Russia: Putin for expansion of SCO membership

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the SCO s Council of Ministers summit in St Petersburg that Russia favoured the expansion of the membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Enlargement will add to the SCO s capabilities, authority and ..

Tags: Foreign relations • International Relations • Landlocked countries • Member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States • Member states of the United Nations

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Seventeenth SAARC Summit & Addu Declaration

Recently, the Seventeenth SAARC Summit was concluded in Maldives with the release of the Addu Declaration. Here is a brief discussion: What is SAARC? South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and ..

Tags: Countries • Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Foreign relations • South Asia • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Category: Summits and Conferences

Current Affairs : November 17, 2011

Muslim minorities request not to allow Taslima in India The Muslim minorities not to permit writer Taslima Nasreen,to stay in India. Ms Nasreen was not accepted by her own country Bangladesh for making blasphemous statements against Islam. India: IAEA report ..

Tags: Al Jazeera • Association of Southeast Asian Nations • Current Affairs 2011 • East Asia Summit • Finance Ministers of India

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Current Affairs : July 12, 2011

Naresh Chandra Task Force Government to set up Task Force to review the existing National Security System The Task force to suggest the measures to fortify the security machinery in the non-conventional areas of the Country The Task Force set ..

Tags: Basmati • Bengali cuisine • BRICS • Countries • Foreign relations

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011

Current Article: Visit of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to India

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrived recently in India for a five-day state visit with an agenda to increase economic cooperation. A total of 9 Pacts were signed. Background of India Argentina Relationships: This trip has marked 15 years ..

Tags: Current Affairs 2009 • Foreign relations • International Relations • Politics

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009

Business & Industry Updates

1. May 1, 2009India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $631 million for the week ended April 24 to $253.091 billion from $252.460 billion in the previous week.The reserves had dropped by $517 million for the week ended April 17 to ..

Tags: BRIC • BRICS • Countries • Developing country • Economy of India