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India and Vietnam signs civil nuclear cooperation agreement

India has signed Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Vietnam. In total, four pacts were signed between the two countries. The other three pacts include enhancement of aviation links,...

December 11, 2016

Colombian President Juan Santos receives Nobel Prize for Peace

Colombian President Juan Santos has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 at Oslo, Norway. The Nobel Committee had selected Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the 50-year...

December 10, 2016

Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017 attracts Chinese eye

The eighth edition of the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017 has attracted immense attention from the Chinese investors. China has already committed $7 billion to the summit. Gujarat...

December 10, 2016

Gambia: President Jammeh rejects results of Presidential election

President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the results of the election wherein he had lost to the leader of the opposition Adama Barrow. The surprising announcement came only after...

December 10, 2016

Shavkat Mirziyoyev elected as new President of Uzbekistan

In a crushing electoral victory, Uzbekistan’s interim leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been elected as the new President of Uzbekistan after the death of the authoritarian leader Islam Karimov....

December 7, 2016

18th Indo-Bangladesh Home Secretary level talks begin

The two-day 18th Indo-Bangladesh Home Secretary level talks between India and Bangladesh have started. The Indian delegation was present under the leadership of Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Mehrishi...

December 6, 2016

Adama Barrow wins Gambia’s Presidential election

Gambia’s Presidential election has finally brought the 22-year old rule of Yahya Jammeh to a close as the opposition leader Adama Barrow registered victory. Jammeh had come to...

December 3, 2016

UN highlights Rohingya cleansing in Myanmar

UN has stated that Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority in northern Rakhine state. Armed forces of Myanmar have been conducting counter-insurgency operations...

November 26, 2016

Supreme Court bans firecrackers in Delhi and NCR

In the wake of alarming air pollution, the Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur imposed a ban on sale, stocking as well...

November 26, 2016

Talks on reuniting Cyprus fail to strike a deal: UN

United Nations has announced that the talks held in Switzerland on reuniting the divided island of Cyprus have failed to strike a deal. Negotiations were carried out by...

November 22, 2016

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