Ramayana Circuit is one of the fifteen thematic circuits identified for development under the Swadesh Darshan scheme of Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry has initially identified fifteen destinations for development under the Ramayana Circuit theme namely Ayodhya, Nandigram, Shringverpur & Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), Sitamarhi, Buxar & Darbhanga (Bihar), Chitrakoot (Madhya Pradesh), Mahendragiri (Odisha), Jagdalpur (Chattisgarh), […]
Today, on 17 December 2018, Experimental Test Pilots and Test Engineer from IAF’s premier testing establishment ASTE, flew India’s first military flight using blended bio-jet fuel on the An-32 transport aircraft. The project is a combined effort of IAF, DRDO, Directorate General Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum. On 27 July 2018, […]
Afghan Hindus and Sikhs on Monday met the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and raised several demands. The small minority, now in some thousands, raised the issues of land grabbing done by influential people in the country. Another issue was the ease of getting Afghanistan’s Visa for Hindus and Sikhs who hold dual citizenship. Ashraf […]
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, commenced his three-day state visit to Myanmar today (December 11, 2018) by paying a visit to the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw. He was accorded a ceremonial welcome and formally received by President U. Win Myint of Myanmar. Subsequently, the President led delegation-level talks between the two […]
Opening ceremony for the 7th Sino-India joint exercise Hand-in-Hand 2018, scheduled from 10 to 23 December 2018 was held on 11 December 2018 at Chengdu, China. Company size contingents of 11 SIKHLI from Indian Army and a regiment from Tibetan Military District of People’s Liberation Army participated in the exercise. The Indian contingent was led […]
Vijay Mallya, the King of Good Times is in trouble. India has vowed that it will try for an extradition while thanking the UK authorities for helping India out in the case. In response to queries regarding order by the UK Court on the extradition of Vijay Mallya, the Official Spokesperson from the Ministry of […]
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Foreign Minister of Iceland is on a visit to India from 7-14 December 2018. The Icelandic Foreign Minister, on his maiden visit to India, came in the inaugural flight of WOW airlines, the Icelandic carrier which has started direct flights, thrice a week from Reykjavik to New Delhi. During the visit, the […]
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff is on a goodwill visit to Japan from 10-14 Dec 18. The visit is intended to further strengthen the existing defence cooperation between the air Forces of the two countries. During his visit, Chief of the Air Staff will call on Takeshi Iwaya, Minister […]
Agni V, a long-range surface-to-surface Nuclear Capable Ballistic missile, was successfully launched from a canister on a road mobile launcher at the Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha, today. The launch operations of Agni V were carried out and monitored by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) in presence of Scientists from Defence […]
Khusi Nath Halder, a Hindu man, was murdered on 2nd of December, 2018 at Ghosh Para -Bhabanipur of Suja Nagar police station which falls in the Pabna District of Bangladesh by Abul Kalam and a woman named Romesa Khatun before elections. Khatun has been apprehended in the lynching. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) has reported that the […]
