Xiomara Castro was sworn in as the first female President of Honduras on 27 January 2022. The former first lady takes over after two terms of President Juan Orlando Hernandez. The 62-year-old Castro replaces President Juan Orlando Hernández, as 56th President of Honduras. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa for resounding performance in the parliamentary elections in Portugal and his re-election. Mr Modi said, he is looking forward to continue deepening the warm and time-tested relationship with Portugal. ...

The world’s largest canal lock has been inaugurated at Ijmuiden, a small port city, in the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The sea lock was inaugurated by Dutch King Willen-Alexander on January 26, 2022. The 500-meter (1,640-feet) long and 70-meter wide sluice replaces a smaller, nearly ...

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Nations in 2005 as an international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The United Nations designated 27 January (the liberation of Auschwitz) as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal 2021-22 (FY22) to 9 percent, in its latest world economic outlook report, released on January 25, 2022. In its latest update of World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, the Washington-based ...

Apple has retained its position as the most valuable brand in 2022 as well, according to the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report. The brand valuation of Apple was recorded at $355.1 billion in 2022, which is an increase of 35% from last year. This is the highest ...

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian tendered his resignation on 23 January 2022, saying he believes the country's constitution does not give him sufficient powers to influence events. As per Sarkissian, his office is not granted sufficient powers to allow him to be an effective head of state. ...

The Oscar-nominated Tamil film ‘Koozhangal’, has bagged the Best Film Award in the Asian Film Competition category at the Dhaka International Film Festival 2022. Information and Broadcasting Minister of Bangladesh Hasan Mahmud gave away the awards as Chief Guest during the ...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank has committed USD 150 million to invest in the development of data centres that mostly serve emerging Asia. This project is being AIIB’s 1st data centre project. India is a key founding member of AIIB. ...

India and Israel have launched a commemorative logo on January 24, 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The logo was unveiled virtually yesterday at an online event in the presence of Ambassador of Israel to ...