The order, he said, would among other things ensure that “faith-based organizations have equal access to government funding”. At a cermony, he said, “We condemn all crimes against people of faith. And today, we are launching another historic action to promote religious freedom. The faith initiative will help design new policies that recognize the vital … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind felicitated the winners of the 65th National Film Awards at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. Late actor and parliamentarian Vinod Khanna, who passed away last year, was awarded India’s highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke award. The National Award for best female actor went to … Read more
President Trump, who rules the other social media platform Twitter, is in second place with 23.1 million followers, according to the new study “World Leaders on Facebook” released on Wednesday by Burson Cohn & Wolfe. The study analyses the activity of 650 Facebook pages of heads of state and government and foreign ministers from January 1, … Read more
Guterres said the requests need approval from the U.N. Security Council, but he wanted to cooperate to build peace on the Korean peninsula and would assign a U.N. official in charge of arms control to cooperate with South Korea, the Blue House spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom added. Several days before the inter-Korean summit on Friday (April … Read more
Commonwealth Games 2018 has been historic for India in more than one sense: India landed its 500th medal at the event, had a fine run in the Games with 66 medals — mostly gold, and finished third in the medals tally. A comparison of India’s performance in the shooting, wrestling, and weightlifting — three sports … Read more
Briefing reporters at the end of the two-day informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi in the central Chinese city, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said they proposed collaboration in the areas of spirituality, trade, technology, tradition and entertainment including films. “President Xi said that he had seen a number of Indian films, … Read more
Speaking on the occasion, the President urged universities to focus on the kind of education that creates job providers and not job seekers. He also said that women performing better than men in academics has become a trend in all institutions. President Kovind also graced the Satguru Kabir Saheb Mahotsav being organised on the occasion … Read more
