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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
Berlin-based non-government organisation Transparency International, on 22 February 2018, released its annual ‘The Corruption Perception Index 2017’. According to the Index India is ranked at 81st place among a group of 180 countries. India’s ranking has slipped by two places. Read More …
The Ministry of External Affairs of India is planning to set up an ‘India Corner’ in select university libraries across the world to stock up books in 22 official Indian languages. Libraries at the world class universities in most countries Read More …
Spiritual leader Shah Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan IV, populary known as the Aga Khan is visiting India on 11 days journey starting from 21st February. He will be in India till 2nd March 2018. Year 2018 marks the Diamond Read More …
News: Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Natural History Museum (NHM), UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of genetic/taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India, including species and habitat conservation assessments, etc in New Read More …
According to the report, released by the UNICEF, India the 12th worst country to be born in among 52 lower middle-income nations. The report says that with 25.4 deaths per 1,000 births, India ranks below its neighbours – Sri Lanka, Read More …
United Kingdom-India research projects on ‘Water Quality Research’ and ‘Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment’ were launched on 19 February 2018 by Dr V K Saraswat, Member, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Professor Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Read More …
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri J P Nadda on 19 February 2018, addressed the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia. The Union Health Minister spoke on the topic: Making Digital Health Services a Priority in Read More …
And Iranian passenger plane, ‘Aseman Airlines flight EP3704’ has crashed on 18 February, 45 minutes after taking off from Capital city Tehran. All 66 people were feared dead. Here are the basic facts related to this plane crash: Name of Plane: Aseman Airlines Read More …
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Hassan Rouhani was in India from 15-17 February 2018. He had arrived in Hyderabad on 15 February in his first leg of three days visit. Dr. Rouhani visited Hyderabad on 15-16 February 2018. Read More …
The United States Senate on February 15, rejected a series of bills to protect ‘Dreamer‘ immigrants who faces deportation post March 5, the deadline set by the Trump administration. The US Senate failed to get the minimum 60 votes to Read More …