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August 10, 2023 2:45 PM

Russia-Ukraine war to be among top topics of G20 discussion, says US

The upcoming G-20 Summit in New Delhi, scheduled for next month, is going to focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine among other top topics. A senior US official mentioned that the war in Ukraine is an important topic in conversations with allies wo...

August 10, 2023 2:06 PM

India Startup Festival 2023 begins in Bengaluru, hosting over 10,000 global startups

The time for empowering entrepreneurs and fostering a robust startup ecosystem has arrived as the 2nd edition of India Startup Festival (ISF) 2023 is being held from 10th to 12th August, 2023 at Muddanahalli, Bengaluru. The event is being organized b...

August 14, 2023 11:48 AM

Russia’s first Moon mission in 50 years is in race with Indian spacecraft

Russia is set to launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a race with India to the south pole of the Moon. South pole is on priority for all spacecraft organization as it may be a potential source of water. Scientists believ...

August 9, 2023 3:26 PM

Know how India is protecting its elephants, as their numbers continue to grow

Elephants are symbolic to our culture. Our country is home to 60 percent of the Global population of Asian Elephants. The current population estimates indicate that there are about 50,000-60,000 Asian elephants in the world and there are nearly 30,00...

August 9, 2023 1:10 PM

Pakistan Election Commission disqualifies jailed former PM Imran Khan for 5 years

In a big blow to Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced his disqualification for five years from politics, following to his conviction in the Toshakhana case. With this, Imran Khan becomes...

August 9, 2023 2:30 PM

Economy, defence, capacity building and cultural exchanges discussed between India-Cameroon

In Yaounde, Cameroon, a significant event unfolded on August 7, 2023—the third round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between India and Cameroon. Sevala Naik Mude, AS (C&WA), from the Indian delegation, and H.E. Oumarou Chinmoun, Secretary Gen...

September 30, 2023 11:50 AM

India & Uzbekistan enhancing cooperation in trade, defence partnership

India and Uzbekistan conducted their 16th India-Uzbekistan Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) on August 7 in Tashkent. The two sides discussed a range of bilateral issues, with connectivity and enhancing cooperation within the framework of the India-...

August 9, 2023 11:58 AM

Piyush Goyal focuses on ‘Transforming Production Systems’ at BRICS meet

"India will be launching the BRICS Startup Forum in 2023 with the goal of facilitating collaboration and sharing best practices among startups, investors, incubators, and aspiring entrepreneurs". The announcement was made by Union Minister of Commerc...

August 9, 2023 1:55 PM

Global collaboration via Urban 20 Mayoral Summit

Urbanization has been quite rampant as more than half of the global population lives in cities. It is speculated that cities will host two-thirds of human race by 2050. This, in turn, leads to massive energy consumption which is already over 75% of t...

August 9, 2023 12:52 PM

India-Maldives join hands to counter terrorism

India and Maldives held the second meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism and De-Radicalisation in Male’ only recently. Secretary (West) His Excellency Sanjay Verma, Ministry of External Affairs, Gover...

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