New Delhi: A step towards the development of border areas has been initiated under the ‘Border Area Development Programme’. Nine states sharing international border will benefit from the development work undertaken in this programme. In order to develop the basic amenities necessary for this, the central government has released funds of 167 crore rupees, informed […]
Read More »New Delhi: To increase and facilitate trade with neighbouring countries, the main expressways will be linked with “International trade points”. Minister of Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari announced on Sunday that a scheme of 25000 crores has been planned for this purpose. Gadkari informed that under this project, 2000 kilometers of “highways” will be constructed […]
Read More »The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program, set up in 2001, brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka in a project-based partnership to promote regional prosperity by improving cross-border connectivity, boosting trade among member countries, and strengthening regional economic cooperation. Since 2001, SASEC countries have implemented 46[2] regional projects worth over $9 billion in the energy, transport, trade facilitation, economic corridor development, and […]
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New Delhi: As a challenge to China’s ambitious ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) project, India has decided to speed up ‘South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation’ (SASEC). The Cabinet has approved the sanction of 1630 crore rupees for the construction of the highway from Imphal to Moreh at the border of Myanmar. SASEC is an important […]
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Srinagar (PTI) : Seven persons have been killed and nineteen injured in a cowardly terror attack on the bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims at Anantnag in Jammu- Kashmir. Further casualties were avoided due to the presence of mind shown by ’Sheikh Salim Gafoor’ the driver of the bus. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have […]
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Darjeeling : It has come to the fore that the links of the agitation, being held in Darjeeling since past few days for the demand of a separate state of Gorkhaland, have reached across the border. It has been detected that the agitators here are communicating with their coordinators across the border, with the help of […]
Read More »Vesākha (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists on different days in India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar and in other places all over the world. Sometimes informally called […]
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Bengaluru: Indian Air Force will shortly induct an entirely indigenous ‘Airborne Early Warning and Control System’ (AEW&C), technology that immediately alerts the intrusion of enemy planes, cruise missiles and radars into the Indian airspace. This system has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and has been named as the ‘Eye in […]
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New Delhi : A shocking fact has come to the fore that Pakistan’s notorious Intelligence Agency ‘ISI’ is behind the Patna-Indore Rajendranagar Express accident, which claimed 150 lives. Bihar Police have claimed so. A couple of days back, three men were arrested from the Champaran district. This fact has been revealed during their interrogation. This […]
Read More »The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia. Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC compromises 3% of the world’s area, 21% of the world’s population and 9.12% of the global economy, as of 2015. Source […]
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