The 31st ASEAN Summit at Manila in Philippines ended up gifting, “ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers” on 14 November 2017 as the Heads of States/Governments signed a historic milestone, in the year 2017 that marks the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the tenth year since the adopti...
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Manmohan Singh wins Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Development & a New International Economic Order
Dr Manmohan Singh, Born in 1932, Former Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Governor of Reserve Bank of India will be the recipient of 2017 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, as announced by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust on the eve of Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary. This year is Indira Gandhi's birth centenary; she was born on 19 November 1917.
India’s Sovereign Rating Highest Since 1988
Moody’s Investors Services, the Global credit rating agency, upgraded India’s sovereign rating to the highest since 1988, on 17 November 17, raising it for the first time in 13 years, citing the country’s high growth potential in the years to come, and its large and stable financing base for government debt, that will likely contribute to a gradual decline in the general government debt burden o...
India’s Judge Dalveer Bhandari Re-elected to the International Court of Justice
Judge Dalveer Bhandari has been re-elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on overwhelmingly support of India by the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council on voting in New York on 20 November 2017 to fill the fifth vacancy for the 2018-2027 term. Judge Dalveer Bhandari received all 15 votes in the UN Security Council and 183 out of the 193 votes in the UN General Assembly which...
Cobots are the Workforce of the Future
Cobot or co-robot or collaborative robot is a robot intended to physically interact with humans in a shared workspace, designed to assist human beings as a guide or assistor in a specific task. Cobots are predominantly used for repetitive tasks whereby intelligent support systems using cobots assist the workers, rather than replacing them. This collaborative aspect obviously is the key for desig...
World’s First Hydrogen Tram with Green Energy Starts in China
Marking a big step in the application of green energy in public transport, World’s first Hybrid Electric Tram powered by Hydrogen fuel cells has started running in China and has been put into commercial operation for the first time in Tangshan, north Chinas Hebei Province from Friday 27 October, 2017. According to China Railway Rolling Corporation (CRRC) Tangshan Co, the maker o...
Supreme Court Restrains Engineering Degrees in Distance Education Mode
Supreme Court on Friday 3 November 2017 restrained educational institutions from providing courses in subjects like engineering and computer science in the distance education mode; and set aside a verdict by the Odisha High Court, which allowed technical education by correspondence. The apex court at the same time affirmed the findings of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that had in 2015 ruled ...
Supreme Court may decide Validity of Article 35A & 370
Validity of Articles 35A and 370 may ultimately be decided by a Constitution Bench as had recently been indicated by the Supreme Court. However, the Court listed the petitions regarding Article 35A for the last week of February 2018, after the Centre filed a petition for postponement in the wake of the appointment of special representative Dineshwar Sharma, a former IB director, on Jammu and Kas...
Madame Tussauds Attraction in Delhi for Selfies with Celebrities
Madame Tussauds Museum, an attraction, in Regal Building at Connaught Place, New Delhi will be open to public on December 1, 2017, with several alluring lifelike wax figures that convey the throbbing potential of life of celebrities, with the tallest among them of Mahatma Gandhi, besides Bhagat Singh and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. It has figures from the world of e...
Dassault Reliance Aerospace for Future Needs of Indian Armed Forces
Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) manufacturing facility - foundation laying ceremony was held on Friday 27 October 2017, at ₹6,500 crore-spread over 289 acres, Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park (DAAP), Mihan SEZ, near Nagpur Airport in Maharashtra. The Foundation Stone was laid by Eric Trappier, Chairman of Dassault Aviation and Anil D. Ambani, Chairman of the Reliance Group in the prese...