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Latest global HIV/AIDS figures

Some important data from a report by the United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). (Source: Reuters) An estimated 34 million people worldwide had the human immunodeficiency virus HIV.L...

January 9, 2012

India’s 3rd research station in Antarctica Bharti to be commissioned in 2012

Bharti is the name of third Research station commissioned by India at Antarctica. It will be the third and second active research station along with Maitri (active) and...

January 9, 2012

Bangalore hosts 11th ministerial meeting of IOR-ARC

Bangalore hosted Indian Ocean Rim countries meet: India’s tech hub Bangalore, hosted the 11th ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) that will...

December 29, 2011

Tunisia: Constituent Assembly election, 2011

On 23 October 2011, an election to the Constituent Assembly was held in Tunisia. The elections have been tagged as Tunisia’s first truly free elections, the culmination of...

December 28, 2011

ONGC gets 25% in Kazakh Oil Field

India’s Flagship explorer ONGC’s overseas investment arm, ONGC Videsh,has sealed the deal to take a 25% stake in Kazakhstan’s Satpayev acreage in the Caspian Sea, marking India’s first...

December 28, 2011

China-Afghanistan Relations

The Afghanistan government of Hamid Karzai and China established a formal diplomatic relationship in late 2001 shortly after the collapse of the Taliban regime. Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

December 28, 2011

Armenian Genocide: Sarkozy says that Turkey should accept accountability

The Armenian Genocide (or Armenian Holocaust / Armenian Massacres and by Armenians, as the Great Crime), the first genocide of the 20th Century, occurred when two million Armenians...

December 7, 2011

India – Afghanistan: Strategic Partnership Agreement Signed

India and Afghanistan have signed the following agreements recently: Agreement on Strategic Partnership between India and Afghanistan MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Development of Hydrocarbons MoU...

December 7, 2011

India-Myanmar Trade Relations

Recently, India and Myanmar have agreed to set a $ 3 bn trade target to be achieved by 2015. At present, the bi-lateral trade b/w India and Myanmar...

December 7, 2011

First Overseas Campus set up by IIFT in Kampala, Uganda

First Overseas Campus set up by IIFT in Kampala, Uganda India-Africa Institute of Foreign Trade (IAIFT) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), a Government-run Institute to setup its...

December 7, 2011

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