India named a 23-member squad to represent the country at the Asian Junior Badminton Championship.  The tournament will be held in Suzhou, China. boys' singles challenge by Manipur's Maisnam Meiraba Luwang.  An impressive total of 1000 points by virtue of a fine run in the domestic ...

Nepal celebrates 5th International Day of Yoga. Government of Nepal planned to organize a yoga program in Kathmandu to celebrate the International Day of Yoga. International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide about the benefits of practicing yoga. The 2019 Theme: Yoga for Climate ...

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs chaired the 20th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) held in New Delhi.  It was attended by senior officers of the Government of India and the Financial Sector Regulators. The meeting reviewed the current global and ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday cancelled his trip to Sri Lanka, still recovering from the Easter Sunday bombings, due to "unavoidable scheduling conflicts" during his visit to the Indo-Pacific region next week. Pompeo's trip to Colombo was aimed at expressing America's solidarity ...

India-Bangladesh cooperation a channel owned on the Doordarshan Free Dish will be available for the viewers of Doordarshan in our country.  DD India would be made available in Bangladesh for being viewed by the people in that country. This arrangement is as a result of the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global campaign named "AWaRe" urging governments to adopt a tool to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), adverse events and costs. It is developed by the WHO Essential Medicines List.  It is classified ...

Microsoft owned GitHub acquired US(United States) based start-up Pull Panda Firm which creates code review tools for the platform for an undisclosed sum Pull Panda offered its products include Pull Reminders, Pull Analytics, and Pull Assigner as a subscription model.  All these products ...

To support startups and entrepreneurs working in the information and communications technology (ICT) space, the government of India is planning to set up of 51 new startup incubators across India as part of its Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE) 2.0 scheme, Ministry of ...

Unemployment has been a very crucial issue in the country. There has been efforts to curb this menace as many youth are roaming on the road unemployed. The growing population of the country is posing a threat to the employment opportunities. With the second highest population in the world, we are ...

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is the most expensive bowler in World Cup history. He is the world’s No.3 ODI bowler. He played Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League The record earlier belonged to New Zealand’s Martin Snedden 105 runs for two wickets against England in the 1983 World ...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) co-hosted the 12th Capacity Building workshop in New Delhi. The cooperation with the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre ('SC) in New Delhi.  It began on June 19, 2019, and ...

Indian engineer Nitesh Kumar Jangir whose low-cost neonatal breathing device saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns. India won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General's Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London. Nitesh Kumar Jangir created Saans as a ...