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India Elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

In the elections to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held on June 4, 2014 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris by the General Assembly...

June 5, 2014

Russia and China veto UN resolution to refer Syrian crisis to ICC

A draft UN resolution proposing Syrian crisis to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been vetoed by Russia and China. The two permanent members of...

May 28, 2014

5.5 million 'invisible' babies are born and die each year

About 5.5 million babies (around 3 million neonates + 2.6 million stil-births) die every year globally. Every day, about 8,000 neonates die and about 7, 000 are stillbirths....

May 27, 2014

9,800 US troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014

The US President Barack Obama announced that he will leave 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan through much of 2015 and refrained from ending America’s longest war until at...

May 27, 2014

DeitY's ''Mobile Seva" project wins UN Public Service Award

India’s Mobile Seva Project started by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has won the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award. The award has been given in...

May 25, 2014

Swiss electors disapprove world's highest minimum wage, thwart new fighter jets buying plans

The voters in Switzerland turned down the proposals to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage and also blocked spending of $3.5 billion for buying new Gripen fighter jets from...

May 21, 2014

By 2025, India to replace Japan as third-largest oil consumer: US

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA),​India will overtake Japan to become the world’s third largest oil consumer behind the US and China by 2025. As per...

May 16, 2014

CANWFZ Treaty signed to recognize Central Asia as Nuke-Free Zone

Five recognized nuclear weapon states- China, France, Russia, UK and USA inked the Protocol to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty in New York, marking a major positive development in the global non-proliferation...

May 12, 2014

'Rise quickly' to counter China: Vietnam to India

Vietnam wants India to “rise quickly” in the South-East region as it expressed concerns over China’s rising assertiveness in the South China Sea. Vietnam Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy voiced...

May 11, 2014

India emerged as 3rd largest economy in 2011: World Bank

As per the data released by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the World Bank, India replaced Japan to become the world’s third-largest economy in 2011. It was...

May 3, 2014