French envoy hails Modi-Macron bond as 'key asset' in troubled timesThe French Ambassador to India emphasized the strong relationship between Prime Minister Modi and President Macron as a key asset. He highl...
04 Oct, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
UNGA adopts resolution on multilingualism, mentions Hindi language for first timeThe resolution passed on Friday encourages the UN to continue disseminating important communications and messages in official as well as in...
11 Jun, 2022, 04.59 PM IST
NEP's move to teaching in mother tongue could transform learning in IndiaThe National Education Policy, 2020 has advocated, that "wherever possible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferabl...
19 Feb, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
India condemns abuse of UN platform by Pakistan to propagate false, malicious propaganda against itAt the meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly that deals with Social, Humanitarian & Cultural issues, Sharma spoke after...
22 Oct, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
IIT Guwahati students' startup develops AI-based app for farmersThe app along with the IOT hardware has been tested for the past 3 months with 500 farmers and 2 tea estates.
15 Dec, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
India, with 12 nations, leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that apart from fighting the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the world is also seeing a "dangerous...
14 Jun, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
Government reaches out to IT majors for health worker training“There is an increasing need to not only leverage smartphones but also feature phones in accelerating the process of contact tracing and id...
02 Apr, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says 10% growth not possible without improving HDIIndia is currently growing at 7.5% but aspires for a 10% growth for faster expansion of economy's size.
28 Jul, 2018, 07.50 PM IST
Modi government plans to make all public services available on mobile phonesThe move would be a vital element of India’s push to improve its ranking of 119 out of 193 countries in the UN E-Government Index.
30 Jan, 2016, 06.42 AM IST
UN Secretary General election process kicks offThe two also made a special emphasis on the need for members states to nominate women candidates for the job of the world's top diplomat.
16 Dec, 2015, 09.22 AM IST
Raghu Dixit concert in support of UN goals lights up Old FortRaghu Dixit rooted for the new global goals of the United Nations aimed at tackling poverty, inequality and climate change during a concert...
25 Sep, 2015, 02.49 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' to focus on affordability for inclusive development'Digital India' programme launched by PM Narendra Modi seeks to address digital divide and focus on affordability for inclusive development.
02 Jul, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
Avoid the headache of micronationsThey should also factor in the debut of Liberland on the Croatian-Serbian border just the month before, which further expanded the list of ...
19 May, 2015, 06.34 AM IST
Labour ministry plans central scheme to track movement of migrant workersThe move will benefit migrant workers, who will be monitored through a national coordination system to be built by the Centre and the state...
18 Feb, 2015, 05.28 AM IST
India, Pakistan spar over Kashmir at United Nations General AssemblyIndian delegate Mayank Joshi stressed that Pakistan's "unsolicited comments" pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir were "factually incorrect".
04 Nov, 2014, 12.39 PM IST
Yoga fosters holistic approach to life: India tells UN"By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change," Modi had said proposing that June 21 be de...
28 Oct, 2014, 07.26 PM IST
"Vishwaroopam" released in Karnataka, police assures full security"Vishwaroopam" was finally released today in Karnataka after the state police gave an assurance of providing adequate security.
29 Jan, 2013, 03.55 PM IST