Nobel Peace Prize 2017 has been awarded on Friday October 06, 2017 to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the Geneva-based Nuclear disarmament campaign group for its efforts to rid the world of the atomic bomb, "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to a...
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Chakmas and Hajongs to be Granted Citizenship
Chakmas and Hajongs are ethnic people, originally inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of erstwhile East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. They were systematically forced out of their country because of the Kaptai hydroelectric dam on the Karnaphuli River in the early 1960s as there was no rehabilitation and compensation. They also became victims of religious persecution in erstwhile East P...
Strengthening India and Japan Relationship
India and Japan stress on strengthening all aspects of partnership during their 12th annual bilateral summit at Gandhinagar in Gujarat on September 13 & 14, 2017 commenced with a first ever such a grand 8 km road show of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, in an open-roof vehicle from Airport to Sabarmati Ashram; and the two countries hav...
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...
India Japan Act East Forum to Enhance Connectivity & Promote Development
India Japan Act East Forum that aims to marry India’s Act East Policy with Japan’s Free and Open Asia-Pacific strategy in the backdrop of China’s One Belt One Road initiative is among the major agreements signed on Thursday September 14, 2017 during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India for the 12th Indo-Japan annual summit in Gandhi Nagar; to enhance connectivity and promote developmental projects...
Bullet Train for High Speed, High Growth & High-End Technology
Bullet train would be launched in 2022, coinciding with 75 years of India’s independence; as per announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday September 14, 2017; while laying foundation stone along with the Japan Prime Minster Sinzo Abe; in Ahmedabad for the country’s first Rs. 110000 crore, 508 km high-speed rail project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. India has received a loan worth ...
Cassini Spacecraft Ends Historic Exploration of Saturn
Cassini Spacecraft: with two elements: Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in October 1997, spent seven years in transit, arrived at Saturn in July 2004, followed by 13 years orbiting Saturn; was the first spacecraft to observe Saturn – the ringed planet from orbit, ended its mission ...
India’s Food Security & Fluctuations in Global Markets
The farm sector in India is very crucial for food security of the country’s large population and for the livelihood of majority of its population. Therefore, the performance of this sector is closely monitored by the government and various measures and strategies are put in place to counter the adverse effects of various factors on this sector from time to time. These measures and strategies include several inst...
India’s first locally built Scorpene Class Submarine Kalvari to be operational soon
INS Kalvari India’s first locally built Scorpene Class Submarine would soon be handed over to Indian Navy and sent to Indian Ocean on operational deployment. It is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine, the first of the six such submarines being built at Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) at Mumbai port with the technical supp...
Doklam Standoff a Setback for China
Doklam standoff was a deadlock between Indian and Chinese soldiers over the construction of a road by China in Dokalam region that overlooks the strategic Chumbi Valley, near the Bhutan trijunction, belongs to Bhutan and is strategically significant for India, adding tension to the Sino-Indian relation. Dokalam is the Bhutanese name of the region which is recognised by India as Doka La. Doka La ...