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India to host first military exercise of BIMSTEC group focusing on counter-terrorism

India will host the first military exercise of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) group focusing on counter-terrorism in Pune on September...

June 12, 2018

Tribal Health Care Research Programme

The Tribal Health Care Research Program (THCRP) was started by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous organization under Central Government, in 1982. The project...

May 21, 2018

The birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore celebrated

The birth anniversary of Asia’s first Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore has celebrated on May 7, 2018. Rabindra Jayanti is popularly called Poncheeshe Boishakh and being celebrated ceremoniously...

May 9, 2018

Bangladesh decides to end reservation in Government jobs

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to scrap the quota system in government services after thousands of students marched across the country in protest against a controversial...

April 13, 2018

Trilateral Maritime Security Cooperation Initiative

India, Sri Lanka and Maldives launched the Trilateral Cooperation in Maritime Security in October 2011 at the first NSA-level Trilateral Meeting on Maritime Security Cooperation in Maldives. An...

April 13, 2018

India’s economy to grow 7.3% in 2018-19 and 7.6% in 2019-20: ADB Outlook

The Asian Development Outlook 2018 released by Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India’s economic growth to 7.3% in 2018-19 fiscal and further to 7.6% in 2019-20 fiscal....

April 13, 2018

Operation Cactus (1988)

Operation Cactus was a swift and successful military intervention launched by India in November 1988 to thwart a coup attempt in the Republic of Maldives, a small island...

April 6, 2018

Bidya Devi Bhandari newly elected President of Nepal

Bidya Devi Bhandari has been re-elected as President of Nepal for second term in office with an overwhelming majority. She defeated her Nepali Congress rival Kumari Laxmi Rai...

March 14, 2018

7th Meeting of Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations was recently held Kathmandu

The 7th meeting of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Nepal-India relations was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 25, 2018. The various bilateral issues including 1950 Peace and...

February 27, 2018

Syed Mahmud Hossain sworn-in as new Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Syed Mahmud Hossain has been sworn-in as the 22nd chief justice Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He succeeded acting chief justice Abdul Wahab Mian. Mian was appointed as the...

February 5, 2018

Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, noted Indian agricultural scientist passes away

Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kalkat (91), the former agriculture commissioner of India and Padam Shri and Padam Bhushan awardee, has passed away in Chandigarh, Punjab on January 27, 2018....

January 29, 2018

Kathmandu hosts Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018

The Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018 has started at Kathmandu in Nepal on January 5, 2018. President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the exhibition. The basic objective of...

January 7, 2018