Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister and Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran held a bilateral meeting today on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi. Both leaders recalled positive outcomes of EAM’s recent visit to Tehran for the 19th Joint Commission Meeting, especially for strengthening bilateral […]
The Commerce Secretary level meeting between India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi on 15-16 January 2020. The Indian delegation was led by Commerce Secretary, Government of India, Anup Wadhawan and the Bangladeshi delegation was led by Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh, Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin. Both sides held extensive discussions on […]
Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah presided over the signing of an agreement between Government of India, Governments of Tripura and Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives in New Delhi today, to end the 23-year old Bru-Reang refugee crisis. Present on the occasion were Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, CM of Tripura, Biplab Kumar Deb, Chairman, […]
Hindus in Italy? Some 150,000 Hindus reside in Italy and a fifth of them, some 30,000, are Italians, Eurispes declared in a survey translated by CurrenTriggers.com. The Hindus of Italy believe that there were two few Temples for them and often have to battle stereotypes on yoga and sacred cows. The report states that despite […]
Minister of Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations of Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunawardena, is on an official visit to India from 08-10 January 2020. This is the first overseas visit of the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister after assuming charge in November 2019. He is accompanied by a 4-member official delegation. The visit of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited ideas and suggestions for the Union Budget 2020 on MyGov. Inviting comments Union Budget 2020, he said, “The Union Budget represents the aspirations of 130 crore Indians and lays out the path towards India’s development. I invite you all to share your ideas and suggestions for this year’s Budget on […]
Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber informed his fans that he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection that is caused by bacteria commonly carried by ticks. Bieber also said more will be explained in a documentary series that will debut on YouTube soon. In a statement, the singer took to task people who accused […]
UK’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have announced that they “intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.” The two are said to have consulted no member of the British Royal Family (BRF) on this. […]
After successfully hosting the International Fleet Review (IFR) in Feb 2016, the City of Destiny Visakhapatnam is gearing up to host another International Naval event ‘MILAN’ in March 2020. With about two months to the mega event, the preparations were reviewed at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) by Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, Chief of Staff […]
