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India and France have signed an implementation agreement on “MOBILISE YOUR CITY” (MYC) in New Delhi on September 6, 2018 in the presence of Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and Shri Read More …
The inaugural India-U.S. Ministerial 2+2 Dialogue was held on September 6, 2018 in New Delhi. From India side Minister of External Affairs Smt Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Defence Smt Nirmala Sitharaman participated whereas from US was represented by Secretary Read More …
A major tsunami mock exercise (drill) IOWave18 was organized in the Indian ocean on September 4–5, 2018. India, along with 23 other Indian Ocean Nations, participated in this exercise which was organized by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, which coordinated Read More …
The three day (3-5 September) ‘International Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2018’ was inaugurated by Vice President of Nepal Nanda Bahadur Pun in Kathmandu on September 3. Mr. Pun expressed concern over increasing violence against women and highlighted the need for public Read More …
Exercise KAKADU 2018 began on August 29 at the Port of Darwin, Australia. It is 14th edition of the exercise which is scheduled from 29 Aug – 15 Sep 18 and would see participation from 23 warships, one submarine, 45 aircraft, Read More …
The three day first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Agri Cooperative Business Forum began in Kathmandu on August 28, 2018. The theme of three-day (28-30 August) Forum is the ‘Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers’ Cooperatives to attain the Read More …
United Nations Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar led by Marzuki Darusman has called for an international probe and prosecution of Myanmar’s army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority. The UN panel said that Myanmar’s top military generals, including Read More …
The fourth Asian electoral stakeholders forum (AESF-IV) will begin in Colombo (Sri Lanka) on August 27, 2018 to discuss the state of elections and democracy in the region. The two-day forum is being held for the first time in South Read More …
India and Singapore on August 24, 2018 signed the Second Protocol amending the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in New Delhi. The Protocol was signed by Deputy Chief Negotiators, Shri Rajneesh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of Read More …
The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the 6th “International Buddhist Conclave (IBC), 2018” in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 23rd August, 2018. The Conclave is being organized by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the State Governments Read More …
By Monika Kundu Srivastava (Twitter handle: @monikaksrivast1) New Delhi, August 17 : A new study has warned that over two-thirds of the districts in the country are unlikely to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of reducing deaths Read More …
11th World Hindi Conference will begin in Mauritius on August 18. It is being organized from 18-20 August 2018 in Mauritius by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in association with the Government of Mauritius. The Prime Minister of Read More …
By Jyoti Singh (Twitter: @ashajyoti11) New Delhi, August 7 : About 15 million babies out of 26 million born every year in India are not able to get the benefit of mother’s milk within one hour of their birth despite Read More …
Exercise Maitree, the joint military exercise between Indian Army and Royal Thai Army, begins on August 6, 2018 in Thailand. It will be conducted from 06 to 19 August 2018. It is a platoon level exercise which comprises of infantry Read More …
World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded India’s commitment to accelerated coverage of safe sanitation services which, assuming 100% coverage is achieved by October 2019, could avert up to 300,000 deaths due to diarrheal disease and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) since the Read More …