EU, ASEAN to bolster strategic ties
Underlining its intent to upscale relations with the 10-nation ASEAN, The European Union inaugurated its mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta on January 26. “We try to elevate the relations we have with ASEAN to the strategic level,” Francisco Fontan Pardo, the EU ambassador to ASEAN, told a press conference in the […]
India, France aim high, to partner in Mars dream
Red Planet is inspiring India and France to aim higher. Taking their blossoming relations to a higher trajectory, India and France have decided to enhance their cooperation in space technology by agreeing to jointly develop India’s Mars mission.
From thinking smart to action: First 20 smart cities in India shortlisted
India’s dream of world-class urban infrastructure, with eco-friendly habitats, is set to acquire wings in the coming months with the government announcing a list of the first 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted earlier.
Kerry calls North Korea ‘a threat to the world’
As North Korea battles international isolation, the US has labelled North Korea as a threat. Nuclear-armed North Korea poses an “overt threat, a declared threat to the world”, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Beijing on January 27. This comes in the wake of Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test earlier this month. The US […]