In the 87th Izmir International tradeshow, India is set to launch a mega business pavilion ‘Source India’ hosting 75 Indian companies with the aim of tie-ups in order to increase India’s exports to Turkey and other neighbouring countries.
Turkey Capital- Ankara ,Izmir- Turkey’s 3rd most populous city.
M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India addressed the 2nd World Hindu Congress (WHC) being held in Chicago, on the occasion of 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historic Speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893.
WHC 2018 Theme: Sumantrite Suvikrante
IBCCI will participate with a strong contingent of F&B buyers in Indusfood-II 2019 to source their food and beverage requirements from India. Under it, Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) is working to attract maximum buyers from the SAARC countries.
IBCCI -India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce, HQ- Dhaka.
A contingent of the Indian Army’s 61 Cavalry based in Jaipur is in Israel to participate in the centenary celebrations of Israel’s liberation of Haifa by the Indian troops. Haifa Day is celebrated by the government of Israel in September every year.
The contingent is being led by Major Arpit Rathee.
Congress Leader Kapil Sibal authored book, Shades of Truth – A Journey Derailed was released. The book, seeks to demystify the Modi magic and assess the delivery on the ground based on the promises made by his government.
Kapil Sibal -Former HRD Minister of India.
For India’s first manned space mission, ISRO and CNES, have set up a working group to combine the expertise in fields of space medicine, astronaut health monitoring, life support, radiation protection, space debris protection etc.
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)- French Space Agency
Indian shooter Hriday Hazarika notched up a gold medal in the 10m air rifle junior men's event of the ISSF World Championships. The women’s 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan, Shreya Agarwal & Manini Kaushik also clinched a gold with a world record.
Men World No. 1 in10m air rifle event - Istvan Peni of Hungary.
The Six-day Joint exercise SLINEX-2018, between India & Sri Lanka, started in Trincomalee. It will involve conduct of joint training, professional lectures, exchange of expertise, helicopter and maritime patrol aircraft operations, weapon drills etc.
SLINEX 2017 was held at Visakhapatnam in September last year.
State-run telecom firm BSNL has roped in Indian boxer MC Mary Kom as its brand ambassador for two years. BSNL will run television commercials, print advertisements and tariff plan endorsement with her.
BSNL CEO- Shri Anupam Shrivastava.
Iconic actor Burt Reynolds passes away, he was 82. He was one of the top movie actors of the 1970s, showing his dramatic & comedic range in movies, his acting career, forged from classes he took at Palm Beach Junior College, began in TV in the late 1950s.
He earned an Emmy award for Evening Shade, his fifth TV series.