terrorism
Paris emotional as Bataclan reopens to public
November 14, 2016
France marked the first anniversary of the Paris attacks, and saw the Bataclan concert hall reopened with a performance by internationally-acclaimed musician Sting.
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World Travel Market concludes on a high note
November 11, 2016
The World Travel Market (WTM) in London along with the decision makers of the world tourism industry pledged measures against global concerns like terrorism and natural disasters.
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Will Britain relax stringent visa rules for Indians?
November 10, 2016
British Prime Minister Theresa May was in India on a three-day visit beginning on November 6 and discussed the post-Brexit Britain’s relations with India and the way forward. She ended her visit with a trip to centuries old Shri Someshwara Temple at Halasuru in Bengaluru. Clad ...
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Modi-May meet emphasises on measures against terrorism
November 8, 2016
India- UK bilateral talks explored the transnational threat of terrorism as both countries vowed to cooperate on addressing the issues of extradition and organised crime.
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Indian IS recruit claims Paris attacker was his group leader
October 24, 2016
An Islamic State (IS) operative from Tamil Nadu in southern India claimed to have been trained under one of the IS masterminds of the Paris attackers.
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India joins the Nuclear Triad club
October 19, 2016
India's first indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant will begin its operations soon. With this development, India has joined the elite Nuclear Triad club of superpowers who can launch nukes from air, land and water.
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Kashmir – Another shade of strife
October 18, 2016
As tourism in Kashmir stays stunted owing to the prolonged shut down, now on its 103rd day, the sustenance of families hasn’t been grimmer. Young entrepreneurs from the valley are however stepping up in midst of the decade-long conflict, punctuated only rarely by peace.
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BRICS 2016 Summit sees modest results
October 18, 2016
The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit, organised this weekend in Goa, India, has not recorded any significant results in order to develop the political and economic cohesion of this group of countries that is still very disparate and often having diver...
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Despite challenges, global travel and tourism continues to surge
August 24, 2016
Despite challenges from terrorism, economic mayhem and major political upheaval such as Brexit, the global travel and tourism industry continues to register strong growth, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says in its latest research report.
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Indian PM Modi speaks on Terrorism on Independence Day
August 16, 2016
Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi gave a 90 plus minute long speech on Indian Independence Day that made clear the government’s stance on violence and terrorism with special relation to Pakistan, drawing reactions from within the country and outside.
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A joint initiative against “conflict diamonds”
May 28, 2016
The European Union and India offered coordinated proposal to chair Kimberley Process (KP), a joint initiative of the governments, industry and civil societies to stem flow of “conflict diamonds” - the rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate g...
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Aiming to reach global audience
May 2, 2016
India is on a look out for good translators to translate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindi speech into English. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in search of an ideal translator who could translate his Hindi speech into English. The objective behind this is to take...
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