1. Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International, released the 2017 corruption perception index and has ranked India at 81 among 180 countries and territories.    a) In 2017 India’s score is 40 – the same as 2016, and an increase since 2015, when it was 38.    b) The least corrupt countries are New Zealand and Denmark […]

1.       In the West Java province of the archipelago country, the Indian and Indonesian armies began the sixth edition of their annual military exercises. ·         At Bandung, the opening ceremony of the two-week Garuda Shakti military drill between the Special Forces of the Indian Army and the Indonesian Army was held. ·         Along with Indonesian

1.       Every year on 20th February, Social Equality Justice day is observed. ·         “Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice”, is the theme of World Day of Social Justice 2018. ·         It is a day recognizing the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment. 2.       Mandarin as

1.       Towards improvement of delivery of healthcare services, “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has great potential.This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare during his address at Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia. ·         Using ICT under Digital India Program of Government of India”, India is

1.       Foundation stone of the New Mumbai International Airport, has laided by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ·         Bhumi Poojan ceremony for the upcoming airport performed by him. He highlighted the importance of transportation in the faster growth of the economy. ·         To keep with globalisation it is important to get top quality infrastructure, said

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit will be hosted by East China’s Qingdao City in June this year. Including Confucius, many ancient Chinese thinkers birthplace is the Shandong. In 2017, its GDP exceeded 2 trillion yuan. As full members, the summit has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan. On a three-day State visit,

A Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of genetic/taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India, including species and habitat conservation assessments, etc. has been signed by Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Natural History Museum (NHM), UK NHM will help BSI in capacity building in areas of systematic botany and long-term conservation

After the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced that he has submitted a resignation letter. Ethiopia has been rocked by months of protests demanding wider freedoms that have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands In one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, the protests have disrupted life and business. In

Nine major global power markets, including India’s Tamil Nadu, have achieved an outsize share of wind and solar generation, showed by US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in a new research. The report, ‘Power-Industry Transition, Here and Now’, includes case studies of markets — ranked by relative share of reliance on variable

National Productivity Day on February 12, and National Productivity Week till 18th February is observed, the National Productivity Council. It is the 60th Anniversary of the National Productivity Council and is being celebrated as Diamond Jubilee Year. As the theme for the National Productivity Week -2018, “Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India “ has been

From February 11-13, The World Government Summit 2018 is being held in India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been thanked for visiting as guest of honour to the World Government Summit by Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister. The three-day event, which was first held in Dubai

For setting up of India-Palestine Super-specialty hospital at Beit Sahour in Bethelhem Governorate at a cost ofUS$ 30 million, MOU between India and Palestine. At a cost of US$ 5 million, MOU between India and Palestine for construction of India Palestine Centre for Empowring women, “Turathi”. At a cost of US$ 5 million, MOU between

In the latest international Intellectual Property (IP) index released by the US Chambers of Commerce, ranking 44th out of 50 countries, India has “increased substantially” its score. India overall increased its score substantially from 25 per cent (8.75 out of 35) in the 5th edition of the Index to 30 per cent (12.03 out of 40)

In a 10-year-old graft case, A Special Court in Dhaka has sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail for five years. The court also sentenced her son, Tarique Rahman, and four others to jail for 10 years. Rahman is a resident of The case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for accusing Zia

On 6 February, The Times Higher Education (THE) released the list of the best colleges in Asia in the Asia University Rankings 2018. There are 42 Indian Universities in the list but none in top 25. India managed to improve its score on the index with a total of 42 finding a place among just