Jean-Pierre Lacroix appointed as new UN peacekeeping Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France to head UN peacekeeping for a year pending a review of the world body’s functions and structure.

Military Exercise Cobra Gold 2017 commenced in Thailand

The United States and Thailand will kick off the 2017 iteration of the annual Cobra Gold military exercises, Asia’s largest multinational drill.

Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey appointed new President of ICAI

Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey elected as the new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the year 2017-18.

IMF opens technical assistance and training centre SARTTAC in New Delhi

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has opened a first-of-its-kind South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC) in New Delhi for economic capacity building in South Asia.

Veteran Journalist T V Parasuram Passed Away

Former correspondent of the Press Trust of India, T V Parasuram passed away.Parasuram has won a Harvard Niemen Fellowship in journalism. He had served as the correspondent for The Indian Express for two decades.He has authored two books -‘ A Medal for Kashmir’, and ‘Jewish Heritage in India.