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US-Japan joint statement highlights importance of trilateral dialogue with India

A joint statement between Barack Obama (US) and Shinzo Abe (Japan) in Tokyo (Japan) has spotlit a trilateral dialogue between Japan, India and the US for “peace and...

April 27, 2014

G-20 pushes USA to ratify IMF reforms by the year end

G-20 has conveyed its dashing hopes at the stretched out delay over International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) quota and governance reforms agreed to in 2010 and the 15th General Review...

April 14, 2014

Ukraine crisis: NATO suspends civilian and military co-operation with Russia

Following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, NATO suspended all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia.  Russia’s annexation is being considered as a threat to European security. The 28-member...

April 6, 2014

Climate change may lead India to war: UN report

UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its report evaluating affects of climate change on human health, settlements and natural resources issued a warning that if no actions...

April 6, 2014

2014 Ukraine crisis: UN General Assembly rejected Russian annexation of Crimea

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly refused to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and passed a non-binding Resolution 68/262 that declared invalid Crimea’s referendum. In the...

March 31, 2014

WHO declared South-East Asia region polio-free

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared South-East Asia region as polio-free region. The certification is being hailed as a historic milestone in the global fight to eradicate the...

March 28, 2014

25th Arab summit 2014: Rejected Israel as 'Jewish state'

The Arab Summit refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and condemned the Israeli illegal settlements established on the Palestinian territories.  Highlights of 25th Arab Summit 2014...

March 27, 2014

Malaysia Airlines MH370 incident

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from air traffic control screens off Malaysia’s east coast early on March 8, as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with...

March 26, 2014

Deadly Ebola Virus detected in Guinea

The deadly Ebola virus detected in the samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marked...

March 26, 2014

5 Indian languages reinstated in S. African schools curriculum

The South African government reestablished the five Indian languages as official subjects in state-run schools, which were removed from the official curriculum in South African state schools in...

March 23, 2014

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