Washington: In the world of espionage, a lush green plant could do a better job than a ‘Field agent’ i.e. a spy in a war zone, claim US military officials. Based on these grounds, the ‘Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’ (DARPA), associated with the US defence headquarters Pentagon, has begun work on ‘spy plants’. These […]
New Delhi: China has hinted its willingness to rename the “China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)” project considering India’s objection. Last week, Luo Zhaohui, China’s ambassador to India, asserted that China is prepared to rename ‘CPEC’. Chinese Foreign Ministry has not denied Luo Zhaohui’s proposal. Therefore it is seen that China is ready to negotiate for […]
Agartala : Natural Gas Supply to North-Eastern states of India is often disrupted resulting in severe shortage of gas for cooking purpose. Oil and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Indian Government is proposing a gas pipe line from Bangladesh’s Chittagong to Tripura to mitigate the shortage of cooking gas. Pradhan is soon scheduled […]
Washington: The Trump Administration has expressed its concerns by stating that only Pakistan was responsible for the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan. It said that unless Pakistan gives up its terror policy and makes progress in investigations on incidents like those of the 2016 Pathankot attack where the Indian Air Force base was violated, […]
Beijing : Even as the construction of artificial islands by China in the ‘South China Sea’ is proving to be a matter of dispute, China has started preparations to build an observatory in this oceanic territory. The concerned authorities claim that the observatory is for the study of this region, which is enriched with mineral […]
Riyadh/Kuala Lumpur: Last year Saudi Arabia had announced an ambitious economic reforms plan to overcome the financial losses it faced due to the slide in crude oil prices in the global market. To attract investments for this plan, Saudi Arabia’s ‘King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’ has decided on a tour of Asian countries. The […]
New Delhi: After successfully launching the ‘Chandrayaan’ and ‘Mangalyaan’ in their very first attempt, the ‘Indian Space Research Organisation’ (ISRO) has just accomplished a new feat by launching 104 satellites into orbit in one go. Next, ‘IRSO’ is now concentrating their efforts on a project to derive India’s energy needs from the moon. Dr. Sivathanu […]
Moscow : Amidst allegations of Russia being behind the cyber-attack on the computer systems of the Democratic Party in US, the Russian security service ‘FSB’ (Federal Security Service) is claiming that a huge cyber-attack was targeted on Russia as well. It is claimed that the cyber-attack was very well planned and executed. Against this backdrop, the statements made by […]
Kabul (Press): The extremist group, Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of Saturday at a protest by members of the Afghanistan’s Hazara ethnic minority, that killed at least 81 people and injured more than 230 others. The attack on Saturday which shook Afghanistan, was the first major attack to have been claimed by […]
India and Iran have signed 12 MoUs, which also includes the development project of port Chabahar. Besides the bilateral MoU to develop the Chabahar port, a trilateral agreement has also been signed by India, Iran and Afghanistan to develop a transport and transit corridor between the three countries. This corridor will pass through Chabahar. The […]