Category: Politics

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. India and the Netherlands yesterday held their first Ministerial-level meeting of the Joint Working Group in New Delhi. 2. Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy hosted the 20th Session of Culture Ministers’ Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Read more

1. Shri Mahavir Jayanti 2023: Celebrating the Birth of Lord Mahavir today. According to the Jaina tradition, Lord Mahavira is the last among the 24 Tirthankaras, Tirthankara is the ultimate form of a being or the saviour who has succeeded Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. Delegates from 14 countries on Sunday arrived in Agartala to attend the two-day G20 summit in the city starting April 3 on the theme of ‘Clean Energy for Greener Future’.The delegates and close to 90 high officials Read more

Single-day rise of 3,016 fresh Covid-19 cases in India; highest in nearly six months while active cases increased to 13,509. The country’s Covid-19 death toll has increased to 5,30,862 with 14 latest fatalities — three reported by Maharashtra, two from Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. Amit Kshatriya, an Indian-American engineer with expertise in software and robotics, has been appointed 1. the inaugural head of NASA’s newly-established Moon to Mars Programme. 2. The European Commission (EC) has awarded protected geographical indication (PGI) status Read more

1. PM Modi will be visiting Hyderabad on April 8 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for multiple infrastructure projects, said Union Minister G Kishan Reddy. During the visit, PM Modi will also flag off a Vande Bharat train Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. A Parliamentary Delegation from Israel led by the Speaker of Knesset Amir Ohana called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 2. 2nd three-day, Tourism Working Group Meeting under India’s G20 Presidency to begin at Siliguri to Read more

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bhopal, PM Modi to attend Combined Commanders’ Conference-2023 at Kushabhau Thakre Hall in Bhopal. Prime Minister will flag off Vande Bharat Express train between Bhopal & New Delhi at Rani Kamlapati Railway Station, Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. G20 members have extended full support to the developmental priorities that have been spelt out by India in the bilateral and troika meetings held on Thursday. 2. India to unveil its new Foreign Trade Policy 2023-28 in Read more