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READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream): Indio-US alliance to improve reading skills at Indian Schools

April 6, 2014

READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream): It is an alliance between India and USA to improve the Reading skills of millions of primary school-aged children in India. It is a US $3.2 Million alliance between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Indian ..

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5 Indian languages reinstated in S. African schools curriculum

March 23, 2014

The South African government reestablished the five Indian languages as official subjects in state-run schools, which were removed from the official curriculum in South African state schools in 1994. Five Indian Languages that are reinstated: Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu and ..

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U.S. – India Energy Dialogue 2014 to advance clean energy access: Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy (PEACE)

March 23, 2014

India and the USA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint implementation committee to regularly monitor and boost the PEACE (Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy) initiative in New Delhi. This new initiative PEACE was launched in ..

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SIPRI: India is the world’s largest arms importer

March 22, 2014

As per the report published by the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India become the world’s largest arms importer over 2004-13 and its import of weapon systems is three times more than Pakistan and China.  As per the ..

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Indian soldiers of World War I to be honoured by UK

March 21, 2014

The United Kingdom (UK) will honour the Indian soldiers, who participated in World War-I (WW-I) as part of British India, through a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the conflict of World War I that was started ..

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Indian firm VNL's solar-powered ‘WorldGSM’ mobile tower architecture launched in Ghana to deliver affordable services in villages

March 19, 2014

The Indian telecom equipment-maker, Vihaan Networks Ltd (VNL) launched its’ solar-powered ‘WorldGSM’ mobile tower architecture, an environment-friendly and cost-effective mobile system, to deliver affordable services in villages. Objective: To promote access to electronic services viz. broadcasting, the Internet, multimedia service ..

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Indian aid to Bhutan: Rs 4,500 crore Assistance Package to improve the livelihood of Bhutanese

March 16, 2014

As per the 11th five year plan of Government of India (GOI), India will contribute Rs.4500 crores Assistance Package to Bhutan. The package will help the landlocked country to implement major projects over the 11th Five Year Plan that will ..

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Dubai’s largest non oil trading partner in 2013-14 – “India”

March 15, 2014

As per the report released by the Dubai Department of Economic Development, India has once again emerged as the largest non oil trading partner of Dubai in 2013-14. The exports and re-exports from India have also marked significant rise in ..

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Update on Khobragade case: US court dismissed visa fraud charges against Indian diplomat Ms. Devyani Khobragade

March 15, 2014

The US Court ruled that the Indian diplomat Ms. Devyani Khobragade had full diplomatic immunity at the time of indictment on visa fraud and underpaying her maid. As per the judgment, Ms. Khobragade who served as Consular officer in the ..

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Ukraine Crisis 2014: Impact of Ukraine Crisis on India

March 10, 2014

The ongoing political crisis in Ukraine will effect India due to following reasons: Immediate impact on India: The military stand-off situation of India would go worsen because Ukrainian military facility provides engines for military helicopters of Russian origin (that account ..

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