INS Arihant: Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine (SSBN), India's first nuclear ballistic missile submarine, completed on Monday 5 November 2018, deterrence patrol - India’s nuclear-triad, which means the country can now fire nuclear ballistic missiles at enemy from land, sea and air. Mirage 2000s and Agni ballistic missiles complete the other two air and land components of India'...
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‘Global it Challenge for Youth with Disabilities 2018’ 55 Awards Presented to Youth with Disabilities
Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities 2018, with the objective to leverage IT skills among youth with disabilities and also to spread awareness about the application of Information and Computer Technology (ICT) in enhancing the quality of life of persons with disabilities especially in Asia-Pacific region, was held from 9 to 11 November 2018 in New Delhi, in which 96 youth with disabil...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
President’s Nod for Ordinance to Amend Companies Act
Companies Amendment (Ordinance) 2018 which has the twin objectives of promotion of ease of doing business along with better corporate compliance and is based on the recommendations of the Committee appointed by the Government to review offences under the Companies Act 2013, has been promulgated with President Ramnath Kovind giving his assent on Friday 2 November 2018 to the recommendation of the...
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...
World Bank Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work
World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work finds that fears over the future of work: that robot will take away jobs from people, appear to be unfounded as innovation has already transformed living standards and the work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted by firms, markets ex...
ACROSS for Improved Weather, Climate & Ocean Forecast
Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) scheme’s continuation during 2017-2020 at an estimated cost of ₹1450 crore to address different aspects of weather and climate services that include warnings for cyclone, storm surges, heat waves, thunderstorms etc., has been approved on Thursday 22 November 2018 by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CC...