National
Uttarakhand and Haryana Declared Open Defecation Free States
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), rural Uttarakhand and rural Haryana have been declared as the 4th and 5th Open Defecation Free (ODF) States of India. Already, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala, have been declared ODF...........................Read More
India and Russia Celebrates 10 Years of Partnership in Science and Technology
This year, India and Russia are celebrating 70 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between them. Joint cooperation in science and technology was one of the important pillars of the bilateral relationship between both the countries...........................Read More
>International
South China Sea Dispute: China launches Research Project to Compile Data on Disputed Region
China has launched a research project aimed at compiling historical data obtained during earlier expeditions conducted by its teams to the disputed South China Sea since the late 1950s...........................Read More
UN: India to become more Populous than China by 2024
According to the World population Prospectus: The Revision released by the United Nations, India with 1.3 billion inhabitants would surpass China’s population of 1.4 billion by 2024, to become the World’s populous country...........................Read More
Business and Economy
India’s Largest Municipal Bond Programme Launched
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu has launched India’s largest municipal bond programme...........................Read More
US Approves Sale of UAV Technology to India
The United States has cleared the sale of the state-of-the-art Guardian 22 unmanned Guardian drones to India..........................Read More
New Appointments
UN Appoints Russian Diplomat Vladimir Voronkov as Chief of newly established United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Russian diplomat Vladimir Voronkov to head the newly established UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), despite growing tensions between the US and Russia...........................Read More
Special Days
23 June: United Nations Public Service Day
Every year 23 June is being observed as the United Nations Public Service Day by the United Nations (UN)............................Read More
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