Chabahar Port – India’s Gateway to Afghanistan & Central Asia

Chabahar port of Iran is now operational as an alternate, reliable and robust connectivity for Afghanistan, with a ceremony on 29 October 2017 when India’s External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma…

INS Kiltan to Augment Navy’s Strike Capability

The commissioning of INS Kiltan into the Indian Navy on October 16, 2017, marked a significant milestone in India’s maritime defense capabilities. As an indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette, INS…

Stubble Burning Dropping Pollution to Severe Levels

Satellite Imagery Reveals Increased Stubble Burning in Punjab and Haryana Satellite images from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System) Web Fire Mapper, of…

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 has been awarded on Friday October 06, 2017 to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the Geneva-based Nuclear disarmament campaign group for its efforts to…

Chakmas and Hajongs to be Granted Citizenship

Chakmas and Hajongs are ethnic people, originally inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of erstwhile East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. They were systematically forced out of their country because…

Strengthening India and Japan Relationship

India and Japan stress on strengthening all aspects of partnership during their 12th annual bilateral summit at Gandhinagar in Gujarat on September 13 & 14, 2017 commenced with a first…

Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat

Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat (B4), a laboratory on boat is proposed to be established on the Brahmaputra River by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in collaboration with Ministry…

India Japan Act East Forum to Enhance Connectivity & Promote Development

India Japan Act East Forum that aims to marry India’s Act East Policy with Japan’s Free and Open Asia-Pacific strategy in the backdrop of China’s One Belt One Road initiative…

Bullet Train for High Speed, High Growth & High-End Technology

Bullet train would be launched in 2022, coinciding with 75 years of India’s independence; as per announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday September 14, 2017; while laying foundation…

Cassini Spacecraft Ends Historic Exploration of Saturn

Cassini Spacecraft: with two elements: Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in October 1997, spent seven years in transit, arrived at Saturn in July 2004, followed…