Seoul:21/2/19:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Yonsei University in Seoul. The President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Moon Jae-in, First Lady of the Republic of Korea, Kim Jung-sook, and former Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister ...

Newdelhi:18/2/19:Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu,said that India is keen to strengthen bilateral ties with Argentinawhich is one of the leading trading partners of India in the Latin Americanregion. Addressing the India-Argentina Business Forum in New Delhi today, the Commerce Minister said there are complementarities between the two countries. Both countries recognize need to upgrade ...

Newdelhi:14/2/19:India and the United States held India-U.S. Commercial Dialogue and India-U.S. CEO Forum in New Delhi today. Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, chaired the meeting. Secretary of Commerce, United States of America, Mr. Wilbur Ross, could not attend the India-US Commercial Dialogue and CEO Forum because of unforeseen flight cancellation due to inclement weather ...

Newdelhi:13/2/19:Third Indo-German Environment Forum with the theme “Cleaner Air, Greener Economy:” is being held in New Delhi. The one-day event through panel discussions and parallel sessions focuses on challenges, solutions and necessary framework conditions of air pollution control, waste management and circular economy as well as implementation of NDCs and SDGs based on Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 of UN ...

Newdelhi:4/2/19:A high level German delegation led by Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, German Minister of Economic Affairs, Digitalisation and Energy of North Rhine Westphaliamet with Minister of State of Commerce & Industry, C R Chaudhary, in New Delhi today. Both sides held discussions on a wide range of subjects with the Indian side looking for greater collaboration with Germany in projects like ...

Newdelhi:31/1/19:India today asked Pakistan not to interfere in India’s internal affairs. Reacting to the telephonic conversation between Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, the behaviour of Pakistani Foreign Minister is condemnable. Mr Kumar said, it is high time for Pakistan to take action against terrorism, but unfortunately, the ...

Newdelhi:30/1/19:An Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between the Government of Republic of India and Government of Russian Federation was concluded on 15 Oct 2016, for construction of additional Project 1135.6 Follow-on ships in India, at M/s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL). In line with the IGA, the Government signed a contract for construction of two ships with Goa Shipyard Ltd, Goa to-date, with ...

Newdelhi:29/1/19:India received the Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at the recently concluded New York Times Travel Show 2019, the largest travel show in North America, held from 25th – 27th January in New York, USA. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India participated as the ‘ Presenting Partner’ in the New York Times Travel Show (NYTTS 2019) organised at Jacob K Javits Centre, New York ...

Beijing  :288/1/19:     Commerce Secretary, Dr.AnupWadhawan, was on a two-day official visit to Beijing last week.During the visitfrom 21st to 22nd January 2019, he had bilateral meeting with Mr. Zhang Jiwen, Vice Minister of General Administration of China Customs (GACC), for examining market access and quarantine issues for India’s agriculture and allied products. During the meeting with Mr. Zhang Jiwen, Commerce Secretary ...

Washington:20/1/19; Stargazers are in for a treat as skies are set for a series of celestial events on Sunday evening, including total lunar eclipse, super blood Moon and a “Wolf Moon” or Super Blood Wolf Moon. It is a super blood Moon – “super” because the Moon will be closest to Earth in its orbit during the full Moon and ...