cancer, diabetes, etc., using cannabis, which is otherwise restricted for use because of narcotic drug abuse.
  • The medicine prepared from this plant can be utilised even for export to other countries.
  • Singh also reviewed the progress of the construction of north India’s first biotech industrial park in Kathua near Jammu.
  • A few other projects are also being set up through the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
About Jammu and Kashmir
  • Capitals: Jammu (Winter), Srinagar (Summer)
  • Governor: Manoj Sinha

Tamil Nadu Govt constitutes 7- member panel to look into NEP-2020

  • The Tamil Nadu Government has constituted a seven member panel to look into the National Education Policy-2020.
  • The committee will be headed by the state education department principal secretary Dheeraj Kumar with six former vice chancellors as the members.
  • The higher level committee will go through the policy and make recommendations that are feasible for adoption.
About TN
  • Capital: Chennai
  • Chief minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami
  • Governor: Banwarilal Purohit

Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu selected as fully Digital Economy district

IBPS Clerk Score Card 2020: Check Your Prelims & Mains Score Card Details

 IBPS Clerk Score Card 2020: This is the article regarding the details of IBPS Clerk Score Card 2020 for the Prelims and Mains examinations. Candidates who are going to appear for the IBPS Clerk 2020 Exams shall go through this fully and know the respective details.

IBPS Clerk 2020 Notification has released on the official site on 02-09-2020. One of the most important recruitment notification for the banking aspirants. This year the board has to recruit a total of 1,557+ vacancies throughout India. The IBPS Clerk Apply Online link has been activated on 03-09-2020. The final date for the submission of the online application get ends on 23-09-2020. Following that the IBPS Clerk 2020 Prelims Exam will be held on 5th, 12th & 13th December 2020. Then the Mains exam will be conducted on 24-01-2020. So candidates have to submit your online application and start your preparation process now itself.

IBPS Clerk 2020 Important Dates

IBPS CLERK EVENTSDATES
IBPS Clerk notification release date01-07-2020
IBPS Clerk Online application starts from02.09.2020
IBPS Clerk online application ends on 23.09.2020
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)02.09.2020 to 23.09.2020
The download of all call letters for IBPS Clerk Pre Exam training17.11.2020 onwards
IBPS Clerk online pre-exam training23.11.2020 to 28.11.2020
Online Examination – Preliminary05.12.2020, 12.12.2020 and 13.12.2020
The download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary18.11.2020
Result of Prelims exam31.12.2020
The download of call letter for online exam Main12.01.2021
Conduct of online examination main24-01-2021
Declaration of Final result01-04-2021

 

IBPS Clerk Scorecard 2020:

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection(IBPS) is the body that is responsible for the declaration of results and releasing the IBPS Clerk scorecard for both prelims and mains on its official site. Earlier the IBPS Clerk scorecard was released along with the IBPS Clerk result but over the past few years, there has been a change in this pattern. That is the IBPS has released the result status first then after that, the scorecard/marks have been released within a week from the date of the result announcement. The scorecard will be published on the official site along with the sectional and overall cut off marks of the prelims as well as mains exams.

Current Affairs 05th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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International Day of Charity

  • The International Day of Charity is an international day observed annually on 5 September.
  • It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in
  • Originally a Hungarian civil society initiative to commemorate Mother Teresa’s death, International Day of Charity on September 5.

National Teacher’s day

  • Teachers’ Day in India is celebrated on 5 September every year to mark the birth anniversary of India’s second President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.
  • On this day, teachers and students report to school as usual but the usual activities and classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. In some schools, senior students take the responsibility of teaching in order to show their appreciation for the teachers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL

Cabinet Approves Bill To Include Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi As Official Languages In J&K

  • The Union Cabinet approved a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • The Bill received the Cabinet nod at a meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • Union Minister and Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh stated the government has accepted the long-pending demand of the region for the inclusion of Dogri, Hindi and Kashmiri as official languages in J-K.
  • “It is not only a fulfilment of a long-pending public demand of the region but also in keeping with the spirit of equality which was ushered in after August 5 last year (when provisions of Article 370 were repealed),” he stated.
  • It was an anomaly that the three languages — Dogri, Hindi and Kashmiri — which are spoken by nearly 70 per cent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir were not approved for use in official business, he stated.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

UNEP launches “Green Nudges” programme for universities

  • The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a new publication, “The Little Book of Green Nudges”, which aims to inspire up to 200 million students around the globe to adopt environmentally friendly habits and greener lifestyles.
  • The book is UNEP’s first on behavioural science and nudge theory, which focuses on human actions and how to change them, and was drafted with The Behavioural Insights Team and GRID-Arendal.
  • It contains 40 ready-made nudges – simple measures that make it easier to make green choices – which university campuses can deploy to encourage students and staff to embrace more sustainable behaviours.
  • The Little Book of Green Nudges contains evidence-based guidance on implementing nudges, centered around techniques such as resetting default options, changing the framing of choices, and harnessing social influence.
  • It also includes case studies of nudging interventions rolled out at universities from Thailand to Kenya, Finland and Colombia.
  • UNEP is collaborating with higher education institutions around the world to pilot nudging on campuses. Already 20 universities have joined the programme – including the University of Chile, the University of Nairobi, the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the University of California at Berkeley
About UNEP
  • Headquarters location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Head: Inger Andersen

Rajnath Singh to represent India at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow

  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Russia, visited the Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Museum Complex in Moscow.
  • The Defence Minister will attend the combined meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, SCO, Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO and Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS Member States in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of victory in the World War-II.
About Russia:
  • President: Vladimir Putin
  • Capital: Moscow
  • Currency: Russian Rouble
  • Prime minister: Mikhail Mishustin

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND FINANCE

LazyPay launches LazyUPI digital credit card

  • LazyPay has launched a digital credit card that combines the power of UPI and the Buy-Now-Pay-Later, Called LazyUPI.

Current Affairs 04th September 2020| Current Affairs News

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL

Shri Arjun Munda inaugurates ‘2 Days’ National Tribal Research Conclave’ being held virtually

  • Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda has stated that the Ministry of Tribal affairs is funding 26 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) for research under Grant to TRIs and is engaged in quality research in collaboration with reputed Government and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) spread over the country. National Institute for Tribal research is being set up in partnership with IIPA at the IIPA premises in Delhi, the Minister stated.
  • These partner organizations are designated as Centres of Excellence. Addressing at the inaugural session of “National Tribal Research Conclave” organized by Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Tribal Affairs, (M/o Tribal Affairs), Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi here today, he stated that his Ministry along with such partner organisations design workable models which provide end to end solution, like problem identification, finding solution and execution of the project as part of Action research which can be implemented by policy initiatives.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

Donald Trump announces Wilmington as first World War II Heritage City

  • US President Donald Trump announced Wilmington in southern US state North Carolina as the first World War II Heritage City at a ceremony held to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
  • During the war, Wilmington was the site of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, which built 243 ships in five years as part of the federal government’s emergency shipbuilding program.

G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting (Virtual) on Strengthening International Cooperation Across Borders

  • The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting was convened by the current G20 Chair, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, chaired the meeting. EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar represented India.
  • This virtual meeting was convened in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The discussions centred on strengthening international cooperation across borders in wake of COVID-19 crisis. The Ministers also exchanged national experiences and lessons learned from the cross-border management measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemics.
  • In his remarks, EAM commended Saudi Arabia for its proactive approach in bringing G20 countries together for dealing with this COVID-19 pandemic.
  • EAM called on Governments around the world to ensure that interests of foreign students are protected and movement of stranded seafarers back to their home country is facilitated.
  • EAM also proposed development of voluntary ‘G20 Principles on Coordinated Cross-Border Movement of People’ with three elements: a) Standardisation of testing procedures and universal acceptability of test results; b) Standardisation of ‘Quarantine procedures’; c) Standardisation of ‘movement and transit’ protocols.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND FINANCE

RBL Bank launches cardless cash withdrawal facility through ATMs

  • RBL Bank has launched cardless cash withdrawal facility from ATMs, leveraging the Instant Money Transfer (IMT) system.
  • It has tied-up with Empays Payment Systems, a global financial technology provider, to offer this service.
  • To avail the service a customer has to log into RBL Bank’s MoBank app to locate an ATM that supports the IMT function and initiate cash withdrawal by either using his or her mobile number linked to the account or by following a few easy steps on the app.
  • The customer selects the IMT button on the mobile app, gets a code, and uses it to withdraw money from the ATM.

About RBL Bank

  • Headquarters: Mumbai
  • MD & CEO: Vishwavir Ahuja

PayPal & DSCI report on ‘Fraud & Risk Management in Digital Payments’

  • Data Security Council of India and PayPal India, released a study report on Fraud & Risk Management in Digital Payments by Lt. Gen (Dr) Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator, GoI in the presence of K. Rajaraman, Addl. Secretary, Dept. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
  • The report attempts to discuss about the sophisticated online payment fraud mechanisms, threats in the payment ecosystem, incorporating better fraud prevention strategies, role of upcoming technologies, and recommendations for various stakeholders involved in the payment ecosystem.
  • UPI transactions in India have crossed 1.49 bn in volume and USD 41bn in transaction value, in July 2020. RBI predicts the number of digital transactions to increase from INR 2069cr in Dec’2018 to INR 8707cr by Dec’2021.
  • The internet userbase is expected to grow to 835 million by 2023 from 560 million in 2018. As of March 31, 2019, 925 million debit and 47 million credit cards have been issued in India, second only to China. As a result of the above momentum, the growth of online shoppers is 73% in tier-I cities whereas a staggering 400% in tier-II and tier-III cities.
  • The report covers various types of frauds scenarios such as buyer side, merchant side and cyber security frauds, and recent fraud case studies with their modus operandi. The key challenges to safeguard frauds remain fraud detection, investigation and legislative challenges, multilevel awareness, cross-industry collaboration, security as a cost overhead, privacy laws, and organized criminal involvement.

IBPS Clerk 2020 Registration, Application Form: Online Application Procedure

 The IBPS Clerk Online Application Process details are released by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. It is the conducting body for all IBPS exams and hence is responsible for the IBPS Clerk 2020 apply online procedure as well.

The IBPS conducts the Clerk exam every year to recruit candidates into clerical posts under various public sector banks in India.

The IBPS Clerk Exam form for the 2020 recruitment is expected to release in October tentatively.

IBPS Clerk 2020 Application Dates

Check below IBPS Clerk dates 2020 related to the registration process. 

IBPS CLERK EVENTSDATES
IBPS Clerk notification release date01-07-2020
IBPS Clerk Online application starts from02.09.2020
IBPS Clerk online application ends on 23.09.2020
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)02.09.2020 to 23.09.2020
The download of all call letters for IBPS Clerk Pre Exam training17.11.2020 onwards
IBPS Clerk online pre-exam training23.11.2020 to 28.11.2020
Online Examination – Preliminary05.12.2020, 12.12.2020 and 13.12.2020
The download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary18.11.2020
Result of Prelims exam31.12.2020
The download of call letter for online exam Main  12.01.2021
Conduct of online examination main24-01-2021
Declaration of Final result01-04-2021

Documents required to fill the application form

  •  Scanned photograph and signature
  •  Left thumb impression (LTI)
  •  Bank details for online transaction
  •  Valid email ID
  •  Handwritten declaration

The text for the handwritten declaration – “I, _______ (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.” 

Start to Apply Online for IBPS Clerk 2020

The process to apply online for IBPS Clerk 

Candidates need to follow the steps below to fill the application form:

Step 1: IBPS Clerk 2020 registration process

  • Visit the official website of IBPS
  • Select the option: Click here to IBPS Clerk apply online’
  • To register, click ‘New Registration’ link
  • Enter the details: post name, name, mobile number, email ID and security code
  • After successful completion, registration number and password will be generated
  • Candidates will receive the registration number and password on their registered email ID and mobile number

Given below is the photocopy of the registration page



Step 2: Uploading photograph, signature & LTI

In the next step, candidates need to upload the scanned images of photograph, signature, and LTI. The specifications for uploading the photograph and signature are given below.

Current Affairs 03rd September 2020| Current Affairs News

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MoD sets up a committee to review the AFHQ CS cadre

  • To enhance the military’s combat potential and rebalancing the defence expenditure, a three member committee has been set up by the Ministry of Defence.
  • This is in line with the recommendation of the Lt Gen DB Shekatkar (retd) committee and its main task is to review the utilisation of the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQ CS) cadre.
  • The other two members include R Chandrashekhar, a retired AFHQ cadre officer and AN Das from the MoD finance wing.
  • It is expected to conduct a study and identify appointments in Service HQs and Inter-Service Organisations (ISO) which could be falling within the domains of AFHQ CS officers. And which have been recognized in the report by the committee of experts due to their longer tenures and expertise.
  • This three member committee is expected to interact with other branches, directorates of the service Headquarters and ISOs for their study. The report of the study carried out is expected to be submitted in November.

About MoD

  • Defence Minister of India: Rajnath Singh
  • Constituency: Lucknow, UP

Cabinet Approves Mission Karmayogi – National Programme For Civil Services Capacity Building

  • The Union Cabinet approved Centre’s Mission Karmayogi for Civil Servants aimed at  bringing post-recruitment reforms in government.
  • The mission seeks to reincarnate the civil servants as an ideal servant to the nation.
  • Mission Karmayogi which is the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building will lay the foundation for capacity building for Civil Servants so they remain entrenched in Indian culture while they learn from best practices across the world.
  • It aims to prepare Indian Civil Servants for future by making them more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive, professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled.

The key highlights of the programme are: 

  • Prescribe annual capacity building plan for all departments and services
  • Monitor the implementation of the capacity building plan
  • Massive capacity building initiative to ensure efficient service delivery
  • Promotes technology driven learning pedagogy
  • Strengthen common foundations and remove departmental silos
  • Set benchmark for learning in public servants
  • Democratization of learning to cover all categories

Ladakh, Lakshadweep join Centre’s ration card portability scheme

  • Ladakh and Lakshadweep have the joined the Centre’s ration card portability scheme ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’, taking the total number of states and Union territories linked with the scheme to
  • Under the scheme, eligible beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) will be able to avail their entitled foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS), also called ration shops, in the country using the same ration card.
  • The integration of Ladakh and Lakshadweep with the national portability network was approved recently in a review meeting chaired by Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
  • Remaining states are targeted to be integrated in the scheme by March 2021.
  • The other 24 states/UTs which have joined the ration card portability network are — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

About Ladakh

  • Lieutenant Governor: Radha Krishna Mathur
  • Capital: Leh, Kargil

About Lakshadweep

  • Capital: Kavaratti
  • Administrator: Dineshwar Sharma IPS

Qutub Minar illuminated in red and white to mark Poland’s Solidarity movement

  • Embassy of Poland and Polish Institute in Delhi illuminated Qutub Minar in Poland’s national colours, white and red, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the creation of Poland’s Solidarity movement.
  • This year, 2020, marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of Solidarity.
  • The Solidarity movement of Poland is a trade union based on Gandhian principles of non-violence that fought for civil rights in the country during the communist rule.
  • Solidarity was originated in GdaÅ„sk, Poland on 31 August 1980 and in a short time gathered 10 million members.
  • The Chief Guest at the Qutub Minar function is Dinesh K Patnaik who is the Director General of the Indian Council of International Relations.

About Poland

  • Capital: Warsaw
  • Currency: Polish zÅ‚oty

Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India and Japan for improving quality of Indian textiles for Japanese market

  • Cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between India and Japan for improving quality and testing of Indian textiles and clothing for the Japanese market.
  • The MoU would enable M/s Nissenken Quality Evaluation Centre, Japan in assigning Textile Committee as their cooperative Testing and Inspection service providers in India for Textiles and Apparel products.
  • Government has also approved an MoU between India and Finland for cooperation in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources.
  • The MoU facilitates cooperation in the field of geology, training, mineral prognostication and suitability analysis with the intent of reinforcing and strengthening scientific links.

About Japan:

  • Capital: Tokyo
  • Currency: Japanese yen