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05 Nov, 2020

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INDIA-EUROPEAN UNION COUNTER TERRORISM DIALOGUE

GS-III : S&T Space

INDIA-EUROPEAN UNION COUNTER-TERRORISM DIALOGUE

  • India and European Union held Counter Terrorism Dialogue.

Highlights

  • The dialogue reviewed threats posed by UN-sanctioned terrorist entities.
  • India and European Union are to soon conclude the Free Trade Agreement.
  • During the dialogue, European Union stressed to increase India’s investments in the field of Green Energy.

India-European Union

  • European Union is the largest trading partner of India. The EU accounts for 12.5% of overall trade between India and the European Union.

About Copernicus space Programme of EU

  • It is an Earth Observation Programme of the European Union. Under the programme, European Union provides data and information free of cost.

Source: PIB

Government sets up committee to review guidelines on Television Rating agencies

GS-II : Government policies and interventions Government policies and interventions

Government sets up a committee to review guidelines on Television Rating agencies

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has set up a committee to review guidelines on Television Rating agencies in India. The committee will be chaired by Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati.

The committee will be required to revisit the existing Television Rating guidelines to further strengthen the procedures to make them more credible and transparent.

The committee will also revisit the overall industry scenario, addressing the needs of the stakeholders and make recommendations for a credible, robust, transparent and accountable rating system through changes, if required, in the existing guidelines.

Source: HT

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