What: National Conference on Counterfeiting and Role of Enforcement Agencies Where: New Delhi When: 13-14 March, 2018 Who: Suresh Prabhu A National Conference on Counterfeiting and Role of Enforcement Agencies is going to be held on 13-14 March, 2018 in New Delhi. Read More …
Category: International
The first Founding Conference of International Solar Alliance held in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on March 11, 2018 co-chaired the first Founding Conference of International Solar Alliance, ISA at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The one day summit seeks to mobilise one trillion dollars of Read More …
China’s parliament abolished the two-term limit for the President
China’s National People’s Congress – the country’s parliament on March 11, 2018 abolished the decades-old two-term limit for the President, allowing Xi Jinping to remain as the country’s leader for life. The constitutional changes were passed in Beijing by the Read More …
Fourteen Agreements signed between India and France
French President Emmanuel Macron is on three days (10-12 March 2018. ) official visit to India. After delegation level talks between India and France in New Delhi on March 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly addressed the media. Read More …
International Women’s Day 2018
The world is celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8. In some part of the world some women are protesting against the less representations of women in various services of the government including in the parliament. Theme: This year’s International Read More …
ONGC Videsh will bid for developement of Susangerd oilfield in Iran
The overseas arm of Navaratna d ONGC, ONGC Videsh, has signed a cooperation agreement with Iran’s IDRO Oil to jointly bid for a $900 million development plan of Susangerd oilfield in southwest Iran. The aim of the accord with ONGC Read More …
India records sharp decline of 20 percent in child marriages, says UNESCO
According to the UNICEF report, published on March 6, India saw a sharp decline of 20 percent in child marriages in the last decade. The report says that, s against 47 percent of the girls getting married before the age Read More …
India-Vietnam signed three agreements during Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s visit
Mr. Tran Dai Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam paid a State Visit to India from 2-4 March, 2018. During his India’s official tour he also visited Bodh Gaya. A joint statement was issued after the talks between Read More …
Egypt will transfer two islands to Saudi Arabia
Egypt’s constitutional court on March 3, upheld a deal to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The decision by the Egypt’s top Court has nullifies the contradictory rulings two other lower courts had given earlier. The two islands of Read More …
UK characterise acid as a “highly dangerous weapon”
The United Kingdom government has characterise acid as a “highly dangerous weapon” for the first time. It means that judges in the UK would be able to impose harsher punishments on anyone found to be carrying acid and other corrosive Read More …
India, Bangladesh and Russia signed an agreement for Rooppur atomic plant
India, Bangladesh and Russia signed an agreement on 1 March to construct Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in Moscow, sets a framework for interaction of Russian contractor, and Indian and Bangladeshi experts in Read More …
Indian Navy’s Multi-national exercises ‘MILAN 2018’
The Indian Navy is hosting multi-national ‘MILAN 2018’ exercises at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar islands from March 6 to March 13, 2018. The underlying theme of MILAN 2018 is ‘In Pursuit of Maritime Good Order – Need for Read More …
TAPI gas pipeline breaks ground on Afghan section
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India on February 23, 2018 ceremonially broke ground on the Afghan section of an ambitious, multi-billion dollar TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India-TAPI) gas pipeline expected to help ease energy deficits in South Asia Afghan President Read More …
Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple fire
According to the Chinese authorities, the fire at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa was not caused by “human factors”. However some international experts believe that China is hiding something about the fire and the damage caused to it. The fire at Read More …
Turkey condemned the Dutch parliament’s motion on Armenians genocide
Turkey has condemned the Dutch parliament’s approval of a motion recognising as genocide the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 during Ottoman Empire of Turkey. The Turkish foreign ministry said it would not become the official Read More …