Afghanistan fter the collapse of the Taliban regime in December 2001, the new government of Afghanistan focused on promoting cordial relations with South Asian countries. Its relations with SAARC member countries are of supreme importance. The location of the country is very important for other SAAR...
Bangladesh, as a proponent of regional cooperation, has always played a leading role in SAARC. Bangladesh has taken the full advantage of corridor diplomacy of the SAARC summit, which is a major feature of SAARC’s role in improving bilateral relations.According to the IMF, Bangladesh’s economy i...
Q. What are the specific focus areas of the SAARC CCI SME Council?A. We are coming out with an information portal to integrate SMEs across the SAARC region. There will be specified guidelines to register and log in to the portal and access all the relevant information on sectors and products related...
Many women from nondescript backward villages of Beawar in Rajasthan, who were too scared to think about their future a year ago, now sit on electric sewing machines at the Shree Stree Shakti Yojna Centre stitching designer dressesand bags as they greet each other in English while calculating the co...
According to reliable reports, almost 300,000 Rohingya refugees have been forced to flee Myanmar. Eye witness accounts have also confirmed the relentless violence targeted against the Rohingya Muslims, in which hundreds including women children and elderly have been slaughtered. These inhuman crimes...
The World Bank has identified empowerment as one of the key constituent elements of poverty reduction and a primary development assistance goal. NITI Aayog, in its ‘Action Agenda Draft’ released on April 2017, stressed on the importance of promoting equal participation of women in the Indian eco...
Bahadi Tudu, a tribal from Madhuban village in the Dumka district of Jharkhand, is a member of a self-help group operating under the ‘Mission 2020: Lakhpati Kisan – Smart Villages’ programme. Coordinated by the Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives of Jamshedpur, the nodal agency o...
Dr. Vasileios Stavropoulos, a senior lecturer in clinical psychology and coordinator of the Gaming Research Group at Federation University, Australia, says six criteria must be met in order to classify excessive internet gaming as an addiction. That criteria includes a frequent preoccupation or obse...
Addiction to the internet has taken alarming proportions. While internet addiction is not recognised as a separate disorder by the American Psychiatric Association, countries like China, South Korea and Taiwan have taken the matter seriously. It cannot be disregarded that technology has made t...
UrbanClap Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, one of the fastest growing start-ups in India, is a one stop destination for all urban lifestyle services. The Bengaluru-based home-services company was founded in mid-2014 by Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Varun Khaitan, and Raghav Chandra, with an aim to create an onlin...