India is the 9th largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) ) in 2019 with USD 51 billion dollars of inflow.
‘The World Invest Report 2020’ by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said India will continue to attract market seeking investments.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has registered a patent for its method of manufacturing highland lunar soil stimulant or simply ‘ lunar / moon soil.
The patent was granted by the Indian Patent Office on May 18th for an invention as to the method of manufacturing highland lunar soil stimulant.
Sania Mirza is the First Indian Tennis Player to Win the International ‘Fed Cup Heart Award’ in the Asia/Oceanic group category.
The Award is an initiative of ‘International Tennis Federation’.
She has donated the prize money to the Telangana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Bengaluru , has been voted as the ‘ Best Regional Airport in India & Central Asia’ 2020 by the World Airports Award.
KIA has won this Award for the 3rd time in 4 years.
Professor T Pradeep, IIT-Madras wins the 25th Nikkei Asia Prize in the ‘Science & Technology’ category. Established by Nikkei Inc, Japan
Pradeep has done pioneering work in nano-technology based water purification.’
Developed world’s first filter for drinking water that incorporates deionising technology, established by him.
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Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), Kochi, Kerala
Runs on 100% solar energy . Has about 46,000 solar panels.
Installed by Bosch. Commissioned in 2015
Dr.M. Beena , IAS , Chairman, Cochin Port Trust (CPT), Kerala.
The Award is instituted by ‘International Quizzing Association (IQA) – Asia Chapter
Motera Stadium (aka) Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat has a seating capacity of over 1,10,000.
Inaugrated by U.S. President Donald Trump on his first official visit to India on February 24th,m2020
With this it superceded the ‘Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australia) which held the record earlier.
Constructed by Larsen and Toubro (L &T), India . Designed by the Australian Company – Populous