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US tourist freed from Uganda

The US tourist, Jean Paul Mirenge and Kimberly Endicott was kidnapped in Uganda as they entered the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Uganda Police said that the kidnappers...

April 8, 2019

AFINDEX-19

Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between the Indian Army and 16 African nations will be conducted in Pune from March 18 to 27. Features of AFINDEX-19 10 personnel, each from the participating...

March 15, 2019

Indian Africa Field Training Exercise

Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX) will be held at Aundh Military Station and College of Military Engineering, Pune from 18 March to 27 March 2019. The modalities...

January 26, 2019

UNGA elects Ugandan Foreign Minister as President of 69th session

Uganda’s foreign minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa has been unanimously elected as the President of the 193-membered United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).  He was in news recently for defending...

June 13, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Forbes’s 2014 billionaires list: Bill Gates reclaims title as world’s richest person

Microsoft Co-founder, Mr. Bill Gates regained the title of the world’s richest person in the Forbes 2014 billionaire list. Mr. Gates has topped the list for 15 of...

March 7, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Bali Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation 2013

What is WTO Ministerial Conference? The WTO Ministerial Conference is the topmost decision-making body of the World Trade Organization which regularly convenes every two years. It brings together...

December 7, 2013    International / World Current Affairs

IAAF World Championships: Bolt wins 200 meters, Kiprotich bags marathon gold

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won his second gold medal of the World Athletic Championships being held in Moscow, Russia,cruising through the finish line to win the men’s 200 meters. The 100-meter champion...

August 20, 2013    Sports Current Affairs

By 2028, India to become most populous nation: UN report

As per the latest report titled World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the United Nations, India will become the most populous country in the world...

June 18, 2013    International / World 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

First Overseas Campus set up by IIFT in Kampala, Uganda

First Overseas Campus set up by IIFT in Kampala, Uganda India-Africa Institute of Foreign Trade (IAIFT) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), a Government-run Institute to setup its...

December 7, 2011