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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’ 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 …
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 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 …
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, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Exercise Hand-in-Hand is conducted annually as part of military diplomacy and interaction between armies of India and China. The joint exercise for the year 2018 will be conducted from 10 to 23 December 2018 at Chengdu, China. The aim of Read More …
World Soil Day was observed on 5th December, 2018. The objective of the day is to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources. Theme: The theme for this year’s World Read More …
Ministry of Railways’ National Rail Museum (NRM) and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum join hands together to provide an amazing combo offer to Delhi NCR tourists. As a part of the collaboration, a special discount of 35% on ticket prices will Read More …