Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a Rs 4,500 crore financial assistance to Bhutan for its 12th five-year plan after holding wide-ranging talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Dr. Lotay Tshering. The new five-year plan of Bhutan began in 2018 and Read More …
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Russia successfully tests Avangard hypersonic nuclear-capable missile system
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 26, 2018 announced that Russia has successfully conducted the final tests of a new hypersonic nuclear weapon delivery system. He has dubbed it a guided “fireball” that is practically invisible. According to the Russian President, Russia Read More …
Japan decides to withdraw from International Whaling Commission
Japan has announced to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and will resume commercial whaling July 2019. Japan will officially inform the IWC of its decision , which will mean the withdrawal comes into effect by June 30. Leaving Read More …
UN General Assembly adopts global framework on International migration
The UN General Assembly on December 10, 2018 adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the first-ever negotiated global framework on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions. The compact was adopted by the Read More …
Project ‘Mausam’ extended up to 2020
Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as Read More …
Information Fusion Centre (IFC) for the Indian Ocean Region at Gurugram
The Indian Navy has established the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) at the Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram. is the single point centre linking all the coastal radar chains to generate Read More …
Prime Minister inaugurates the Partners’ Forum, 2018
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on December 12, 2018 inaugurated the Partners’ Forum, 2018, in New Delhi. The Prime Minister also released the coffee table book ‘Proven Paths’, a compendium of 36 best practices in maternal, child and adolescent health, Read More …
‘The Guardians and the War on Truth’ is Time Person of the Year 2018
This year, Time magazine has chosen “The Guardians,” a group of journalists who have been targeted for their work, as Person of the Year. Time magazine has published a series of four black-and-white covers highlights what the magazine calls “the War Read More …
Exercise Aviaindra 2018 Commences at Air Force Station Jodhpur
Exercise AVIAINDRA, a service specific exercise between Indian Air Force and Russian Federation Aerospace Force (RFSAF), began at Air Force Station Jodhpur on December 10, 2018. The inaugural IAF-RFSAF Ex AVIAINDRA was conducted in 2014. AVIAINDRA-2018 is the second in Read More …
More than half of global population now online, says UN
According to the the United Nations, for the first time, more than half of the global population is online. The UN said that around 3.9 billion people are now using the Internet. The UN agency for Information and Communication Technologies, Read More …
FAO approves India’s proposal to observe International Year of Millets in 2023
UN Food and Agriculture organisation, FAO Council has approved India’s proposal to observe an International Year of Millets in 2023. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the 160th session of the FAO Council in Rome approved the proposal. The Read More …
Yellow ves protest movement in France
In France yellow ves protest entered fourth week against increase of fuel tax turned violent. On the fourth weekend about 5,000 demonstrators gathered in the Paris city centre and at least 211 people have been arrested. Some 8,000 officers and Read More …
Haryana’s Rors brought Western flavor to Indus Valley
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, December 7 : People belonging to the Ror community living in parts of present day Haryana and Rajasthan have emerged as a key player in the jigsaw puzzle called Indus Valley. Read More …
Cabinet approves MoC between India and Japan in the field of Environmental Cooperation
The Union Cabinet on December 6, 2018 has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India and Japan. The MoC was signed on 29th October 2018 during the visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to Japan. Read More …
Preeti Saran elected to UN’s Socio-Economic Cultural panel
A former senior Indian diplomat, Preeti Saran, has been elected unopposed to an Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Saran was elected to the CESCR for a four-year term beginning on the Read More …