“Our collective wisdom, thought & vision on the goal of Peaceful, Prosperous & Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region is eloquently captured in the 4th BIMSTEC Summit Declaration”, said K P Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal, the Current Chair of the BIMSTEC addressing the closing session of the 4th edition of BIMSTEC summit held in Kathmandu on August 30 & 31, 2018 under the theme: 'Towa...
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INS Sahyadri Participates in Royal Australian Navy’s KAKADU
KAKADU, an exercise that strengthens mutual confidence among regional navies, is the premier multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) that is held biennially in Darwin and the Northern Australian Exercise Areas (NAXA). KAKADU 2018, the 14th e...
The Right Livelihood Award – The Alternative Nobel
The Right Livelihood Award - The Alternative Nobel
Three jailed Saudi human rights defenders have been named winners of “The Right Livelihood Award”, known as the “Alternative Nobel” award, along with two Latin American anti-corruption crusaders, a farmer, and an agricultural scientist on Mon...
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018 for work on Cancer Therapy
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2018 has been won by two immunologists James P Allison of the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA, and Tasuku Honjo from the Kyoto University, Japan, who discovered how to harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
The duo will share the nine million Swedish kronor (£775,000) prize, announced by Professor Thomas Perlma...
India Ranks 158th in Human Capital Score
India Ranks 158th in Human Capital Score
“Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016”, an unprecedented scientific study conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the request of the World Bank and published on 24 September 2018 in journal The Lancet, find...
India & Cyprus MoUs on Combating Money Laundering & Environment Cooperation
“Youth, Technology and Ideas: Shaping the Contours of the 21st Century” was the theme of address delivered by President of India Ram Nath Kovind at University of Cyprus September 4, 2018, where he said that pursuit of excellence should inspire minds of future generations.
India and Cyprus also signed two MoUs on ...
Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat
Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat (B4), a laboratory on boat is proposed to be established on the Brahmaputra River by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in collaboration with Ministry of DONER (Development of North Eastern Region) to study the changes caused by dams, climate change, human interventions and the eventual effects it has on the river eco-system. Despite su...