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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches world’s largest COVID-19 vaccina...

January 16, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India’s COVID 19 vaccination campaign is based on very humane principles and those exposed to maximum risk get priority. Launching world’s largest COVID-...

Prime Minister to address Startup India International Summit – P...

January 16, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with startups and address ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ through video conferencing this evening. The two-day Summit is being organized by t...

India and Nepal discuss several areas of cooperation including connect...

January 16, 2021

The sixth meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali in New Delhi yesterday. Both sides...

India and Japan sign MoU to enhance cooperation in Information and Com...

January 16, 2021

India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technologies yesterday. The MoU was signed by Minister for Communications, E...

India strongly condemns recent attack on convoy of UN Multidimensional...

January 16, 2021

India has strongly condemned the recent attack on the convoy of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali on 13th of January in Timbuktu region which killed four peacekeepers f...

Indonesia quake kills at least 42, injures hundreds

January 16, 2021

A powerful earthquake killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi yesterday, trapping several under rubble and unleashing dozens of aftershocks. The authorities w...

Dutch PM Rutte and his government resign over child welfare scandal.

January 16, 2021

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced the resignation of his government, accepting responsibility for years of mismanagement of childcare subsidies, which wrongfully drove thousands of famili...

Uganda elections 2021: Museveni establishes  lead over rival  Bobi Win...

January 16, 2021

Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has secured  a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, preliminary results show. The country’s electoral commissi...

Russia withdraws from Open Skies Treaty Following   US Exit. 

January 16, 2021

Russia said yesterday that it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities. Earlier U.S. had exited   the pact.  Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in...

U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency...

January 16, 2021

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and on three Iranian entitie...