Continue actively promoting cultural development: premier (Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan))

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Noting cultural development is crucial to enhancing citizens' quality of life, Premier Chang San-cheng today instructed the Ministry of Culture (MOC) to continue meticulously overseeing relevant projects and assisting in developing cultural and creative industries, cultivating talents, and encouraging the research and development (R&D;) of cross-industry products....
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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during  the reception being organized on the occasion of Civil Services Day at Ceremonial Hall in RBCC on 20-04-16

PM Narendra Modi to build brand BRICS to counter allegation of tilting towards US

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
With this goal in mind the Modi government has planned a plethora of forums, workshops and meets beyond the national capital across sectors including sports, wellness, women and youth power, digital world and startups and urbanization to name a few ... Visitors were given taste of local culture and music by the state government as part of the Conclave in India's commercial capital....

L'entourloop + Feelgood Culture + Binbag Wisdom + Pluto

Edit Skiddle 22 Apr 2016
L'ENTOURLOOP, French revelation playing ... L'entourloop + Feelgood Culture + Binbag Wisdom + Pluto on Fri 22nd April 2016. L'ENTOURLOOP THE French revelation of the year playing on UK soil for the first time! DJ/producer duo, The Architect and Dee'jo – Saint Etienne's hip hop reggae mash up maestros – perfecting the balance between samples, lyrics, scratches and beats....

Rafale deal not complete yet: Manohar Parrikar after BJP tweet

Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2016
Since the Indian government is planning to buy 36 aircraft from France through a government-to-government deal, the French are not willing to accept New Delhi’s demand for enforceable guarantees, availability and delivery of the combat machines ... An offer of a French defence company Thales to discharge a ‘substantial’ portion of the mandatory 50% ......
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Al-Aqsa Mosque

Indonesian Christians, Muslims look forward to visiting Jerusalem

Edit Antara News 22 Apr 2016
Tourist destinations in Palestine include the Mediterranean coast, the Jordan valley, the Dead Sea, the desert and its wilderness, mountains, over three thousand-year-old trees, the Battir Villages cultural landscape, the Church of Nativity and the pilgrimage route, and the old city of Jerusalem and its walls ... and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....

Agreement signed on PKU New Zealand Center [2016-04-22] (PKU - Peking University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Meanwhile, representatives from the New Zealand's Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Innovation and Employment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as well as Education New Zealand became members of the PKU New Zealand Center Central Committee ... Established in 2007 under the support of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ......

Centre plans to launch Bal Sansads across India

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
The ministry of human resource development is preparing a massive plan to launch Bal Sansad or children's parliament across schools in India ... "The idea is to help children imbibe knowledge outside textbooks and classroom," a top ministry source said. Jharkhand, considered a pioneer in having Bal Sansad in its schools, has been asked to share best practices and help the HRD ministry in fine-tuning the idea....

Rafale deal still not signed, Manohar Parrikar says

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
The minister joked that the BJP tweets and Facebook posts about the Rafale deal being finalized only indicated that journalists had written "very convincing" stories about the matter, hinting that his party had relied upon media reports instead of checking with his ministry....

Catalyst funding for Hans Heysen's 'The Cedars' (Australian Government)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield and Liberal Member for Mayo Jamie Briggs today announced $1 million will be provided through the Catalyst-Australian Arts and Culture Fund to acquire, preserve and maintain the family home of one of Australia's greatest landscape painters ... The acquisition is part of stage one of the project which will help ensure it continues to be open to the public....

Ten new tourist destinations planned in Indonesia

Edit Antara News 22 Apr 2016
Even the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs is focusing on the development of these ten new tourist destinations to boost foreign tourist arrivals ... In terms of culture and tourism, most South Korean citizens do not understand the potential of Indonesia, and so, the Ministry of Tourism, through various programs, continues to make efforts to promote tourist destinations other than Bali among South Koreans....

Pukeahu a fitting place for Anzac Day remembrance

Edit Scoop 22 Apr 2016
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park is a fitting place for commemoration and remembrance this Anzac Day, Paul James Chief Executive Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage said today ... ....

Mitsubishi Cheating Deals New Blow to Credibility of Automakers

Edit Bloomberg 22 Apr 2016
Department of Justice by investigating its emissions and PSA Group being searched by French fraud investigators on Thursday ... The French Economy Ministry’s fraud office said it searched five premises following “anomalies” in the emissions test results of three vehicles, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a statement.‘Telling’ Mistakes....

N. Korea wants Seoul reunion of defectors, relatives

Edit Tampa Bay Online 22 Apr 2016
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it wants to send to Seoul the relatives of North Korean citizens it says were abducted by South Korean spies, a highly unusual move by Pyongyang as it attempts to challenge what Seoul calls an embarrassing, high-profile group defection ... North Korea later said the restaurant is located in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo....
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