A suicide bombing in Jalalabad, eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, last year woke the world up about the dangers that Afghan Hindus and Sikhs face each day. The suicide bombing, aimed at killing the Afghan Hindus and Sikhs, happened near Governor House at Mukhabirat Chowk after President Ashraf Ghani’s visit. India has always kept an […]
The inaugural round of the India US 2+2 inter-sessional meeting was held on 11.01.2019 in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led jointly by Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (AMS), Ministry of External Affairs and Shambhu S. Kumaran, Joint Secretary (PIC), Ministry of Defence. The US delegation was led jointly by Ambassador Alice Wells, Principal Deputy […]
The first India Central Asia Dialogue at the level of Foreign Ministers is being held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 12-13 January 2019. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will co-chair the Dialogue along with Abdulaziz Kamilov, the host and the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan will participate in the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a commemorative coin on Guru Gobind Singh, on January 13, 2019 at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi. The event marks the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. The Prime Minister will also address a select gathering on this occasion. The Tenth Guru of Sikhs- Guru Gobind Singh has […]
General Purna Chandra Thapa, Chief of the Army Staff, Nepal Army is visiting India from 12 to 15 January 2019 on his first official bilateral visit after taking over the command of the Nepal Army. Based on an age old tradition existing between the armies of both countries, the Nepal Army Chief has been conferred […]
The Ministry of Women and Child Development is organising the three-day 6th Women of India Organic Festival from tomorrow at Leisure Valley, Sector-10, Chandigarh, to celebrate and promote women farmers and entrepreneurs in the organic sector from the remotest parts of India. On 14 January 2019, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development […]
External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj met Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on 10 January 2019. The Nepalese Foreign Minister is visiting New Delhi to attend the fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue. During this time, the two Ministers took out time and reviewed recent developments in bilateral ties across diverse sectors, […]
The Chairman, ISRO K. Sivan addressed and interacted with over hundred media persons from Bengaluru and other parts of India in a Press Meet organized today at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru. Here he highlighted ISRO’s achievements in 2018 related to launch vehicles, satellites and their applications towards nation building. Dr Sivan also briefed about the challenging […]
On January 6th, the Hindus of Bangladesh woke up to the news of the murder of a Bull. Bangladesh’s Hindus consider Cows and Bulls as part of the Hindu religion and their reaction was natural. This Bull was also special. He was a peaceful sentient being who used to sit outside the Kal Bhairo Mandir […]
Comments made by a Muslim cleric from Egypt have become a talking point as he raked up a taboo topic ‘sex’ in the conservative Muslim country. The Egyptian Muslim cleric Muhammad Al-Zoghbi made some comments on a show on Egyptian TV Al-Rahma on December 24th and he ridiculed the Muslims whom he termed as ‘fossilized fanatics’ […]
