About 75 years ago, India and Israel achieved independence in the years 1947 and 1948, respectively. However, informal relations between the countries are centuries-old. Some two thousand years back, the first batch of the Jews is believed to have arrived in India. Following them, over the next hundreds of years, many groups of the Jews […]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared that the Indian share of water will not be allowed to flow into Pakistan and it will be supplied to the Indian farmers. Prime Minister Modi issued the warning while addressing a rally in Haryana, criticising the pro-terrorist policies of Pakistan. Nevertheless, Pakistan has reacted to the statement. The Pakistan foreign ministry has claimed […]
For Israel, the business of the ‘fisheries’ is next in importance to agriculture. A country blessed with the sea is certain to have a strong and age-old bond with fishing and Israel is no exception to it. However, Israel is not just into fishing but practices and emphasizes on ‘fish farming’. Farming and that too […]
Paris/Washington/Tokyo: While the US-China trade war is intensifying, US President Donald Trump announced a free trade agreement with Japan. President Trump gave information regarding the free trade agreement, following the discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the sidelines of the G7 summit being held in Paris. Trump claimed the agreement to be […]
As Israel considered undertaking agriculture, it had to give a thought to overcome the numerous challenges it faced. As a result, it made the Israeli agricultural research holistic. Based entirely on agricultural research and despite completely adverse conditions for agriculture, today, Israel is largely self-sufficient with respect to it. Moreover, Israel has not limited the […]
Analysts fear that at the current growth rate, the world population will cross the mark of 10 billion in just a few years from now. Obviously, the availability of the resources necessary to sustain the population will gradually go on diminishing. At the same time, extravagant and improvident use of resources, wastage due to carelessness […]
Abuja: 10 people were killed, and many are missing, in an attack carried out by 300 armed rebels, in the Katsina province in Nigeria. The attackers burnt the village along with the vehicles and took away all the domestic animals. This is the third major attack in the Katsina province, in the last 15 days […]
Kampala: Ethnic conflicts are raging in DR Congo, and more than 150 people have been killed, in the last 15 days. The neighbouring countries also have started feeling the heat of the conflict. The violence in DR Congo has led to more than 7,000 refugees entered into Uganda. The United Nations has warned that the […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence, ‘Although the goal to make India, a $5 trillion economy, by 2024, is very challenging, it can be achieved if appropriate cooperation is received from the Indian states.’ In his inaugural address at the fifth meeting of the planning commission NITI Aayog, Prime Minister Modi appealed to […]
Beijing/Washington: China has fuelled the trade war further by imposing taxes on US goods worth $60 billion. Coming close on the heels of the Chinese announcement, global stock market dipped, and it’s currency Yuan hit a four-month low. Reacting ferociously to Chinese taxes, President Donald Trump ranted that he would not let the United States […]