Sushma Swaraj Participates In 17th CHG Meeting Of SCO In Tajikistan External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be participating in the 17th Council of Heads of Government, CHG, meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 11th to 12th of this month. This will be …

Interpol chief resigns amid detention in China The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) received the resignation of its Chinese president Meng Hongwei, who was missing since over a week. Senior Vice-President of Interpol’s Executive Committee, Kim Jong Yang of South Korea, will be instated as the acting president. The General …

Jaipur Literature Festival begins in Houston Jaipur Literature Festival was begun in Houston with a soulful music performance followed by stimulating discussions. The festival is touted as the world’s largest free literary festival. The inaugural session also saw Congress leader and writer Shashi Tharoor discuss his book “Why i am …

Radha Mohan Singh launches Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund Vast opportunities exist today for dairy entrepreneurs and in order to concretize these opportunities and help double the income of dairy farmers, Rs 51,077 crore is needed to operationalize the National Action Plan (Vision-2024), Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare …

Delhi, Seoul governments to ink pact for cooperation in urban regeneration The Delhi Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Government are slated to sign an agreement this week for cooperation in urban regeneration. The agreement will be signed during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ongoing trip to Seoul. Kejriwal, along with …

Dubai to host India-UAE Partnership Summit A two-day India-UAE Partnership Summit (IUPS) will be held in Dubai from October 30. Second India-UAE Partnership Summit is being organised by the Business Leaders Forum (BLF). Vipul, the Consul General of India in Dubai, said “I am happy that the second edition of …

Thaawarchand Gehlot to attend the 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment left for Seoul (Korea). He is heading a 3-member Indian Delegation to attend the 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference on ‘Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older Persons’ jointly organised in …

Cabinet approves Umbrella scheme O-SMART of Ministry of Earth Sciences The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)”, for implementation during the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 …

National Sports Day: 29 August The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August each year. This day marks the birthday of Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who won gold medals in Olympics for India in the years 1928, 1934 and 1936. He scored over 400 goals …

24th World Congress of Philosophy held in Beijing, China The World Congress of Philosophy is organized every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) in collaboration with one of its member societies. The XXIV World Congress will be held in Beijing, China, from August 13 to August …