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Moutaz Mousa Abdallah sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Sudan

Moutaz Mousa Abdallah has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Sudan at the presidential palace in Khartoum on September 15, 2018. Mousa Abdallah is also holding...

September 17, 2018

India ranked 130 in latest Human Development Index (HDI) report 2018

India has been ranked 130 among 189 countries in the latest Human Development Index (HDI) report 2018, which is released by the United Nations Development Programme. As per...

September 16, 2018

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir re-elected with 94 percent of vote

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has won Presidential re-election by securing 94 per cent of the vote. With this win he will have additional term of five years in...

April 28, 2015

Saudi Arabia along with GCC launches military operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen

Saudi Arabia along with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and several other countries have started military operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The operations were stated after Yemeni President Abd...

March 27, 2015

Health Ministry focuses on Kala Azar eradication

Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, has set up a core group to sketch a detailed plan of action to wipe out the vector-borne disease Kala Azar by...

July 8, 2014    India Nation & States Current Affairs

India ranked 143 on Global Peace Index 2014

Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2014 has been released by Institute for Economics and Peace in London. The GPI measured peace in 162 nations on the basis...

June 18, 2014    Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Global Peace Index 2013: India ranks 141 of 162 countries

The Global Peace Index (GPI) that measured peace in 162 countries ranked India at 141st position for year 2013.  To prepare the Index, 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators of...

June 15, 2013    Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Tension escalate b/w Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile water diversion

Dispute b/w Egypt and Ethiopia has resurfaced over the diversion of a major Nile tributary even as Ethiopia continues construction of Africa’s biggest dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,...

June 4, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

Sudan, South Sudan ink pact over Oil Payments

Sudan signed a deal with South Sudan over oil payments. South Sudan agreed to pay Sudan just over $ 9 per barrel to transport oil to its ports....

August 9, 2012

$ 3 billion compensation to Sudan for economic losses: South Sudan

South Sudan has extended a compensation of more than 3 billion dollars to its neighbor Sudan for economic losses incurred due to the South’s independence. They are negotiating...

July 24, 2012

China offers $8 billion loan to South Sudan

China has offered $8 billion in loan to South Sudan to fund a broad range of infrastructure projects over the next 2 years. The funds would be used...

April 29, 2012