# International Affairs - First India - Japan two-plus-two (2+2) dialogue was held in <u>New Delhi, India</u>. - 7th edition of MITRA SHAKTI military exercise between Indian and Sri Lanka was held in Pune. - Saudi Arabia became the first Arab country that will assume the G20 presidency. 2020 Edition of G20 summit was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. *Theme* <u>Realising opportunities in the 21st century for all</u>. - Iraq's Prime Minister Abdul Mahdi resigned. New PM will be Mohammad Allawi. - 13th South Asian Games 2019 was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Indian topped medal tally - 312 medal (174 gold, 93 silver, 45 Bronze). Followed by Nepal, and Sri Lanka. - 8th edition of HAND-in-HAND 2019, joint training exercise between India & China. Theme - Counter Terrorism under United Nations mandate. - Foreign Secretary of Bhutan, Kinga Singye visited India recently for 2nd Annual India - Bhutan Development Co-Operation meet, New Delhi. India's Ambassador to Bhutan is Ruchika Kamboj - Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa became 8th President of Sri Lanka. He visited India recently. - India will provide Sri Lanka $450 million LOC - $400 million for infrastructure projects and $50 million for counter terror measures. - **India ranking in Corruption Perception Index 2019 - <u>78</u>** The index is published by Transparency International for 180 countries. - HDFC Bank and Walmart India joint hands to launch co-branded credit card. Tagline of HDFC Bank - We understand your world. - IFC - International Finance Corporation - has anchored an investment of $200 million in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited - Tamilnadu has signed $206 million loan agreement with ADB to develop water supply, sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities. - Prithiviraj Singh Roopum is elected as the new President of Mauritius. - Philipheens was hit by Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri) - Maldives's Election Commission has signed an MoU with ECI for cooperation in the field of electoral management and administration. - 2019 NATO Summit held in London, UK. Head quarters Brussels. - Japan topped Germanwatch's 15th edition of "Global Climate Risk Index 2020" : who suffers most from extreme weather events. India is ranked 5th.