Category: International

United Arab Emirates has (UAE) has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice. According to the the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department Read More …

About 450 Indians were granted their British citizenship under the government’s ‘Windrush Scheme’, set up in the wake of an immigration scandal in 2018. British Home Secretary Sajid Javid said at least 455 Indians had confirmed their nationality as British. Read More …

India and Bangladesh have signed an MOU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) an institute under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Read More …

The United States of America has joined WIPO’s fast-growing Marrakesh Treaty as its 50th member. According to the WIPO, it has added a major global publishing center to the Treaty that promotes the increased worldwide availability of texts specially adapted for Read More …

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the US president Donald Trump and a senior White House adviser, on February 7, 2019 unveiled a new global effort ‘Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP)’ to help 50 million women in the developing Read More …

The 3rd Indo-German Working Group for cooperation on (i) water and (ii) waste management concluded in New Delhi on February 6, 2019. Delegations from both the ministries – The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India and Read More …

The Central Government on February 6, 2019 approved the MoU between India and Finland for collaborating based on mutual interest in the field of Biotechnology, for funding and implementing ambitious industry-led innovative and transnational projects within the broad scope of Read More …

A group of Indian Origin youth from 8 countries called on the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh under the 53rd Edition of “Know India Programme”, in New Delhi Read More …

World Cancer Day was observed on February 4, 2019 across the world. The day is organised by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The Day aims to save millions of preventable deaths each year through education, raising awareness and by Read More …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on February 2, 2019 that its 29 members would on February 6, 2019 clear the way for North Macedonia to become the alliance’s 30th member, following its historic name Read More …

The United States of America on February 1, 2019 announced that it was suspending ‘Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty’ (INF) treaties with Russia, following five years of heated conversations over accusations by the United States that Moscow is violating the Reagan-era agreement. Read More …

The United States of America is shivering in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex. At least eight people have been killed in several states as a result of the Arctic weather. Temperatures fell to minus 30 degree Read More …

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design formally presented the fourth annual Carnot Prize to Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal and former Minister of Power, Coal, New & Read More …

The central banks of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have launched a common digital currency called “Aber”. It will be used in financial settlements between the two countries through Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers technologies. According to the UAE Read More …

India received the Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at the recently concluded New York Times Travel Show 2019, the largest travel show in North America, held from 25th – 27th January in New York, USA. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India participated Read More …