Tag: Commonwealth
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Ups and Downs~III
The Commonwealth that emerged after the Prime Ministers’ Conference (1949), was ‘new’ not only because of a change in its nomenclature from ‘British Commonwealth of Nations to ‘Commonwealth of Nations’
October 29, 2022 -
Ups and Downs~II
India finally won its independence on 15 August 1947. Power was transferred by the British to the two Dominions, India, and Pakistan. It has often been suggested that Britain’s decision.
October 27, 2022 -
President Murmu offers tributes to Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall in London
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday offered tributes to UK's Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall in London.
September 18, 2022 -
IT and mobile apps increased efficiency of Parliament: Speaker Om Birla
He said through information technology, citizens can not only monitor the work of public representatives in Parliament, but also public participation in parliamentary democracy can be made more easy and accessible.
August 25, 2022 -
Rajasthan speaker to attend Commonwealth Parliamentarians’ meet
Dr. CP Joshi will also visit four nations to study the parliamentary functioning from August 22-26. Assembly Secretary Mahavir Prasad Sharma will also accompany him.
August 20, 2022 -
65th C’wealth Parliamentary Conference in Canada from Aug 20
An Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be attending the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference.
August 19, 2022 -
The big game
Olympic football is for age-compliant players with a few big ones thrown into each team. Track and field has its own independent sources of sustenance.
August 7, 2022 -
Haryana: Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist held for bank robbery
The superintendent of police (SP) Special Task Force, Sumit Kumar said Soni (22), who won gold medal in judo (lightweight category) at 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas and is serving the ITBP as constable, was the mastermind of the robbery in the Azad Nagar branch of the Union Bank in Hisar town on 18 April.
April 26, 2022 -
Commonwealth to champion climate-vulnerable states at UN summit
Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland called for urgent action to mobilize the financial support needed for vulnerable nations to cope with the impacts of climate change and build long-lasting resilience.
September 13, 2021 -
Success of Digital India hope for poor and developing countries: Commonwealth Secretary-General
She further said, “If you look at our poorer countries, our smaller, our developing countries, many of them look to the developed nations and they fear that they cannot aspire to do or replicate what the developed countries have done because of the cost. But when they look at India and fact that India is developing these things at scale and at a cost which looks accessible to so many. That brings hope.”
May 24, 2020 -
Queen Elizabeth II delivers special Coronavirus message of resolve in ‘time of disruption’
The head of the 54-member Commonwealth of nations which includes India, acknowledged the grief, pain and financial difficulties being faced the world over during this 'time of disruption' and expressed the hope that the whole world was uniting in a common endeavour.
April 6, 2020 -
India asks Commonwealth to readmit Maldives
The Maldives withdrew from the Commonwealth during the tenure of previous President Abdullah Yameen in 2016 after the Commonwealth expressed serious concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
July 11, 2019 -
Jaishankar to attend Commonwealth foreign ministers’ meeting in London
However, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Thursday ruled out a meeting between Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. “There is no plan for a meeting with the Pakistan foreign minister,” he said.
July 5, 2019 -
Leading the Commonwealth
India has made a notable success of its relations with the Commonwealth. This was achieved through imaginative engagement with that body and steady enlargement of the relationship between India and other Commonwealth members, so as to serve the collective needs of all of them. Their number now having increased to as many as 53, the …
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May 1, 2018 -
Getting mum to push his CV
Forget sending a CV in, it turns out we’ve been applying for jobs all wrong. What we should be doing is getting our mums to write in for us. Speaking at the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace last week, the Queen shared her “hopes” that Prince Charles …
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April 25, 2018 -
C’wealth no priority for today’s UK
In Cabinet meetings, when Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox trumpets the benefits of trade deals with non-EU countries after Brexit, the Chancellor Philip Hammond has a habit of telling him: “I look forward to you explaining the benefits of more New Zealand lamb imports to Welsh hill farmers.” There, in a nutshell, lies the …
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April 15, 2018 -
Commonwealth: Where being a journalist can kill you
Fifty-three Commonwealth heads of government will meet for a summit in London from April 16 to 20. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth, lauded it as a unique network of 53 states with a responsibility to exert global influence based on a shared commitment to democracy, the rule of …
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April 15, 2018