Doklam Standoff a Setback for China

Doklam standoff was a deadlock between Indian and Chinese soldiers over the construction of a road by China in Dokalam region that overlooks the strategic Chumbi Valley, near the Bhutan…

Economic Survey 2016-17: Volume-2 is Optimistic despite Deflationary Impulses & Subdued Growth

Economic Survey 2016-17: Volume-2, for the first time government presented a second or a mid-year economic survey for the year 2017-18 highlighting the new factors that the economy faces since…

Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme to stem Migration of Trained Manpower

Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme has recently been launched by the Prime Minister of India during the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention at Bengaluru on 8th January 2017…

Islands Development Agency to focus on Holistic Development

Islands Development Agency (IDA) that was set up on June 1, 2017 following the Prime Minister’s review meeting for the development of islands, with focus on Holistic Development of Islands had…

India Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Pact Essential for Bringing a Network of Nuclear Energy Cooperation for India

India – Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation pact that was signed in Tokyo during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan on November 11, 2016 came into force on Thursday,…

HEERA- the Cleanest & Most Sweeping Reform in Higher Education

Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA) will be the new higher education watchdog that will replace the current regulators, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for…

Cartosat-2 satellite is another ‘eye in the sky’

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in its 40th flight (PSLV-C38) launched, by the 44.4-metre tall rocket, as its primary payload the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series…

Shangri-La Dialogue Dominates on North Korea’s Nuclear & Missile Programme, Religious Extremism and South China Sea Disputes

Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defence summit, launched in 2002 by British think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the Singaporean government, is the most important annual gathering…

QS World University Rankings 2018 reveal dominance of US & UK in Higher Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of USA tops the rankings for the sixth year running in the 14th edition of the QS World University Rankings ranking over 950 universities from 84…

India Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Conference

India Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Conference hosted by the Government of India in Suva, Fiji on the 25th & 26th May 2017, represented by all the 14 Pacific Islands nations, marked yet…