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Who is Alexander De Croo, Belgium's new PM | Know more

Belgium formed a new government on Wednesday, 16 months on from an inconclusive election, with caretaker finance minister Alexander De Croo named as the new prime minister.

Sep 30, 2020

Indian Mountaineer, Harshvardhan Joshi promotes sustainable energy; plans solar-powered expedition to Everest

He advocates for decentralized energy as the most sustainable way of providing electricity. It negates transmission and distribution rights and can be customized to the needs and wants of the user.

Sep 30, 2020

Trump accidentally tweeted his tax returns; it is worse than NYT exposé [Details]

If you think $70k hair-styling bill was unforgivable, read on to know about what's far more important and requires urgent attention.

Sep 29, 2020

Prime Minister Modi to virtually address the UNGA; will focus on counter-terrorism [Details]

At the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the assembly. His speech which will focus on action against terrorism and sustainability among other issues will be aired at 9 am local time (6:30 PM IST) on Saturday.

Sep 26, 2020

TikTok's homegrown rival app Chingari claims 30 million downloads in 3 months

Short-video sharing platform Chingari on Monday claimed it has garnered more than 30 million organic users on its platform in just three months.

Sep 21, 2020

Donald Trump: North Korea’s intercontinental missile ‘won’t happen’

In bumpy UN dealings, Trump found backing on North Korea, isolation on Iran

Though famously skeptical of the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump harnessed its collective power to impose crushing sanctions on North Korea in a bid to start talks with Pyongyang, but faces frustration over a similar push on Iran.

Sep 18, 2020

India drop by a spot to 109 in latest FIFA rankings

Compared to last year the Indian football team had dropped a slot from 108 to 109 this year with 1187 points. There were no release of rankings in August this year.

Sep 18, 2020

NSA Ajit Doval walks out of SCO's NSA meet in Russia after Pakistani NSA projects 'fictitious' map

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava put out a statement saying what exactly happened. Srivastava said that the Pakistani NSA deliberately projected a fictitious map that Pakistan has recently been propagating.

Sep 15, 2020

Liverpool to kick-off Premier League title defence against Leeds United

Fans are eagerly awaiting the Premier League. Liverpool is also setting to make a strong mark this season against the Leeds United.

Sep 12, 2020

Harsh Vardhan Shringla (Foreign Minister of India)

Full text of Foreign Secy of India's address with ICWA

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the Foreign Secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs, joined an online discussion on the topic of "The Broad Canvas of Indian Diplomacy during the Pandemic." Full text of his speech.

Sep 4, 2020

Who was Katyayani Shankar Bajpai, India's former envoy who died at 92

Bajpai was called 'a man of many seasons'; he was into writing, academics, culinary field and held several distinguished posts.

Aug 31, 2020

Kavkaz 2020 Military exercise: Explaining why India opted out

Earlier this month, India has confirmed its participation in the exercise.

Aug 30, 2020

Documentary of 2020 Women's T20 WC released on Netflix

Netflix will be releasing the documentary on the Women's T20 world cup in 2020 on Friday. ICC makes its statement on 'Beyond the Boundary' ahead of release.

Aug 14, 2020

Indian-American 'serial entrepreneur' held for single $5.5 mn COVID relief fraud

US authorities have arrested Seattle-based Mukund Mohan, a serial entrepreneur and former executive at Amazon and Microsoft, for allegedly defrauding the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) with forged documents and embezzling more than $5.5 million in Covid-19 relief funds.

Jul 25, 2020

India, US closing in on limited trade deal: Piyush Goyal

India is seeking concessions for generic drugs it exports to the United States in return for opening its dairy markets and slashing tariffs on farm goods as the two sides seek to clinch a new trade accord, three sources told Reuters.

Jul 22, 2020

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