New Delhi: – On Wednesday, India handed over 50 metric tonnes of food grains to Djibouti. Under the Mission Sagar-2, India is supplying humanitarian aid to the African countries that are severely hit by the Coronavirus pandemic and other natural calamities. Under the scheme, India has already provided assistance to the African countries, Sudan and […]
New Delhi/Athens: – Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Greece at the end of this month. The Greek foreign ministry gave this information. This visit of the Indian Foreign Minister becomes significant against the background of strengthening relations between Pakistan and Turkey since the last few years. Only a few days ago, a […]
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package with a provision of Rs 2.65 trillion. Under this, the Finance Minister has announced 12 schemes, and there are reliefs for the construction industry and infrastructure projects. A decision to announce a subsidy of Rs 65 billion on fertilisers for the farmers was also […]
Mumbai: Indian Navy’s fifth Scorpene-class submarine INS Vagir, was launched on Thursday. Minister of state for defence, Shripad Naik, attended the function to launch the submarine, held in the Mazagon Docks, via videoconferencing. This is the fifth submarine built under Project 75. The building of the sixth submarine is already underway. RB Pandit, the Commanding […]
Shillong: Drishti Rajkhowa, the Deputy Commander of United Liberation Front of Assam – Independent (ULFA-I), the main terrorist organisation in the northeast, surrendered in front of the security forces. Drishti Rajkhowa was the second in command in ULFA-I after Paresh Barua. Therefore, this is considered to be a major jolt to ULFA-I. The intelligence agencies […]
New Delhi: – The work for building an Integrated Check Post was commenced at Nepalganj, near the India-Nepal border, on Friday. India is bearing the cost of building this Integrated Check Post. Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepalese Urban Development Minister Krishna Gopal, joined the function virtually. These are indications that the relations between […]
Srinagar: – Four soldiers and six civilians were killed in an attack by the Pakistan army, on the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir, in violation of the ceasefire. The Indian soldiers infuriated with this attack, destroyed posts, bunkers and fuel storages of the Pakistan army, killing 11 Pakistani soldiers. As per received information, terrorist […]
New Delhi: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced, on Friday, that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will be establishing Global Centre of Traditional Medicine in India. The Prime Minister said that this was a matter of pride for India. The Prime Minister dedicated two National Ayurveda Institutions to the nation. The Prime Minister was speaking […]
New Delhi: – The possibility of ongoing dispute over the last seven months at the LAC, Ladakh seems to be diffusing. A consensus was reached, between the two countries regarding military withdrawal, during the eighth round of talks over the subject. As per Indian media, the military officials from both the countries agreed upon this […]
New Delhi: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the importance of ASEAN by saying, ‘There is a lot common in the policies of the ASEAN and India regarding the Indo-Pacific sector. ASEAN is the foundation of the Indian Act East Policy.’ A virtual summit was held between ASEAN and India on Thursday. During the conference, […]