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INS Vikramaditya joins Indian Navy

After a long wait the $2.3 billion aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was commissioned into the Indian Navy in a strategic boost to India’s maritime warfare capabilities. The gigantic 44,500-tonne warship...

November 17, 2013

Greenpeace to protest arrests of activists by Russia

Greenpeace India will hold a protest across 30 cities in India from Saturday, demanding the release of their 30 counterparts arrested by the Russian authorities in the Arctic...

November 16, 2013

U.S. to emerge as world's top oil producer in 2015: IEA

According to International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States will leave behind Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s top oil producer in 2015. This development will enable the US to...

November 14, 2013

Iran, IAEA ink pact to facilitate inspection of nuclear sites

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inked a road-map agreement to allow inspectors greater access to country’s nuclear sites. However, the IAEA inspectors would not be...

November 13, 2013

Government of India appoints P.S. Raghavan as the next Russian Ambassador

Government of India appointed P.S. Raghvan as the next Ambassador of India to Russia. Raghvan, who is an IFS officer of 1979 batch, is presently serving as the...

October 30, 2013

Nalanda University plan moves a step further as India inks MoUs with 7 nations

In a recent international development, India inked MoUs with seven countries towards realization of the concept of revival of Nalanda University in Bihar. The MoU was inked between...

October 29, 2013

Russian Parliament approves Anti-Terror Bill

In a move which aims to make terrorism punishment in Russia more sever, the lower house of the country’s Parliament, Duma passed a new Anti-Terror Bill which makes...

October 27, 2013

WEF ranks India 101st on global gender gap index

The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) placed India at a low 101st rank on a Global Gender Gap Index which ranked 136 nations on how well resources and opportunities are divided between...

October 26, 2013

Finally Suu Kyi receives 1990 Sakharov prize

Myanmar’s pro-democracy activist and parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi finally collected the EU democracy prize that had been awarded 23 years ago while she was under house arrest....

October 24, 2013

India tops new Global Slavery Index

“Global Slavery Index” published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation, ranked India first in terms of number of modern day slaves in the world. The index has ranked 162 countries based...

October 18, 2013

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