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QS Ranking 2020: Know All About the Top Universities of the World

QS World University Rankings (formerly known as - Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a well-recognized British company specializing in education. QS reviews the university-industry and provides an international ranking of universities thus successfully affecting how students and institutions engage. The list was conceived as a way to assist stude...

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GRIDTECH 2019 – International Exhibition & Conference

GRIDTECH 2019, the 6th International Exhibition and Conference to deliberate on new technologies in Transmission, Distribution, Renewable Integration, Smart Grid, Communication, organised by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited with the support of Ministry of Power and in association with CBIP and IEEMA from 3 to 5 April 2019, was inaugurated by M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice Presiden...

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World Water Day 2019

‘Leaving no one behind’, an adaptation of the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: as sustainable development progresses, everyone must benefit, was the theme for World Water Day 2019. Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030. India’s Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation...

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2nd International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure-2019 (IWDRI), the 2nd  IWDRI, organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), and in partnership with the Global Commission on Adaptation, United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank on 19 & 20 March 2019 in New De...

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Fourth United Nations Environment Assembly

“Innovative Solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable production and consumption”, was the theme of the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) this year held in Nairobi from 11 to 15 March 2019, where India piloted resolutions on two important global environment issues relating to Single-use Plastics and Sustainable Nitrogen management:

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INDIA-US Trade Issues: Generalized System of Preferences

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a U.S. trade programme designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for up to 4800 products from 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, which United States intends to terminate in case of India and Turkey and has given a 60-day withdrawal notice for that on Tuesday 5 March 2019.

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France-India Space Cooperation CNES & ISRO to Establish Maritime Surveillance Centre in India

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Sivan K and National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) - French space agency, President Jean-Yves Le Gall, have signed an agreement on Wednesday 6 March 2019 in Bangalore, to establish maritime surveillance centre in India. India and France will explore putting up a constellation of low-Earth orbiting satellites that will identify...

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South Asia Regional Youth Peace Conference

South Asia Regional Youth Peace Conference with the objective to eliminate stereotypes, prejudices across all borders, to understand micro-macro aspect of the issues, identify common challenges and develop plan of action, to build a network of youth leaders, inaugurated by Mr ShriKrishna G Kulkarni, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi was held from 28 to 30 November 2018 at Gandhi Darshan, New Delh...

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India Committed to Democratic &Rules Based International Order: Raisina Dialogue

“India is experiencing economic and social transformation on a scale which has rarely been seen in the history of the world.” In the past four and a half years, this comprehensive and energetic renewal of India’s global engagement has been founded on the motto of SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas,an emphasis on the welfare of all.

India, “stands...

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Tax Inspectors Without Borders

Signing of Terms of Reference (TOR) governing engagement of designated Indian Expert to provide tax assistance to Swaziland (now known as ESwatini) under Tax Inspectors Without Borders Programme between India and ESwatini was approved by theUnion Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 January 2019.