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MoU Between Norway and CPWD Approved
Current Affairs: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between SINTEF,...
USA Returns Cultural Artefacts to India
The USA returned over 200 cultural artefacts estimated at $100 million to India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing visit to USA.
Items returned included...
India USA Dispute Over Solar Cells in WTO
The United States, which had initiated the dispute in 2013, said at the special meeting of the DSB that it was pleased with all...
India Uruguay Cooperation in Customs Matters
The Union Cabinet of India has approved signing and ratifying an Agreement between India and Uruguay regarding Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters.
The...
India-Belgium Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
India and Belgium have signed a Protocol amending the existing Agreement and Protocol between the two countries for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the...
India Ratifies International Labour Conventions
India has ratified the two Core Conventions of International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions 138 regarding admission of age to employment and Convention 182 regarding worst...
India Joins USA ‘Global Entry Programme’
India recently signed International Expedited Traveler Initiative Programme with the United States.
Global Entry is a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that allows...
India Re-Elected as Member of International Maritime Council
India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization under Category “B” at the 30th session of the Assembly of...
USA Increases H-1B, L-1 Visa Fee
Current Affairs: The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to $4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT...
3 Nations Computer Emergency Response Teams
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) signed between Indian Computer Emergency Response...
Permanent Residency Status to Foreign Investors
The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the scheme for grant of Permanent Residency Status (PRS) to foreign...
Important Facts on India Japan Relations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a summit meeting on November 11, 2016. Following the Joint Statement, they instructed relevant...
India UAE Cooperation in Road Transport Sector
The Union Cabinet headed by PM Modi has approved the MoU between India and the United Arab Emirates on Bilateral Cooperation in the Road...
India-UK Defence Partnership: Latest Developments
The UK Secretary of State for Defence Sir Michael Fallon paid four-day visit to India in April 2017. The India-UK delegation level talks were held...
India-USA MoU on Homeland Security
Indian government has approved signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between India and the United States of America on Homeland Security.
The Memorandum of Cooperation will...
India-Nepal MOU on Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Nepal on Drug Demand Reduction and...
List of Agreements Signed with Morocco
A delegation of the Moroccan Government met Indian Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources in New Delhi.
The two sides discussed...
India, ASEAN and EAS in 2015
The 10th India-ASEAN summit culminated in the adoption of an ASEAN-India plan of action for the period 2016 to 2020, entitled “Partnership for Peace,...
India and Free-Trade Agreements
Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) have been proliferating, especially since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1994. As of 1st December 2015,...
India Raises Balochistan Issue at UN
At the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, India raised the issue of Balochistan for the first time before the...
Cabinet Approves MoUs With Foreign Countries
MoU between India and Vietnam in the field of Information Technology (IT)
The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the MoU between...
India Sanctions $340 million Loan to Nepal
India has sanctioned a soft loan of 340 million US dollar to Nepal for various infrastructure development programmes. Under this programme Mahalaki bridge and...
5th India Morocco Joint Commission Meet
The 5th India Morocco Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was held in Rabat in May 2017. The JCM was anchored by Commerce and Industry Minister...
India-Bangladesh Agreement on Protection of Investments
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the Joint Interpretative Notes (JIN) on the Agreement between India and Bangladesh for the Promotion and...
Official Position of India on Rohingyas
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh while addressing at a National seminar on Good Governance, Development and Human Rights, organized by the National Human...
BIMSTEC Summit 2018: Outcomes and Analysis
The fourth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technological and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit concluded in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu with a resolve by all...
Talks with Nepal on Construction of Sapt Kosi Dam
Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti has informed that India has held talks with government of Nepal to find...
5th Edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
Admiral RK Dhowan, the Chief of the Naval Staff is on an official visit to Bangladesh from 10 to 14 Jan 16 to attend...
USA India Clean Energy Initiatives Launched
India and the USA announced the setting up of two financial assistance programmes worth $60 million for supporting India’s much-needed clean energy initiatives including...
Brazil President’s Visit to India
Mr. Michel Temer, President of Brazil, paid official visit to India on 17 October 2016. He was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
India Kazakhstan Sign Protocol on Double Taxation
India and Kazakhstan signed a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) between the two countries which was earlier signed on...
India Revokes Ban on Import from Vietnam
Indian government has revoked the temporary suspension on import of six farm products including coffee, black pepper and cinnamon from Vietnam.
Ban was revoked after both...
CSIR Signs Agreement With MIDI Institute Ethiopia
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has entered into an agreement with the Metal Industries Development Institute (MIDI), Ethiopia to implement a...
Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Check Post in News
The Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Check Post is a major route for India-Bangladesh bilateral trade. In order to facilitate movement of cargo across the border, India...
India-Germany Financial Cooperation Agreement
The Government to Government Umbrella Agreement between India and Germany concerning Financial Cooperation in 2016 (II) under the Indo-German Development Cooperation was signed to...
Adoption of the New Delhi Declaration 2015
The two day Regional Conference on ‘The Use of Money in Politics and Its Effects on People’s Representation’ culminated in the New Delhi Declaration...
India Russia Cooperation in Exploratory Research
The Union Cabinet was apprised about signing of an agreement between India and Russia in May 2015.
The Agreement provides for competitive research grants to...
India UK MoU on Cyber Security
The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the MoU signed on 20th May, 2016 between Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and Ministry of...
India Bhutan Sign Bilateral Trade Agreement
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Tengye Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Minister for Economic Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan signed the Agreement on Trade,...
Indian Ocean Rim Association Creates Special Fund
Ministry of MSME, Government of India finalised MoU on MSME Cooperation with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member countries. The MoU will take effect...
India-France Railways Cooperation
Recently, minister for Railways Mr Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, held meeting with Minister of State for Transport, Marine Affairs and Fisheries of France, Mr Alain...
India-Saudi Arabia Cooperation in Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under the administration of Ministry of Power, has signed a MoU with National Energy Services Company, Kingdom of Saudi...
New Bridge Over Mechi River at Indo-Nepal Border
The Union Cabinet approved a MoU to be signed between India and Nepal for laying down implementation arrangement on Cost sharing, Schedules and Safeguard...
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography Approved
Indian government has approved the establishment of International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography, as a Category-2 Centre (C2C) of UNESCO, in Hyderabad.
The purpose of...
India USA Relations in 2015
India USA Relations in 2015: Highlights
The new government’s diplomatic calendar began with a trailblazing visit by US President Barack Obama to India as the...
India Bangladesh Power Transmission Started
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, jointly dedicated via video-conferencing, the second cross border transmission interconnection system...
India China Sign MoU on Tea Production
India and China have joined hands to promote sustainable tea production and consumption.
The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) and China Tea Marketing...
India Vietnam Sign Nuclear Agreement
India and Vietnam has signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement. This agreement will further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
The two countries...
Outcomes of India-China Strategic Dialogue
India's Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar met China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi to initiate the strategic dialogue between the two countries. This was the first strategic...
India-Fiji MoU on Defence Cooperation
The Minister of Defence of Fiji, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola accompanied by his delegation met the Indian Minister of Defence Arun Jaitley in New Delhi.
The...
India-Bangladesh Cooperation on Cyber Security
The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the MoU between India and Bangladesh on cyber security cooperation.
This MoU was signed between Indian Computer Emergency...
First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the first Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Disaster Management Exercise (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017).
The...
India USA 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
The inaugural India-USA Ministerial 2+2 Dialogue was held in New Delhi. This long-awaited event took place between the senior leadership where Minister of External...
International Science Ministers Meet
An International meet of Science Ministers of various countries was held at Sohna Haryana to discuss several issues including food security, future of oceans...
India Joins International Energy Agency
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for India becoming a member country of the International Energy Agency - Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) by...
BRICS Meet on Energy Savings and Efficiency
The Union Ministry of Power is organising the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Working Group meeting on “Energy Savings & Energy...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Visit to India
Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar, paid a State visit to India from October 17-19, 2016.
She was accompanied by a high-level delegation...
India Japan Commerce Ministers Bilateral Meeting
Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman welcomed the Japanese delegation led by Hiroshige Seko, Minister, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI), Japan.
She...
India Notified Third Protocol of India-Singapore DTAA
India has notified the Third Protocol amending the existing India-Singapore double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA).
The India-Singapore DTAA at present provides for residence based taxation...
India-Korea MOU on Export Credit
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposed MoU between Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) for export credit...
United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Indian government has given its approval for adoption of United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
The adoption of the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official...
International Solar Alliance Becomes Treaty-Based Organization
In terms of its Framework Agreement, with ratification by Guinea as the 15th country on 6th November 2017, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has...
India Contribute to Emergency Response Fund
Current Affairs: India will contribute USD 500,000 to a UN rapid response funding mechanism for the 2015-16 period to support global humanitarian relief operations.
India...
India Armenia Sign Protocol on Double Taxation
A Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention was signed by the Government of India and the Government of Armenia.
The Protocol amends...
New Chapter in India’s Relations with its Neighbors
A new chapter in Customs Cooperation between India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal was opened on 5th September 2016, as a cargo laden truck of...
India USA Competent Authorities Meet
The Bilateral Competent Authority Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) / Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) meeting between India and USA was held in Washington DC, USA.
The...
India Becomes Associate Member of CERN
India became an associate member of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, after the government completed internal approval procedures on the agreement it...
Centre of Excellence in Smart Transportation
MoU was signed between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (India) through the Indian Academy of Highway Engineers and University of New South Wales...
India-Thailand MoU in Controlling Narcotic Drugs
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Thailand was signed in the presence of Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir...
India-Uzbekistan Bilateral Meeting on Trade
The Commerce and Industries Minister, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman and Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Elyor Ganiev, Minister of Foreign Trade...
India-Colombia MOU in Agriculture and Fisheries
The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a MoU between India and Colombia in the field of agriculture and fisheries.
The MoU provides for...
India China Relations in 2015
India China Relations in 2015: Highlights
In our extended neighbourhood, India China Relations in 2015 acquired a new stability and added economic and strategic content.
Building...
India Accede to Ashgabat Agreement
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for India to accede to the Ashgabat Agreement.
Ashgabat Agreement is...
Highlights: Rafale Fighter Jets Deal
India and France signed the Euro 7.87-billion deal for Rafale fighter jets. Following are the highlights of this deal:
1. These jets are equipped with...
India – Indonesia Relations: Latest
The President of Republic of Indonesia H. E. Mr. Joko Widodo paid a State visit to India from 11 to 13 December 2016.
Prime Minister...
Rail Route Connecting India, Iran and Turkey
Indian Railways is going to run a trans-continental container train full of goods from Dhaka to Istanbul, which would cover a 6,000-km journey across...
India-Bangladesh Cooperation on Water Transport
India has decided to finance 80 per cent of the estimated ₹220 crore required for dredging to maintain navigability in the Sirajganj-Daikhawa on the...
India-Palestine Cooperation in Information Technology
The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Palestine on Cooperation in the field of Information Technology...
India-Japan Technical Intern Training Program
The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of "Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)" between India and Japan on the "Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)".
This MoC...
India-Bangladesh Inland Water Transportation
India and Bangladesh discussed various issues pertaining to the protocol arrangements and improvement of inland water transportation between the two countries in the 19th...
India-Malaysia Strategic Partnership
At the invitation of Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi undertook an Official Visit...
India and Maldives Sign MoU on Health
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India...
India Singapore Defence Ministers’ Dialogue
The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited Singapore to attend the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue.
Parrikar met the Minister for Defence of Singapore Dr. Ng Eng Hen...
India-Estonia Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing and ratification of an Agreement between India and Estonia on the transfer of sentenced persons.
Signing...
Outcomes of Visit of President of Rwanda to India
President of Rwanda Mr. Paul Kagame paid official visit to India from 9-11 January 2017.
PM Modi and President Kagame discussed a wide range of...
India-ADB Economic Corridor Development Project
India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been partnering on the economic corridor approach for some time now. Economic Corridor Development contributes to and...
India and Cyprus Agreement on Merchant Shipping
The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Agreement between India and Cyprus on Merchant Shipping, which was signed in April...
India Gifts Ambulances to Nepal
India gifted 30 ambulances and six buses to Nepalese hospitals, charitable organisations and educational institutions on the occasion of its 71st Independence Day.
India’s Ambassador...
India-Afghan Cultural Festival in New Delhi
India-Afghan Cultural Festival was recently held in New Delhi. The Festival was jointly organized by the Government and Embassy of Afghanistan along with the...
Historic Nairobi Package at WTO Conference
Current Affairs: WTO members concluded their Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi on 19 December by securing an historic agreement on a series of trade...
India USA Controversy on API Issue
India has sought clarity from the U.S. government on the ramifications of a recent adjudication, which gave rise to apprehensions that the medicines procured...
Rs.3000cr Released for Indo-Bangla Corridor
The Centre has released an amount of Rs.3000 crore to Bangladesh for development of Indo-Bangla Corridor from Hili in West Bengal to Mahendraganj-Tura in...
India and Free Trade Agreements
India is a member of the following two regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs):
i) Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area or SAFTA whose participating...
India’s Economic Cooperation with Europe
The Government is taking various measures for bringing investment from all over the world, including Central Eastern Europe, to India like opening up Foreign...
Issue of Indian Support Price to Agriculture in WTO
India responded to questions from Australia on its minimum support price for wheat. India said its support prices depended on various factors including the...
ADB Loan for Highways Construction in Rajasthan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $220 million loan for improving connectivity as well as transport efficiency and...
India-Tanzania Meet on Trade
The Fourth Session of the India-Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting was held in New Delhi, on 29th September, 2017.
During the meeting Prime Minister’s state...
India Appointed as Kimberly Process Vice Chair
A Indian official delegation recently attended the KP Plenary Session held at Brisbane, Australia from 9-14 December, 2017.
In one of a landmark decisions favoring...
India’s Relation With Japan and Russia
Following are the Highlights of India's Relation With Japan and Russia:
INDIA JAPAN RELATIONS IN 2015
Our relations with Japan were revitalised by Prime Minister Shinzo...
China Block India’s Bid To Ban Masood Azhar
China again blocked India's bid to ban Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar. China is one of the five permanent members of the UN...