Asia and Norway

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) brings together composers, musicians and singers from across India, contributing recordings from their homes, in a beautiful musical creation “United we Fight”.  Written …

The members of the European Parliament, experts and political activists from Pakistan have strongly criticized Islamabad for making full use of world’s Covid distraction to silence the dissident voice. While …

Buddhists from across the world prayed for the victims of coronavirus and honoured the medical professionals as they joined the virtual Buddha Poornima celebrations and Global Prayer Week on Thursday.The …

8th of May 2020 marks the second anniversary of the US illegal withdrawal from a multilateral nuclear deal known as the JCPOA. The US regime has had a dark and …

After a comprehensive review, and in view of the Lockdown measures having led to significant gains in the COVID-19 situation in the country, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of …

China’s efforts to take advantage of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to widen its economic and geopolitical clout has put at risk the already burdening, yet developing countries having …

The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund faces serious questions over the conduct of its outgoing chief executive and the selection process of his successor amid a scandal involving a luxury …

Announces extension of lockdown till 3rd May High Risk Areas and Hotspots to be under constant vigil. Ease of Certain Restrictions in Low Risk Areas from 20 April; Detailed guidelines to …

A new programme “Addressing Gender Biased Sex Selection and related harmful practices in Viet Nam” has been launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for three years from 2020 …

Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed India’s financial package and stressed the need for other governments to follow suit at a juncture when …

Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi held a video conference with the Heads of all of India’s Embassies and High Commissions worldwide at 1700 hrs today. This conference—the first …

Violent clashes erupted on a bridge between China’s virus-stricken Hubei province and neighbouring Jiangxi province, days after authorities relaxed an epidemic lockdown. Police vehicles were overturned and police scuffled with …

President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in a televised address to the nation, explained the government’s extraordinary measures to contain the novel Covid-19 coronavirus. He also announced a package of state …

Multinational Scatec Solar plans to invest 70 million USD to build a 70MW solar photovoltaic plant in Labuan Bajo, a famous tourist destination in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara. The plant’s capacity is …

India – Firstly, despite sharing a border of 3,488 kilometers with China, India has only reported 78 cases and 1 death- compare that with 596 cases and 8 deaths in …

Union Home Minister of India, Mr. Amit Shah held a review meeting to take stock of prevailing law and order situation in Delhi, in view of recent riots affecting the …

India and Norway on Tuesday signed a total of four memorandum of understanding (MoUs) in the field of research and higher education. A delegation of prominent education and research institutions …

Central Asia, gaining a new regional identity, plays an increasingly important role in international affairs, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the Munich Security Conference last weekend, the New Europe …

Mir Junaid, a Kashmiri activist, who met a delegation of 15 foreign envoys on Thursday during their visit to the Valley, slammed Pakistan stating that it has no locus standi …

India’s Minister for Earth Sciences, H.E. Dr Harsh Vardhan, and Norway’s Minister for Climate and Environment, H.E. Mr Sveinung Rotevatn, opened the India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable …

India has amended its Citizenship Act of 1955 in December 2019 to allow persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Christian faiths who have illegally migrated into India over …

Norway and India agree to cooperate closely to investigate the possibility of establishing a global agreement to stop plastic pollution. The ministers of environment from the two countries met in …

The most attractive areas for investment are mining industry and manufacturing area. Investments allowed to implement nine investment projects in Kazakhstan, and in 2020, their number will amount to 33 …

A widespread and unseemly controversy has broken out in India over the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2019 that fast tracks Indian citizenship for persecuted …

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex body which manages Sikh shrines, will send a four-member delegation to Pakistan to take stock of the situation following a mob attack …