Indian Prime minister, Nandera Modi, has arrived in Uganda for two days visit before flying to South Africa for the 10th Brazil, Russia,India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit. Modi’s visit is intended to strengthen the ties between Uganda and India that were damaged during Idd Amin’s regime as well as removing the imbalances in […]
Extreme heatwaves that kill even healthy people within hours will strike parts of the Indian subcontinent unless global carbon emissions are cut sharply and soon, according to new research. Even outside of these hotspots, three-quarters of the 1.7bn population – particularly those farming in the Ganges and Indus valleys – will be exposed to a […]
The Gender, Labour and Social Development Committee of Parliament has said there needs to be action taken against foreign companies operating in Uganda but are exploitative to Ugandans as those in Arab countries. The Chairperson of this Committee who is also the Woman MP for Nakasongola district, Margaret Komuhangi, says that some companies are mistreating Ugandans and […]
Many Ugandans are coming to terms with the sad reality that the telephone network that brought low calling rates and several innovative products in the telephone market is no more. After several days of rumours that Warid Telecom Uganda was in some sort of crisis, it has now been confirmed that telecom firm has been […]
There is about 70% cancer disease increase in resent years in the republic of Uganda especially among children according to statistics available in the ministry of health. The increment is due to reportedly uncontrolled imported fake products that has flooded Uganda Markets from India and China. Dangerous Fake Products dumped into Uganda from China […]
Uganda has a trade imbalance with India which totals to over 900 million shillings. The minister for trade and industry Amelia Kyabadde says although government has tried to put in place strategies to correct the trade imbalance little has been achieved. She says, this situation must be reversed through creating more textiles and promoting agro- […]
Africa Scholarship Scheme: During the India Africa Forum Summit held in New Delhi in April 2008, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India had announced Government of India’s initiative to enhance the academic opportunities for students from African countries by way of increasing the number of Scholarships for them to pursue Undergraduate, Postgraduate and higher studies […]
scholarships for African Students in India: The Government of India, through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), offers about 2325 scholarships under 21 scholarship schemes. Of these scholarships, 500 are exclusively for African countries. There are students in India under these schemes from about 80 countries. Most of the scholarship holders come from developing […]
India in partnership with government of Uganda is to setup an institute called India African institute of trade in Uganda to promote trade between Uganda and India. Speaking to journalists in Kampala the director of foreign trade Thomas says the knowledge base centre will equip Ugandans with entrepreneur skills and bring out international business and […]