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9th BRICS Summit: Background; Highlights and Xiamen declaration

BRICS is an annual summit of five nations viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. First such formal summit was held at Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009....

September 5, 2017

The Case for Service Production Index

Unlike Index of Industrial Production (IIP), the services sector in India does not have a separate index to measure services production. The government is working on creating such...

September 5, 2017

International Affairs: Issues Around FONOPs

It has been reported that the U.S. Department of Defence is likely to come up with a schedule of regular freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) under the authority...

September 5, 2017

N R Narayana Murthy conferred PLuS Alliance Prize for Global Leadership

Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born scientist Veena Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize – a prestigious honour that recognises Research Innovation, Education Innovation,...

September 5, 2017

Raj Kumar Singh appointed as new Union Minister of State (IC) in Ministries of Power & New & Renewable Energy

Raj Kumar Singh has recently take charge as new Union Minister of State (IC) in Ministries of Power & New & Renewable Energy after latest reshuffle in the...

September 5, 2017

Gujarat government launches Gyankunj e-class project

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched Gyankunj e-class project on the occasion of Teachers day on September 5, 2017. The project has been launched at Shahpur primary...

September 5, 2017

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport airports bagged National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has bagged the National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management at a conference hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The conference...

September 5, 2017

The Union Environment Ministry launched Prakriti Khoj Environment Quiz on National Teachers’ Day

The Union Environment Ministry has launched an environment awareness initiative on September 5 on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. Under the initiative, an online environmental quiz competition named...

September 5, 2017

The biennial joint maritime fleet exercise “SLINEX 2017” to be conducted between India and Sri Lanka

The biennial Joint Indo-Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise – SLINEX 2017 is scheduled to be conducted from September 7-to-14. The focus of SLINEX 2017 will be on fleet work,...

September 5, 2017

Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold at 2017 Commonwealth Youth weightlifting championships

Konsam Ormila Devi from India bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category at the Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships at Gold Coast, Australia on September...

September 5, 2017

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