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Deal for an Indian military base in Island declared as ‘dead’ by Seychelles President Danny Faure

The Assumption Island is a small island in the Outer Islands of Seychelles north of Madagascar, with a distance of 1,135 km southwest of the capital, Victoria, on...

June 18, 2018

India ranked 177th among 180 nations at 2018 Global Environment Performance Index

India has been ranked 177th among 180 nations at the 2018 Global Environment Performance Index (EPI) rankings. As per State of India’s Environment (SoE) 2018 in Figures, India...

June 14, 2018

Shahzahan Bachchu, prominent writer and publisher passes away

Shahzahan Bachchu (60), a prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher, was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his ancestral village Kakaldi in Munshiganj district of central Bangladesh on June...

June 13, 2018

India to host first military exercise of BIMSTEC group focusing on counter-terrorism

India will host the first military exercise of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) group focusing on counter-terrorism in Pune on September...

June 12, 2018

Tommy Thomas appointed as new Attorney General of Malaysia

Tommy Thomas, an ethnic Indian Christian lawyer, has been appointed as the new attorney general of Malaysia. He succeeded Mohamad Apandi Ali. Tommy is the first practising lawyer...

June 6, 2018

Nepal hosts 2018 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development

The Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Third Asia- Pacific Regional Policy Forum on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) have started in Kathmandu, Nepal...

June 6, 2018

Maria Fernanda Espinosa elected as President of 73rd United Nations General Assembly

Ecuadorean foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa has been elected President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a mainly ceremonial title that nonetheless carries a high profile...

June 6, 2018

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi newly elected President of Egypt

In Egypt, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn-in for a second four-year term in office as the country faces major economic and security challenges. Sisi won 97%...

June 5, 2018

Mia Mottley becomes first female Prime Minister of Caribbean island of Barbados

Mia Amor Mottley has become the first female Prime Minister (PM) of the Caribbean island of Barbados. The win makes Mottley just the 8th PM to lead Barbados...

May 27, 2018

Cambodia hosts 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave 2018

The 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave was held at Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 21-22 May 2018, which was jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry of India...

May 25, 2018

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