On April 12, 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft

Unprecedented public spending to fight the pandemic would push global growth to 6 per cent, it says

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in Global Gender Gap Report 2021 of WEF

The world needs to install new wind power capacity three times faster over the next decade to achieve global climate targets, warns GWEC

Around 12 per cent of the world’s trade flows through the waterway and it remains one of Egypt’s top foreign currency earners

The SIPRI report shows that between 2011–15 and 2016–20, arms imports by India decreased by 33 per cent

UNEP’s first Food Waste Index report provides methodology that enables countries to track progress in meeting the SDG target

The primary objective of the mission is astrobiology research, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life

The Nigerian economist becomes first woman, African to take on the role

It aims to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and gather ocean stakeholders worldwide behind a common framework

With Kamala Harris as vice president and nearly 20 senior officials of Indian origin in place, the expectation is that there will be more informed judgements on India

UN report shows that the US remained the largest country of destination of international migrants in 2020

The trade deal will bring its own restrictions but will help protect the $894 billion in annual trade between the two sides

British PM Boris Johnson imposed strict lockdown measures and health secretary Matt Hancock said the new strain is “out of control”

The new additions include camel racing and art of miniature

The new figure is about 86 cm more than the previous measurement done by India in 1954

It paves the way for mass vaccinations from as early as next week to those most at risk of dying from COVID-19

Earlier, Pfizer and Moderna also reported impressive efficacy for their vaccine candidates

15 countries sign the the world’s biggest trade agreement

Kamala Harris will be the first woman to serve as the US vice president

The asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter is estimated to be worth over $10,000 quadrillion

Adopted in 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been ratified by 50 countries

Trump has a transactional approach towards India and Biden has expressed a soft stance on trade with China