India-Africa Forum Summit 2015
The India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is a celebration of the close partnership between Africa and India. It is an acknowledgement of our shared history as well as our future prospects.…
Nepal forms team to ease diplomatic tension with India
Nepal has formed a three-member team including the Foreign Minister to ease a diplomatic standoff with India over the supply of essential goods, including petroleum products, affected because of the…
US wants reduction in tension between India, Pakistan
The US has said it wants to see tension reduced between India and Pakistan, but made it clear that it is for the two nations to resolve their differences bilaterally.…
Terrorism emanating from neighbourhoods of India, Belarus major threat: Prez
President Pranab Mukherjee has said that terrorism and extremism emanating from the neighborhoods of India and Belarus remains a major security threat for both the countries. He was speaking at…
US secret surveillance reinstated as Obama signs USA Freedom Act
US secret surveillance reinstated as President Barack Obama signs USA Freedom Act into law. The US Senate has voted to limit the government’s ability to collect phone data, a policy…
150,000 dead due to war in Pakistan and Afghanistan : Study
Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new US study. The study by the Costs of War Project, based at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University…
India’s LIC gets clearance to do business in Bangladesh
Life insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has been cleared to do business in Bangladesh, intensifying competition in the insurance market. Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) Chief Shefaq Ahmed…
President Mukherjee accorded ceremonial reception in Belarus
President Pranab Mukherjee was accorded a ceremonial reception by his Belarussian Counterpart A.G Lukashenko at Minsk this afternoon.Mr. Mukherjee arrived on a two-day State visit to Belarus last night after…
50 killed in Nigeria bomb blast
At least 50 people have died in a bombing in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri in Nigeria. The city had already been attacked in the early hours of this morning…
US, India need to fight terrorism and poverty together: Clinton
US Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton has said that the United States and India need to fight violence, terrorism and poverty together. In her remarks to a delegation led by…