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Ghani is new Afghan President

Ashraf Ghani has been sworn-in as the new President of Afghanistan after Mr. Hamid Karzai. His oath taking marks the first ever peaceful transition of power in the...

September 29, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Bamiyan finalized as SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16, Dhaka for 2016-17

Bamiyan in Afghanistan is best known for two 6th century colossal statues of Buddhas , belonging to ancient Gandhara School of Art.  These colossal buddha images were destroyed...

September 26, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Sushma Swaraj in Afghanistan

Sushma Swaraj in her first trip to Afghanistan in the backdrop of withdrawal of NATO-troops by the end of the year met President Hamid Karzai. She expressed willingness...

September 11, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

India ranked 143 on Global Peace Index 2014

Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2014 has been released by Institute for Economics and Peace in London. The GPI measured peace in 162 nations on the basis...

June 18, 2014    Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Afghan-US ties strained over the issue of Bergdahl-U.S. PoW Taliban swap

Afghanistan’s government has taken exception to a U.S. deal to release five high-risk Taliban militants in exchange for a U.S. soldier. Afghanistan argues that the release of the...

June 5, 2014    Places in News Current Affairs

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    International / World Current Affairs

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    International / World Current Affairs

Amnesty International released Global death penalty report 2013

Amnesty International released the Global Death Penalty Report 2013 in London, with a call on governments who still killed in the name of justice to impose a moratorium...

March 29, 2014    Places in News Current Affairs

ICC World Twenty 20 Schedule: ICC World Twenty 20 Starts March 16, 2014

The ICC World Twenty20 (also referred to as the ICC World T20 or the T20 World Cup) will be played in Bangladesh from March 16, 2014 – April 6 2014. This is the...

March 16, 2014    Sports Current Affairs

India ranked 155th on Yale's Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

India ranked 155th out of 178 countries with an index score of 31.23 points, in its efforts to address environmental challenges, in the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)...

January 30, 2014    Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Violence, epidemic and climate change led to end of Indus Valley Civilization (IVC): Research

Researchers have discovered that violence, infectious diseases, and changes in climate were the reasons responsible for the collapse of the ancient Indus city of Harappa almost 4,000 years...

January 26, 2014    Places in News Current Affairs

Ms Jamila Bayaz: First women to be appointed police chief of Kabul province

Ms Jamila Bayaz (50) appointed as the first female police chief in Afghanistan. Ms Bayaz will lead the District One of Kabul province in Afghanistan. She joined Afghan...

January 19, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News