18th Meeting Of The Chief Justices/Chairpersons Of The Supreme Courts Of The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) recently addressed the 18th meeting of the Chief Justices/Chairpersons of the Supreme Courts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. The conference provided an opportunity for member and observer states […]
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U.S.-India Initiative On Critical And Emerging Technology (iCET)
U.S.-India Initiative On Critical And Emerging Technology (iCET): India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry and U.S. Secretary of Commerce welcomed the recently launched U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET). The National Security Advisors of India and the US led the inaugural meeting of the iCET in Washington, DC. U.S.-India initiative on Critical and […]
Maiden Cross-Border Oil Pipeline : India-Bangladesh
Maiden Cross-Border Oil Pipeline : India-Bangladesh Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh will jointly inaugurate the maiden cross-border oil pipeline between the two countries. India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFPL) will carry diesel from Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Ltd’s (NRL) marketing terminal at Siliguri in West Bengal to the Parbatipur depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). IBFPL is […]
BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting : Virtually
BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting : Virtually The Minister of State for External Affairs participated in the 19th The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting virtually from Bangkok. During the meeting, the Ministers approved several documents including rules of Procedure for Core BIMSTEC Mechanisms, Sectoral BIMSTEC Mechanisms and BIMSTEC’s External […]
ASEAN-India Business Summit
ASEAN-India Business Summit The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology addressed the addresses 5th ASEAN-India Business summit. ASEAN-India Business summit is being held as part of the ASEAN-India Year of Friendship to commemorate the more than three-decade-long engagement between India and the 10-member bloc in Kuala Lumpur. ASEAN is a group of the […]
United Nations High Seas Treaty
United Nations High Seas Treaty: After more than a decade of negotiations, the countries of the United Nations have recently agreed to the High Seas Treaty. UN High Seas Treaty is the first-ever treaty to protect the world’s oceans that lie outside national boundaries. It is also known as the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean.’ […]
First Meeting Of The Governing Board Of BIMSTEC Energy Centre
First Meeting Of The Governing Board Of BIMSTEC Energy Centre: India hosted the first meeting of the Governing Board of BIMSTEC Energy Centre (BEC) on 27th February, 2023 at Shangi-La Hotel. Bengaluru. Shri Ajay Tewari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power, and chairperson of the Governing Board of the BEC, welcomed the delegates from BIMSTEC member […]
Senior Mission Leaders (SML) Course
Senior Mission Leaders (SML) Course: The Central government has sought nominations for Senior Mission Leaders’ (SML) course to be held in Japan’s capital Tokyo from June 19 to 30 this year. The Union Home Ministry has directed all states and Union Territories to nominate three candidates – one each from the military, police, and civilian […]
New START : Russia Has Announced To Suspend Its Participation
New START : Russia Has Announced To Suspend Its Participation Russia has announced to suspend its participation in the New START, the last remaining major military agreement with the United States. The name START comes from the original “Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty”, known as START-I, which was signed between the US and the erstwhile USSR […]
Asia Economic Dialogue 2023
Asia Economic Dialogue 2023: The Ministry of External Affairs recently hosted the Asia Economic Dialogue in Pune. The main focus of the dialogue was on Geo-economics. It was conducted under the theme “Asia and the Emerging World Order”. The dialogue also focused on the metaverse, the role of the global south in shaping the G20 […]