Sources: Bloomberg
Swiss voters reject two ballot measures to conscript women into a national service program and to establish an inheritance tax on high earners. 2025-11-30
It is announced that more than 85% of eligible Indians have been partially vaccinated, and that over 55% have received both doses. 2021-12-20
Swiss voters approve a ban on full-facial coverings in public, known popularly as a so-called "burqa ban", and a free trade agreement with Indonesia, while rejecting a government proposal to introduce nationwide electronic IDs, which would be required to open a bank account or request official documents. 2021-03-7
About 30 Indians cross the border into Nepal and clash with Nepali police when stopped in the district of Sarlahi. Nepali border guards opened fire, killing one man and injuring two. According to police, the forces fired when one of the men snatched a gun from them. 2020-06-12
Eighteen Indian sailors are abducted near the Nigerian coast. 2019-12-4
Four cyclists, two Americans, one Dutch national and one Swiss national, are killed in the Khatlon Region, Tajikistan by a hit-and-run driver while three others are injured. A 21 year old male suspect has been arrested. 2018-07-29
The Nobel Committee awards Swiss Jacques Dubochet, German Joachim Frank, and British Richard Henderson the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structural determination of biomolecules in a solution. 2017-10-4
China's state owned ChemChina offers to buy Swiss pesticide and seed manufacturer Syngenta for $43 billion. 2016-02-3
Convicted Indian spy Sarabjit Singh dies after being attacked by fellow inmates in a Pakistani prison. He is flown home to India where the government of Punjab has declared him a martyr. 2013-05-2
At least 13 people, including ten Indians, are killed in a bus accident in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. 2012-09-17