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...
China into a Full Blown Economic Crisis
China could be into a full blown Economic Crisis by early 2018 or so, due to the speed and size of buildup in debt that it encouraged rescuing the economy after Great Recession, i.e., the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08. The country has since then become addicted to borrowing as its debt has exploded from $6 trillion to $28 trillion, and its ratio to GDP is up from 140% to 260% which has affli...
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...
Asia-Africa Growth Corridor to Enhance Trade & Wellbeing
Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) is an economic cooperation agreement between the governments of India and Japan of which vision document was launched on 25 May 2017 at African Development Bank (AfDB) meeting in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. India and Japan are joining hands to develop the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, a series of infrastructure projects that would enh...
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 ...
Gyroplane could soon be a Personal Transport
Gyroplane is a bit of both a Helicopter and an Airplane that takes off almost vertically in a way similar to a helicopter and can economically cruise (fly) at speeds ranging between 100 to 160 kmph, depending upon the wind and weather conditions and are therefore good for short recreational hops only. Gyroplanes is an aircraft that derives lift from freely turning rotary wing or rotor blades ti...