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India to host 5th meeting of SAARC Health Ministers in New Delhi

India is going to host the 5th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Health Ministers in New Delhi. The 5th meeting will start on...

April 6, 2015

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed sentenced to 13-year imprisonment

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was sentenced to 13-year imprisonment by country’s criminal court under the anti-terrorism laws. He was charged under the island nation’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 1990...

March 14, 2015

Project Mausam

Project Mausam is an initiative by the Indian Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India that aims to renew engagement between India and 39 countries along...

September 16, 2014

GMR wins Maldives airport legal battle, demands compensation

The outcome of an 18-month long legal tussle between GMR Infra and the Maldives government on the issue of government cancellation of the company’s contract to develop and...

June 20, 2014

India contributes $1 million to UN women's body

To help global efforts to ensure gender equality and empowerment of women, India contributed $1 million to the UN as the fourth installment of India’s multi-year pledge to...

December 8, 2013    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Abdulla Yameen becomes President of Maldives

Abdulla Yameen has been elected as the new President of the Maldives after a run-off poll.  The event ended nearly two years of political tumult that blighted the incipient democracy...

November 20, 2013    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Indian regains WHO-SEAR directorship after 44 years

The member nations of the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Region (SEAR) have chosen Poonam Khetarpal Singh, a former Indian IAS officer, as the regional director of WHO (SEAR). It...

September 14, 2013    International / World Current Affairs

SAFF U-16 football title: India defeats Nepal

India beat Nepal 1-0 to in the final match lift the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-16 Championships title played at the Dasharath Stadium in Nepal. India returned unbeaten in the...

August 3, 2013    Sports Current Affairs

INSAT-3D and Alphasat satellites launched successfully

European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket launched INSAT-3D  and Alphasat satellites from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana, giving a boost to weather forecasting and disaster warning services....

July 28, 2013    Science & Technology

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

India to suspend trade liberalization pact with Mauritius

India has decided to put negotiations to finalize a trade liberalization pact with Mauritius on hold. It has said that the talks will not be resumed till the...

January 16, 2013

India stiffens medical visa facility for Maldivians

In what is being seen as retaliation to the cancellation of GMR contract, India has tightened visas for Maldives as New Delhi has stopped Maldivians from using their...

January 2, 2013