Nirmala Sitharaman leads Indian delegation at G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Washington

In Washington DC, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman led the Indian delegation at G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors as well as the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings on the side-lines of the IMF/World Bank Annual ..

Prahlad Singh Patel leads Indian delegation at 2019 BRICS Culture Ministers’ meeting in Brazil

Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel participated in 2019 BRICS Culture Ministers’ meetingheld in Curitiba, Brazil. He reaffirmed India’s commitment to contribute towards strengthening bonds between member countries and also proposed to add literature as ..

United Nation Cash crunch

United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that United Nation is facing cash crunch since a decade and now on the risk of defaulting on payments of staff and vendors. Why cash crunch? Most of the nations have not paid their ..

2019 edition of World Post Day (WPD)

The World Post Day (WPD) is celebrated every year on 9th of October to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in people’s and businesses’ everyday lives and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries. ..

WTO is hosting first-ever World Cotton Day (WCD) in Geneva

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is hosting the first-ever World Cotton Day (WCD) in Geneva on 7th October 2019. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani is representing India in the 5-day event of WCD. The WCD will celebrate the many advantages ..

India Brazil relations

India and Brazil share multifaceted and close relation. The relationship is bilateral and also plurilateral in several platforms like G – 4, BRICS, G – 20, International Solar Alliance, IBSA and Biofuture platform. The countries also participate jointly in other ..

India – South Africa relations

The relations between India and South Africa are age old. India was at the forefront in supporting South Africa in its anti apartheid movement in 1946. However, after 1950s the trade and relations were not as good as earlier. It ..

The first conference on military medicine for SCO member-states being held in New Delhi

The first conference on military medicine for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 12 to 13, 2019. The aim of the conference is  to share best practices in the field ..

45th G7 summit held in Biarritz

In France, the 45th edition of G7 summit was held in Biarritz on 24-26 August 2019 with theme “Fighting Inequality”. The annual meet was attended by the leaders of 7 member states — France, Italy, Canada, United States, Japan, Germany ..

Nepal to hold SAARC Foreign Ministers’ informal meet

Nepal is planning to hold SAARC Foreign Ministers’ informal meet on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session in September 2019. The 18th SAARC summit was held in Kathmandu in 2014 and Pakistan was to host the ..