The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has asserted that dilution of Article 370 would strengthen the security, safety and integrity of India and should not be viewed through any other narrow prism. He was delivering the 1st Balramji Dass Tandon Memorial Lecture, at Panjab University in Chandigarh today. Stating that the state of […]
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Japanese Missile destroyer ship JS Sazanami visits Kochi
A missile destroyer, JS Sazanami of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), commanded by Commander Shoji Ishkawa, is on a two day goodwill visit to Kochi from 13 Aug 19. The Commanding Officer accompanied by Coast Guard Superintendent Koichiro Maeda, Commanding Officer, of the Somalia Dispatch Team of the Japanese Coast Guard, and Capt […]
Abrogation of Article 370 welcomed by people
The Vice President of India, M. Venakaih Naidu has said that abrogation of article 370 was welcomed by people cutting across all political lines in the country. Participating in the 35th Foundation Day celebrations of Prabhat Khabar, a Hindi daily, in Ranchi, Jharkhand yesterday, the Vice President said the need of the hour was to […]
India successfully flight-tests state-of-the-art Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles against live aerial targets
Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight-tested its state-of-the-art Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles (QRSAM) against live aerial targets from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. Two missiles, developed by DRDO, were tested against two live targets meeting complete mission objectives of engaging the targets. QRSAM, with many state of the art technologies, engaged the targets […]
President of India visits Benin, The Gambia, and Guinea
President of India Ram Nath Kovind, will pay a State Visit to Benin, The Gambia and Guinea from 28 July to 3 August, 2019. This visit is the first ever visit of HOS/HOG of India to all the three countries. The President will be accompanied by Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Minister of State for Micro, Small […]
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to visit Brazil
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 […]
Suicide rate among Indian women declines
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 […]
CM Punjab lauds Centre’s move to ban Sikhs For Justice (Video)
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 on a visit to Russia
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. […]
Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates coming to India
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 […]