Copernicus - European Union’s Earth Observation and Monitoring Programme and Indian fleet of Remote Sensing Satellites will now be sharing Earth Observation Satellite Data to allow the benefits to extend beyond the borders of the partners, as per a landmark Cooperation Arrangement signed on March 19, 2018 at Bengaluru between European Commission (EC) and India’s Department of Sp...
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India-France Strategic Partnership on a Solid Foundation
French President Emmanuel Macron during his State Visit to India from 10 to 12 March 2018 held wide ranging discussions with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that underlined the growing convergence between the two countries on regional and international issues as the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepen and strengthen bilateral ties based on shared principles and values of democr...
India’s Splendid Performances at Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast 2018 officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games, an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, were held between 4 and 15 April 2018 in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; in which some of the world’s best athletes from 71 nations and territories competed in 275 events in 19 sports and 7 Para-sports; with its main venue...
India’s First Underwater Twin Tunnels a Crucial Link for East-West Corridor of Kolkata Metro
India’s first underwater tunnel, built 30 metre below the riverbed underneath Hooghly River, a crucial link for East-West Corridor of Kolkatta Metro to connect the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata located on either side of the Hooghly, has been completed as tunnel-boring machine punched through the diaphragm of the proposed Metro station at Esplanade in Kolkata and came out on ...
India has kept its Indus Waters Treaty commitments
Permanent Indus Commission’s 114th Meeting between India and Pakistan was held on March 29 and 30, 2018 in New Delhi to discuss Indus Water Treaty (IWT) dispute and resolution of outstanding issues. India’s Indus water commissioner PK Saxena and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials were part of Indian delegation and Pakistan’s six-member delegation was led by Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah...
India & Nepal to Boost Connectivity between the Two Countries
Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oliwason a State visit to India from April 6 to 8, 2018, at the invitation of India’s Prime Minister NarendraModi. The two Prime Ministers comprehensively reviewed the entire spectrum of multifaceted ties between the two countries,underlined the need for expeditious implementation of bilateral projects in Nepal, and to reinvigorate the existing bilateral mecha...
Vietnam & India to have Multidimensional Engagement
President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang during his State Visit to India from 02-04 March 2018 held delegation-level talks with the Prime Minister of India, Narenda Modi; reflecting significant deepening of bilateral relations and enhanced multidimensional engagement since the successful visit of Prime Minister Modi to Vietnam in 2016 and elevation of the relationship to a Comprehensive Strat...
TAPI to Feed Natural Gas to Afghanistan, Pakistan & India
TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India), the long-awaited 1814-kilometers Gas pipeline project, was officially inaugurated by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in the country’s western Herat province with the launching of construction work on the Afghan section of a natural gas pipeline near the town of Serhetabat, Turkmenistan on February 23, 2018 in the presence of Tu...
Straw Management System to Save Environment from Air Pollution
Super Straw Management System is now mandatory in Punjab while using the combine harvester machines for harvesting paddy (rice) crop to check the dangerous trend of stubble burning and to save environment from air pollution. Issuing the instructions, on Monday 12 February 2018, under section 31 A of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Punjab Pollution Contro...
Social Dynamics & Communication Skills
The concept of Social dynamics is premised on the assumption that individuals are influenced by one another's behavior. The behavior of group resulting from the interactions of individual group members is what is referred to as social dynamics. The concept of social dynamics is compared to system dynamics. Like system dynamics, social dynamics is concerned with ...