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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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …