India was among the 50 founding countries that signed an agreement providing the legal framework for the China-led USD 100 billion multilateral Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which is being seen as a rival to the US and Europe-dominated banking institutions. The 60-article agreement specified each member�s share as

India set two new Guinness World Records for Yoga with 35,985 participants performing asanas at one venue and as many as 84 nationalities joining in the official observation of International Yoga Day on Rajpath in New Delhi. The Rajpath event set two new Guinness World Records on the first

India set to join Martian Club India set to join Martian Club[/caption] India on Wednesday became the first country to successfully put a spacecraft around Mars in its first attempt. The ambitious Rs. 460 crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), launched on November 5 last year, had a perfect Mars

ECOSOC ECOSOC[/caption] India has overwhelmingly won its re-election to the UN body on economic and social issues, garnering the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. The 193-member UN General Assembly elected 18 members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to serve a three-year term beginning

India has ranked 24th out of 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index that is topped by Lithuania and evaluates nations� progress in enacting laws to promote transparency, accountability and citizen engagement in environmental decision-making. Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, the US, South Africa, the UK, Hungary, Bulgaria, Panama and

FM Global Resilience Index FM Global Resilience Index[/caption] In recently released 2015 FM Global Resilience Index, India has been ranked a low 119 out of 130 countries. India despite having scope and global potential was ranked 119 compared to 112th rank in 2014 Global Resilience Index. Top 10 Countries-