Jan 2020

INTERNATIONAL Russia S-400 missiles air defence systems to be delivered to India by 2025   Russia started production of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems for India. The five units will be delivered to India by 2025.   The S-400 air defence missile systems are among the best in the world. This will significantly bolster India’s air defence mechanism. In … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL   Iran fully withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal   Iran has announced its total withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which is commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal. The exit of Iran comes after the U.S. targeted strike that killed Iran’s Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq on 3 January 2020. … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL EU triggered dispute mechanism on Iran Nuclear deal   European Countries namely Britain, France, and Germany pressured Iran to stop its violations of the nuclear deal. The EU countries stressed to resolve differences through talks on the United Nations sanctions. The three countries rejected Iran’s justification for violating the deal because the U.S. … Read more

INTERNATIONAL IMF reduces India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 percent   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8% for the current fiscal year. The decline is due to the crisis in the non-banking financial sector (NBFC) and weak rural demand. It has also cut the world’s growth estimate.   The IMF projection, … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL   India continues to be top sourcing market for Sri Lankan tourism   India continued to be the top sourcing market for Sri Lankan tourism with Indian tourists constituting maximum 19 percent of total tourist arrivals to the island nation in 2019. The latest data released by Sri Lankan tourism revealed that … Read more

Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar INS Airavat has been deployed for ‘Operation Vanilla’ The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines   India successfully test-fires K-4 missile On January 19, 2020, India successfully test-fired 3,500 … Read more