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Brexit: May is ready to quit

The house of Commons was unsuccessful to produce a majority for any of the 8 different Brexit proposals. The voting happened in the late night session. The closest...

March 28, 2019

Ram Nath Kovind on a 3-Nation visit

Ram Nath Kovind has left on a 3-Nation visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile. President’s visit to these three countries will further strengthen India’s bilateral relations with them....

March 25, 2019

New Zealand bans Assault Weapons

New Zealand has imposed an immediate ban on assault weapons following the Christchurch massacre that claimed the lives of 50 mosque-goers. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand...

March 23, 2019

New Zealand bans sales of semi-automatic and assault weapons

In a latest development, New Zealand has banned the sale of assault and semi-automatic weapons after the deadly attack on two mosques of Christchurch in which 50 people...

March 21, 2019

New Zealand PM to absolutely deny any platform to mosque gunman

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed that she will use all in her power to deny the mosque gunman any platform for presenting his racist views....

March 19, 2019

Su Tseng-chang appointed as new Prime Minister of Taiwan

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has appointed Su Tseng-chang as the island’s new Prime Minister, during a Cabinet reshuffle following the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s heavy losses in...

January 11, 2019

Justice AK Sikri becomes new Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Justice AK Sikri as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) with effect from December 31, 2018. The post got vacant...

January 3, 2019

Mumbai venue of 12th Global Healthcare Summit 2018

On December 29, the 12th Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) was inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The summit is being organized by the American Association...

December 29, 2018

‘Ideate for India’ joint collaboration between National e-governance Division and Intel

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched National Challenge for Youths ‘Ideate for India – creative solutions using technology’ at New Delhi on December 6. The aim of...

December 7, 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind rejects a petition seeking disqualification of 27 MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party

President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected a petition seeking disqualification of 27 MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for allegedly holding ‘office of profit’ by being appointed...

October 27, 2018

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa to form new government in Bhutan

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) will form new government in Bhutan after the party winning 30 seats in 47 member National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament....

October 20, 2018

Michelle Bachelet appointed as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Michelle Bachelet, the former two-time President of Chile, has been officially appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for a period of 4 years. She will succeed...

August 13, 2018