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Sakharov Prize Won by Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker & Activist

Sakharov human rights prize has been awarded to jailed Ukrainian filmmaker & activist Oleg Sentsov - a critic of Russia, by the European Parliament on Thursday 25 October 2018, unjustly jailed in Russia for opposing its annexation of Crimea and described as a "symbol of the struggle" to free political prisoners. Sentsov has been awarded the €50,000 prize for an “exceptional contribution” to ...

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Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement between India & Morocco

Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement between India & Morocco

  1. K. Sachdeva

Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters that will enhance cooperation in the service of summons, judicial documents, letters of request, and the execution of judgments...

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Mechanism for Sale of Enemy Property Gets Cabinet Nod

Movable Enemy Property lying dormant for decades can now be monetized and sale proceeds therefrom may be used for development and social welfare programmes as the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the mechanism and procedure for sale of the enemy shares on Thursday 8 November 2018.

Enemy Property refers to any...

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‘Statue of Unity’ a tribute to Iron Man of India is World’s Tallest Statue

Statue of Unity, world’s tallest, statue at 182 metres of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, towering over the Narmada River and overlooking the Sardar Sarovar dam, designed by Padma Bhushan-winning sculptor Ram V Sutar, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 October 2018, the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, at Kevadiya in Narmada District o...

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Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Brings Together Regional Navies

'IONS as a Catalyst for SAGAR', was the theme for this year's Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi - 'SAGAR'. The 10th edition of the event that has been looking for ways to assuming a larger role for cooperation among the littoral states of the Indian Ocean, attended by 26 regional and global navies, was held at the Lulu Bolgatt...

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US$3 Million Global Cooling Prize Announced in the Global Cooling Innovation Summit

Global Cooling Innovation Summit to create an ecosystem of a public-private partnership towards working for breakthrough innovations in energy efficient cooling technology was held on 12 & 13 November 2018 in New Delhi and the Global Cooling Prize, an international competition to incentivize the development of a residential cooling technology that will have at least five tim...

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Fourth NITI Aayog- DRC Dialogue

Global Economy, Globalisation and Macro-Economic Policies in China and India; Innovation and Economic Transformation, and Potential for Sino-India Trade and Economic Cooperation were deliberated upon by senior delegates from China and India administration, representatives of government, academia and enterprises at the 4th  Dialogue of the NITI Aayog - Development Research Cent...

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First World War Memorial at Villers Guislain in France is a Testimony to the Valour & Sacrifice of Indian Soldiers

First World War Memorial, at Villers Guislain - the town in France that was the site of a pitched battle during World War 1, the first of its kind because of the use of the Ashoka emblem, constructed by the Government of India to honour the valour and sacrifices of the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who fought during the First World War, was inaugurated by Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naid...

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Extradition Agreement between India & Morocco

Indo-Moroccan Extradition Agreement that will provide a strong legal base for the extradition of fugitive offenders who are accused of economic offences, terrorism and other serious offences in one Contracting State and found in another Contracting State was inked by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. V K Singh and Minister of Justice of Morocco, Mohamed Auajjar ...

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ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus

5th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus), now an annual event was held in Singapore on 20 October 2018 under the chairmanship of Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence, Singapore with this year’s theme of “Strengthening Cooperation, Building Resilience”. This was the first time since inauguration that all the 18 Defence Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and P...

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