External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar would be visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 25-26, 2019 to participate in the Standalone meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers. Last month BRICS leaders’ had a successful informal summit on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. This would be EAM’s first engagement with the BRICS Foreign […]
As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 44256, 42521 and 42088 females have committed suicide during 2013 and 2014 and 2015 respectively, which shows a declining suicide trend over these years. This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok […]
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today welcomed the decision of the Central Government to ban the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) organisation. The senior Congress leader tweeted that he is happy with the Government of India’s decision to ban Sikhs For Justice as unlawful but, he said that what ‘we need is a war against […]
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff is embarking on a bilateral goodwill visit to Russia from 09 to 12 July 2019. The CAS is scheduled to visit various operational and training units as well as fly a sortie in the Russian Trainer aircraft YAK-130. […]
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, is paying an official visit to India from 7-9 July, 2019. He will be accompanied by a senior-level delegation. During the visit, Sheikh Abdullah will hold bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister. He will also call on […]
There is continued tension in Hauz Qazi area of Delhi after a Temple was vandalized by some members of the local minority community. The Temple was pelted with stones by the locals after an alleged fight during which a squatting drunkard was roughed up on Sunday. The Temple got vandalized later last night. Pictures showing […]
The U.S. Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, will visit India on 25-27 June 2019. This will be the first high level engagement with the US after the elections in India which put Narendra Modi back in the Prime Minister’s seat the second time. During his visit, he will hold talks with the External Affairs […]
Air pollution is a major issue in India The National Green Tribunal in the order passed on 10.12.2015, had directed and prohibited crop or agricultural residue burning in any part of the NCT of Delhi, State of Rajasthan, State of Punjab, State of Uttar Pradesh and State of Haryana. The residual burning made headlines as […]
Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District led a high-level delegation to India from 15-19 June 2019. The delegation included senior officials from the Russian Ministry for Far East Development, Far East Investment and Export Agency, representatives of Russian regions, industry representatives and […]
Commodore Stuart Henderson, Safety Director of the British Royal Navy (RN) Safety Centre along with a three member delegation, is on a two-day official visit to Southern Naval Command (SNC). The delegation called on Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Staff (CoS), Southern Naval Command (SNC) on 13 Jun 19, at naval base, […]
