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India accorded full membership of SCO at Ufa summit 2015

India has been accorded full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) along with Pakistan at its Ufa summit held in Russia. Technically, India and Pakistan will become...

July 11, 2015

Union Government declares whole of Nagaland as 'disturbed area'

Union home ministry has declared entire Nagaland state as a ‘disturbed area’ for one year period with an immediate effect from June 30, 2015. The state was declared as...

July 8, 2015

Taliban capture Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan

Taliban militants have captured Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan after heavy fighting with local security forces. It is the second district captured by Taliban in...

June 22, 2015

India ranked 143 out of 162 countries on 2015 Global Peace Index

As per recently released Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2015, India was placed at 143th rank out 162 countries. The report was published by Institute for Economics...

June 18, 2015

Bangladesh Supreme Court uphelds death sentence of Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid

Bangladesh Supreme Court’s appellate bench upheld the death sentence of war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid. Decision in this regard was taken by 4-member bench...

June 17, 2015

RC Tayal appointed as new DG of National Security Guard

Union Home Ministry has appointed Senior IPS Officer RC Tayal as the new Director General (DG) of India’s elite counter-terror force National Security Guard (NSG). He succeeds JN...

June 8, 2015

Syed Asif Ibrahim appointed as PM’s Special Envoy for Counter-terrorism

Former Director of Intelligence Bureau (DIB) Syed Asif Ibrahim was appointed as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Counter Terrorism and Extremism in National Security Council (NSC) Secretariat. His...

June 5, 2015

US removes Cuba from list of State Sponsor of Terrorism

United States (US) in a landmark decision has removed Cuba from its list of State Sponsor of Terrorism. In this regard US secretary of state John Kerry has signed...

May 30, 2015

ISIS militants take control of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have taken complete control of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The city is a UNESCO designated World Heritage site...

May 21, 2015

French parliament enacts new surveillance law

The French Parliament has approved a surveillance law that strengthens the intelligence services of the country to prevent terrorist attacks. This law was adopted in the French Parliament...

May 7, 2015

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