First trilateral meeting between India, Afghanistan and Iran held in Tehran

  • The first trilateral meeting held between India, Afghanistan and Iran of the Coordination Council of the Chabahar Agreement took place on in Tehran, Iran.
  • Discussions were held between the three sides on international transit and transport through Chabahar Port.

PM Narendra Modi awarded 2018 Seoul Peace Prize

  • The Seoul Peace Prize Committee has conferred the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • PM Modi won the award for improving international cooperation, raising global economic growth, accelerating the Human Development of the people of India, and furthering the development of democracy.
  • Modinomics was credited for reducing social and economic disparity between the rich and the poor.
  • PM Modi is the fourteenth recipient of this award.

TCS is only Indian firm among top 10 to get US foreign labour certification

  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the only Indian company among top 10 firms to get foreign labour certification for the H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2018, from the US Department of Labour.
  • The visa programme allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in the US on a non-immigrant basis in specialty occupations.

Union Govt’s Invest India programme wins UN Investment Promotion Award

  • The ‘Invest India’ initiative of the Union Government won the top United Nations Investment Promotion Award.
  • The award was for its efforts to boost investments in the renewable energy sector in India.
  • The award was presented by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian to Deepak Bagla, the CEO of Invest India, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Paytm launches ‘PayPay’ mobile wallet in Japan

  • Paytm has launched a QR-based smartphone payment service in Japan called the ‘PayPay’ mobile wallet.
  • PayPay has been launched in collaboration with SoftBank and Yahoo Japan Corporation.
  • The settlement service allows users to store money from a bank account in their PayPay wallet and make payments with it.

World’s longest sea bridge opened in China

  • China has opened for operation the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began.
  • The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge connects Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai.
  • The bridge cost $20-billion to build and runs for 55 kilometres.
  • It has been designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons.

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