Special carve-out for Indian skilled workers and business executives to work and live in the Czech Republic on a long-term basis that will come into effect in October 2018 and will initially be limited to 500 visas a year, was welcomed by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind during his state visit to the Czech Republic from September 6 to 9, 2018 and he thanked President Miloš Zeman and Government o...
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More than 3400 Test Practice Centres Inaugurated for Higher Education Entrance Examinations
National Testing Agency, a premier testing organization, set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)), in order to bring efficiency, transparency and qualitative difference in competitive examination process for Higher Education, has been mandated to conduct Entrance Tests for Higher Educational Institutions that include JEE (Main), NEET (UG), UGC-NET, CMAT and GPAT examinations....
Economic Diplomacy is a Priority for Indian Foreign Service
Indian Foreign Service - 2017 batch held its valedictory function on Thursday May 31, 2018, where External Affairs Minister of India Smt Sushma Swaraj was the Chief Guest. President Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressing the officer-trainees, when they called on him on Wednesday June 6, 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, said that they are joining the Indian Foreign Service at an exciting tim...
Rotary Actuated Dodecahedron for study of Delicate Sea Creatures
Delicate Sea Creatures can now be safely trapped inside a folding polyhedral enclosure without causing them any harm by using an Origami-inspired sampler developed by researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study according to a research published on July 18, 2018 in Science Robot...
Gopalkrishna Gandhi to get 24th Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award, instituted to commemorate the lasting contribution made by late Rajiv Gandhi former Indian Prime Minister to promote peace, communal harmony and fight against violence and carries a citation and cash award of ₹10 lakh, will be awarded in its 24th edition this year in 2018 to Gopalkrishna Gandhi, for his outstanding contribution ...
G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting to Bridge Digital Divide
“Digitalization changes all parts of our economy, politics and society and brings the world closer together”, said Christian Hirte, German Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, in support of G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting in Salta, in the north-west of Argentina, held on August 23 & 24, 2018 with an agenda focused on <...
Exercise Pitch Black Hosted by Royal Australian Air Force
Exercise Pitch Black, a biennial three week multi-national large force employment exercise, conducted from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Darwin and RAAF Base in Tindal, aims to foster international co-operation between participating partner forces through the development of capabilities such as intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance, was held from 24 July to 18 August 2018 in ...
Convocation of Gujarat Forensic Sciences University
Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, engaged in teaching and research in different areas of Forensic Sciences, is first of its kind super specialised university in the world, which was started with an aim to provide education of international standards to the students in the area of forensic science, criminology, behavioural science and other allied subjects, has successfully completed three ye...
56th Annual Convocation of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Innovation was the buzzword of the 21st century said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing 56th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay in Mumbai on August 11 2018 and added that IITs have built brand India globally and their success has helped India become one of the world's largest pools of technical manpower. PM
US Indo-Pacific Command Reflects Growing US India Relationship
US Pacific Command was renamed as US Indo-Pacific Command, underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, in a move widely seen as a public expression of America’s keenness to count India as key partner in its strategic planning. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced on Wednesday May 30, 2018, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during a change of comma...