June 2019

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 with the people of Sri Lanka as they stand united against […]

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 MoU signed between Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh TV (BTV).

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 antibiotics into three groups – Access, Watch and Reserve.  The main aim to increase

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 available for free at GitHub Marketplace.  Microsoft announced its intention to buy

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 Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) tweeted on Monday. “Proposals for

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 struggling to meet our

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 Cup. Rashid had taken one for 52

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 concluded on June 20, 2019.  The main aim is to

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 breathing support device to avoid deaths of premature babies from respiratory distress syndrome due to a

World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year. The day is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. The theme for 2019 World Refugee day is #StepWithRefugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day. The theme expects communities, schools, businesses, faith groups and people from all walks