10th edition of the Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force will be organised from 07 to 20 October 2019 at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra. The 14 days Joint Exercise held alternatively Read More …
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Indo-Mongolian Joint Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2019 to be held at Bakloh
Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV-14th edition of Indo – Mongolian joint military training being conducted over a period of 14 days, will commence from 05 Oct 2019. The exercise will be conducted from 05 Oct 19 to 18 Oct 19 at Bakloh. The Mongolian Read More …
‘Bada Dashain’-Biggest festival of Nepal begins
The biggest festival of Nepal ‘Bada Dashain’ began in Nepal. The festival starts on first day of Navaratri with Ghatsthapana (traditional urn). Devotees performed Ghatsthapana and sowed maize and barley seeds for germination of the auspicious Jamara (barley shoots) in Read More …
Gandhi’s letter wishing Jews “era of peace” unveiled in Israel
Recently, the National Library of Israel, NLIA unveiled 80-years old short handwritten letter by Mahatma Gandhi for the first time . Gandhi ji was wishing the “afflicted (Jewish) people” an “era of peace” in the letter, written on the same Read More …
Twenty countries including India sign ‘International Partnership on Information and Democracy’
In the ongoing session of UN General Assembly, 20 countries, including France, Britain and India, have signed the International Partnership on Information and Democracy on September 26, 2019, a historic inter-governmental accord initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to promote Read More …
Prakash Javadekar inaugurates exhibition on Gandhi and Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Shri Prakash Javadekar on September 28, 2019 inaugurated a unique exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana, the birth place of Tolstoy at Russia . The exhibition presented Read More …
Vice Prez confers National Tourism Awards on occasion of World Tourism Day 2019
Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the National Tourism Awards 2017-18 on World Tourism Day in New Delhi on September 27, 2019. A total of 76 Awards under various categories were presented. Andhra Pradesh has bagged the Best State award Read More …
India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND – 2019
Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at Pithoragarh from 02 to 15 October 2019. The exercise will comprise of nearly 100 soldiers from both Indian and Kazakhstan Army who would be sharing their experience gained Read More …
India-US-Japan Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR 2019
The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR, is scheduled between the navies of India, Japan and USA from 26 Sep to 04 Oct 19 off the coast of Japan. Indian ships: Two frontline indigenously designed and built Indian Read More …
PM Modi inaugurates Gandhi Solar Park at UN Headquarters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with other world leaders inaugurated the Gandhi Solar Park at the UN headquarters in New York and released a commemorative stamp issued by the UN on the occasion of Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The 50 Read More …
Goldschmidt-A New Mineral Discovered in South Africa
A Canadian student at the University of Alberta have unearthed a new mineral from a volcanic site in South Africa known as the Koffiefontein pipe. According to the study, published in the journal American Mineralogist, the newfound mineral has been Read More …
International Sign Language Day was celebrated on September 23
International Sign Language Day’ was celebrated on September 23, 2019 by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Theme: The theme of this year is “Sign Read More …
‘Gully Boy’ is official entry for 92nd Academy Awards (Oscars)
Zoya Akhtar’s Ranveer Singh-Aalia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy has been chosen for India’s official entry to the 92nd Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The last mainstream Hindi film to represent India was the controversial Barfi! in Read More …
Indian diaspora largest in the world-UN
According to the International Migrant Stock 2019, a dataset released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, India is the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019 with a 17.5 million strong Read More …
Indo-Thailand joint military Exercise MAITREE 2019 commenced at Umroi
The annual bilateral joint Exercise MAITREE between Indian Army (IA) and Royal Thailand Army (RTA) commenced on September 16, 2019 at the Foreign Training Node (FTN), Umroi, Meghalaya. The aim of exercise is joint training of troops in counter terrorism Read More …