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Narendra Modi to lead Indian delegation at 2017 BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Xiamen in China’s Fujian province to attend the 9th BRICS summit, which will be held from September 3-5, 2017. Subsequently, the Prime...

August 29, 2017

Bhopal to host 2017 India – ASEAN Youth summit

The 2017 India – ASEAN Youth summit will be held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from August 14 to 19, 2017 with theme ‘Shared values, common destiny’. This event...

August 9, 2017

Scientists discover 163 new species in ecologically diverse Greater Mekong region

Scientists have discovered as many as 163 new species in the ecologically diverse Greater Mekong region of the Southeast Asia. It includes 3 mammals species, 9 amphibians, 11 fish,...

December 20, 2016

India-Indonesia sign three key agreements

India and Indonesia have signed three agreements in fields of sports, stopping illegal fishing and standardisation during the two-day visit of Indonesia President Joko Widodo to India. Both...

December 13, 2016

Taiwan carries out Rescue Exercise in Disputed South China Sea

Taiwan carried out a search-and-rescue exercise in the South China Sea to cement its hold over Taiping in the Spratly island group. Even though Taiwan claims all of...

November 29, 2016

ASEAN leaders sign declaration for launching ASEAN Economic Community

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders have signed a declaration for launching ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which would be similar to European Union (EU)-style regional economic bloc....

November 23, 2015

NASA’s SERVIR-Mekong project to help monitor environment in Southeast Asia

NASA and US Agency for International Development (USAID) have started the SERVIR-Mekong project, to strengthen the environmental monitoring in Southeast Asia region. It has been launched in the...

September 2, 2015

India’s Foreign Policy – Look East/Act East Policy

India’s foreign policy has evolved over the years, particularly in its approach to Southeast Asia. The Look East Policy, initiated in the early 1990s, marked a very important...

July 21, 2015

Mekong–Ganga Cooperation 6th meet held in New Delhi

The sixth meet of Mekong–Ganga Cooperation was held in New Delhi. What is Mekong-Ganga Cooperation? The Mekong-Ganga Cooperation was set up on November 10, 2000 in Vientiane, Lao...

September 9, 2012

Rodent species that doesn’t chew discovered in Indonesia

A species of rat that doesn’t chew was discovered in Indonesia. Out of 2200 known species of rodents, this is the only one which lacks molars and instead...

August 25, 2012

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