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Italy to host 2017 G7 Interior Ministers summit on security issues

Italy will host a summit of G7 Interior Ministers centered on security issues, which is scheduled to be held in October 2017. The meeting is being organised at...

August 16, 2017

India ranks 3rd in WADA doping charts

India was ranked third for the third year in a row in a doping violation report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015. In 2015, 117...

April 5, 2017

Jitu Rai wins Champion of Champions pistol award of ISSF

Ace Indian Shooter Jitu Rai has won the 2016 Champion of Champions pistol Award of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) for pistol shooting. He won the award...

October 12, 2016

Nico Rosberg wins 2016 Italian Grand Prix

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2016 Italian Grand Prix of Formula one. It was Rosberg’s overall eleventh championship title of F1 in his career...

September 5, 2016

Indian shooters Manavaditya Rathore and Anant Naruka win Bronze medal in Junior World Cup

Indian shooter Manavaditya Rathore has won the trap bronze medal in the Champion of Champions match at the Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy. Manavaditya won the bronze...

July 25, 2016

Virginia Raggi became first female mayor of Rome

Leading member of the populist anti-corruption Five Star Movement (M5S) of Italy, Virginia Raggi (38) was elected as first female mayor of capital city Rome. She also becomes...

June 21, 2016

Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passes away

Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away in Milan, Italy at the age of 84 years. He was best known for his historical mystery novel ‘The Name...

February 20, 2016

NATO launches biggest Trident Juncture Military Exercise in Italy

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise in Italy to test the alliance’s ability to respond to new security threats. It will also demonstrate NATO’s...

October 20, 2015

France, Germany, Italy decides to join China-backed AIIB  

Three nations from European Union (EU) France, Germany and Italy have agreed to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) after the United Kingdom (UK) decided to...

March 18, 2015

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano resigns

Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano has resigned from office. He has resigned citing reason of poor health ahead of his 2020 expiry term. He also announced his retirement after...

January 14, 2015

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