Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Brings Together Regional Navies

‘IONS as a Catalyst for SAGAR’, was the theme for this year’s Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – ‘SAGAR’. The…

US$3 Million Global Cooling Prize Announced in the Global Cooling Innovation Summit

Global Cooling Innovation Summit to create an ecosystem of a public-private partnership towards working for breakthrough innovations in energy efficient cooling technology was held on 12 & 13 November 2018…

Fourth NITI Aayog- DRC Dialogue

Global Economy, Globalisation and Macro-Economic Policies in China and India; Innovation and Economic Transformation, and Potential for Sino-India Trade and Economic Cooperation were deliberated upon by senior delegates from China…

First World War Memorial at Villers Guislain in France is a Testimony to the Valour & Sacrifice of Indian Soldiers

First World War Memorial, at Villers Guislain – the town in France that was the site of a pitched battle during World War 1, the first of its kind because…

Extradition Agreement between India & Morocco

Indo-Moroccan Extradition Agreement that will provide a strong legal base for the extradition of fugitive offenders who are accused of economic offences, terrorism and other serious offences in one Contracting…

ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus

5th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus), now an annual event was held in Singapore on 20 October 2018 under the chairmanship of Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence,…

The Right Livelihood Award – The Alternative Nobel

The Right Livelihood Award – The Alternative Nobel Three jailed Saudi human rights defenders have been named winners of “The Right Livelihood Award”, known as the “Alternative Nobel” award, along…

Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018 for work on Cancer Therapy

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2018 has been won by two immunologists James P Allison of the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA, and Tasuku Honjo from the Kyoto University,…

India Ranks 158th in Human Capital Score

 “Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016”, an unprecedented scientific study conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the request of…

Economic Center of Gravity Shifted to Asia & the Pacific

Strategy 2030, Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s new long-term corporate strategy to 2030 for expanding its vision to achieve a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, aims to…