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U.K. company ‘Lagan Construction’ bags Maldives airport project

Maldives has chosen U.K.-based Lagan Construction to develop the Addu International Airport. Maldives had last year cancelled a $511-million contract awarded to Indian infrastructure major GMR for upgrading...

March 21, 2013

Italian envoy can’t claim immunity: CJI

A Bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices Anil R. Dave and Ms. Ranjana Desai has clarifies to Italian envoy Daniele Mancini that a person who came...

March 21, 2013

Xi proposes 5-point formula to boost ties with India

The newly elected President of China Xi Jinping held that the resolution of the boundary dispute b/w India and China  “won’t be easy” and pending its final settlement...

March 20, 2013

India vote against Sri Lanka on human rights issue; stresses on reconciliation at UNHRC

In the 22nd session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the adoption of the Report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Indian government, under...

March 19, 2013

India, UK ink pact to encourage S&T research

As per an agreement signed between India and the UK, both countries will to launch a joint programme to boost industry in the two nations to work together...

March 17, 2013

Fact Box: Operation Lal Dora

 India planned ‘Operation Lal Dora’ in 1983 to prevent coup in Mauritius India, during the regime of Indira Gandhi in 1983, had planned top secret military intervention-“Operation Lal...

March 15, 2013

India, Bhutan sign currency swap agreement

India and Bhutan have inked a currency swap agreement for up to $100 million to promote economic co-operation b/w the two nations. The pact was signed by the...

March 14, 2013

Bangaladeh confers Liberation War Honour on Pranab Mukherjee

Bangladesh has extended his gratitude by conferring Liberation War Honor Award on Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, for his "outstanding contribution" to the 1971 war even as the country...

March 8, 2013

India, Portugal ink Social Security pact

India and Portugal inked a Social Security Agreement (SSA). About 75,000 Indians are living in Portugal, most of them are working as professionals and self-employed. The bilateral Social...

March 8, 2013

India, UK sign pact on boosting co-operation in Earth Sciences

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed b/w India and UK to strengthen their cooperation in Earth Sciences and environmental research by sharing information on meteorology, hydrology and...

March 3, 2013

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