A maiden trilateral exercise, involving Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), Royal Thailand Navy (RTN) and Indian Navy (IN) has commenced at Port Blair on 16 Sep 19. The five-day-long exercise is aimed at bolstering the maritime inter-relationships amongst Singapore Thailand Read More …
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Indo-Thailand Joint Military Exercise Maitree – 2019
Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 between India and Thailand will be conducted at Foreign Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) from 16-29 Sep 2019. Indian and Royal Thailand Army (RTA) comprising 50 soldiers each will participate in the exercise with an aim to Read More …
India joins the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub
India has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) Hub as a new member. This was announced on September 12, 2019 by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology in New Delhi. This expands the Read More …
University of Oxford tops Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
The University of Oxford (UK) tops the 2020 edition of the ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings’, for the fourth consecutive year and the California Institute of Technology rose to No. 2. The United States of America remained the dominant nation overall, with seven schools in Read More …
Inauguration of Motihari-Amlekhganj (Nepal) pipeline by PM and PM Oli of Nepal
Prime Minister Modi and PM Oli of Nepal, on September 10, 2019, jointly inaugurated a cross-border petroleum products pipeline via video conference. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal, Right Hon’ble K.P. Sharma Oli today jointly inaugurated Read More …
India Participates in 84 th Thessaloniki International Fair in Greece
An Indian delegation led by Minister of State (MoS) for Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri participated in the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in Greece recently. Senior officials and businessmen and prominent Indian entrepreneurs were part of the delegation. India Read More …
‘ANGAN’- An international Conference on Energy Efficiency in Building Sector
An international conference ANGAN (Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat) focussed on Energy Efficiency in Building Sector began in New Delhi on September 9, 2019. Organiser: The Conference is being organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Read More …
28th Edition of India-Thailand CORPAT 2019
India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is being conducted from 05 – 15 September 2019. In this 28th edition, Indian Naval Ship Kesari and Thailand Ship (HTMS) Kraburi along with Maritime Patrol Read More …
India announces 1 billion dollar line of credit at Eastern Economic Forum
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on September 5, 2019 announced a line of credit worth one Billion US dollars for the development of the Far East region of Russia. While addressing the Plenary Session of 5th Eastern Economic Forum, EEF, Read More …
Exercise TSENTR 2019 to be held at Donguz, Russia
Exercise TSENTR 2019 is part of the annual series of large scale exercises that form part of the Russian Armed Forces’ annual training cycle. The series rotates through the four main Russian operational strategic commands. Russia holds a major military Read More …
Vienna is the world’s Most Liveable City-EIU
According to the annual report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Austria’s capital Vienna has retained its ranking as the world’s most liveable city. Melbourne is at second place — which had held the top ranking for seven years until Read More …
India announces contribution of $22 mn to Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM)
India has announced a contribution of 22 million US Dollars to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) for the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22), an increase of 10% over the amount contributed by India in the 5th cycle. Read More …
India-US Joint Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019 to be held at Washington
As part of the ongoing Indo-USA defence cooperation, a joint military training, Exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2019 is being conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mc Chord, Washington, USA from 05-18 September 2019. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is one of the largest Read More …
4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) Concludes at Bengaluru
Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Sunil Arora on September 3, 2019 assumed Chairmanship of Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) for the term 2019-21 as India takes over the Chair from Romania at the 4th General Assembly of AWEB which concluded at Read More …
19 Medals at WorldSkills Kazan 2019 for India
The Indian Team returned with the best-ever finish at the WorldSkills International Competition 2019 in Kazan, Russia by winning 19 medals and Medallions of Excellence. The 48-member Indian team won one Gold, one Silver and two Bronze medals besides 15 Read More …