Swiss citizens voted against guaranteed basic income plan
The citizens of Switzerland have voted against the guaranteed basic income plan introduced under the Swiss popular initiative system. Reports say that over seventy seven percentage people have strongly rejected the plan proposing free-salary...
PM Modi inks vital agreements with Qatar; embarks to Switzerland
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani have inked vital agreements to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two aggressively developing countries. Notably, India and Qatar reached agreement on...
Amma’s AIADMK likely to support NDA
Offering strong voice to the central government in the Upper House, J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK is planning to support NDA government from outside. Though BJP is a strong force in the lower house, the Lok Sabha,...
Armenian row: German MPs voted against Turks
While the German administration is eagerly waiting to achieve a stable policy with the Turks over the migrant issue, its MPs voted against the Turkish government’s declaration on the infamous Armenian massacre. The resolution...
India, Tunisia ink two MoUs on IT, traditional-handicraft
While visiting Tunisia during his two-nation trip, the Vice-President of India, Hamid Ansari, had inked two MoUs, Memorandum of Understanding, on ‘information and technology’ and ‘handicraft’ with his Tunisian counterpart Habib Essid on...
EU issues formal warning to Poland
In a bid to protect the rule of law in Poland, the European Union has given a formal warning letter to the newly elected Polish government. Recently, the newly-elected, ‘conservative and populist law and justice’,...
US senator criticizes India’s anti-conversion policy, corruption
Highlighting the importance of religious freedom in a democratic country, a senior US senator, Benjamin Louis Ben Cardin, strongly criticised India’s anti-conversion policy. He observed that the anti-conversion law in the country is wrongly...
Kenya set to shut World’s largest refugee camp
Kenyan government has decided to shut the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab camp, in order to avert the internal security-threats. As per report, it was home to at least three lakh innocent somalin citizens, who...
NGT seeks pollution status: diesel vehicle won’t cause much pollution, says centre
The National Green Tribunal sought pollution status from the states to access the level of pollution in the worst-hit cities. A NGT bench headed by Chairperson Swatanter Kumar directed the states to submit the detailed...
Petrobras issue continues to stir Brazil; another minister resigns
The Minister on anti-corruption of the newly-appointed Brazil government, Fabiano Silveira, has given his resignation after facing wide outrage. The critics allege that Mr Silveira has tactically tried to foil an investigation over the infamous...