Sanjeev Relia Writes: Government of India has announced an ambitious 100 smart cities programme. tate capitals, tourist cities and even heritage cities are expected to witness a rapid upgrade of urban infrastructure and online services to citizens, enabled by Information Technology.
Russia-Pakistan Energy Cooperation
Dr Nivedita Das Kundu writes: Russia-Pakistan bonhomie is increasing over the past few years. Russia and Pakistan during the last SCO summit at Ufa (Russia) on 10 July, 2015, signed the government to government level agreement to build a gas pipeline to Pakistan,
USI-NBR-NUCLEAR WORKSHOP
The USI in collaboration with National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) organised a nuclear workshop on Monday 10 August 2015 from 1030 to 1330 hours.
PEACE IN OUR NORTH-EASTERN STATES.
Sandeep Jain writes: The recently signed Naga peace accord did not find as much media attention as it probably deserved. However, it is an event of some significance as it displays the intent of the Central Government towards solving this long standing conundrum.
China’s Belt Road Initiative
Sandeep Jain writes: The BRI (Belt Road Initiative) by China has captured the imagination of the world intelligentsia. The Chinese media seems to be talking about nothing else. Any event related to China is now being linked to BRI.
RTD with Sichuan University
A RTD with the visiting delegates from the Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, was organised by the USI on 03 August 2015 from 1000 to 1330 hrs.