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Tokyo Declaration for India – Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership

Tokyo: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe pledged to realize the full potential of India – Japan Strategic and Global Partnership for continuing progress and prosperity for their people and for advancing peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the world. Elevating the …

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Australia to extend the “India Strategic Research Fund” for four years

New Delhi: Ahead of the Australian Prime Minister Mr. Tony Abbot’s first official visit to India next week on September 4, the Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, Mr. Patrick Suckling today called on Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, …

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Ten pilgrims killed in stampede in India

Satna: The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the loss of lives in a stampede at Kamtanath Pahad Temple in Madhya Pradesh. In his message to Shri Ram Naresh Yadav, Governor of Madhya Pradesh, the President has said “I am extremely saddened to learn about the stampede at …

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Risk of Ebola virus cases in India is low

Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%.EVD outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests. The virus is transmitted to people from wild …

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Modernization of Passport Services in India

The Passport Seva Project is one of the largest Mission Mode projects of the Government of India under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The project is being successfully executed by the Ministry of External Affairs in Public-Private-Partnership with Tata Consultancy Services as the Service Partner. The existing infrastructure, systems and …

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Digital India – A programme to transform India into digital empowered society

New Delhi: The Cabinet today at the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi gave its approval for Digital India – A programme to transform India into digital empowered society and knowledge economy.  This is a follow up to the key decisions taken on the design of the …

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Environment – from perspective of Sikhism

Sikhism teaches and encourages us to be selfless, responsible and to live in harmony with the environment. The ethics of environmentalism are enshrined in the basic teachings of Sikhism. The holy book of Sikhs states “Air is the Guru, water is the father and Earth is the great mother. Day …

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