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India-Australia Economic and Cooperation Trade Agreement comes into effect

India has achieved the unique distinction of operationalizing two Trade Agreements this year. After the entry into force of the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on May 1, 2022, the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (#IndAusECTA) has come into effect on December 29, 2022. […]

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India – Canada to re-launch CEPA

India and Canada held the fifth Ministerial Dialogue on Trade & Investment (MDTI) here today. Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food, and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal and Ms. Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Government of Canada co-chaired the MDTI. […]

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Tyre Manufacturers & Association fined for cartelisation

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had passed a final order dated 31.08.2018 against five Tyre companies namely Apollo Tyres Ltd., MRF Ltd., CEAT Ltd., JK Tyre and Industries Ltd., Birla Tyres Ltd. and their association i.e. Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) for indulging in cartelisation […]

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4th BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas held

BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas held their fourth and concluding meeting under India’s Chairship during the year 2021, on 15 December 2021. The meeting was chaired by Secretary (CPV&OIA) Shri Sanjay Bhattacharyya as India’s BRICS Sherpa. […]

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World’s First Multimodal Brain Imaging Data and Analytics Developed in India

DBT-National Brain Research Centre (DBT-NBRC) have recently developed project SWADESH, a unique brain initiative focusing on certified neuroimaging, neurochemical, neuropsychological data and analytics that are made accessible to researchers for managing brain disorders. SWADESH is the first large-scale multimodal neuroimaging database designed specifically for Indian population with big-data architecture and analytics for various disease categories (Fig. 1) under one platform. […]

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MPLAD extended upto 2025

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the restoration and continuation of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) during the remaining part of Financial Year 2021-22 and up to Financial Year 2025-26 co-terminus with the period of 15th Finance Commission […]

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Textile Exports targeted from $2B to $10B in 3yrs

Time to target 5 times increase in export of Technical Textiles from $2 billion to $10 billion in 3 years – Shri Piyush Goyal; Says Centre to support Textile PLIs in States supporting development and offering affordable infrastructure for Textile Manufacturing like cheap land and power .
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BRICS National Security Advisers meet

National Security Adviser, Shri Ajit Doval, KC hosted the 11th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives Responsible for National Security on Afghanistan, Iran, West Asia and the Gulf and emerging threats to national security, such as Cyber Security […]

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Government receives 27 proposals from private entities for undertaking various space activities in India

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that 27 proposals from private entities were received so far for undertaking various space activities in India. […]

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EAM Jaishankar visits Greece

At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign affairs of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Mr. Nikos Dendias, the Minister of External Affairs of India, H.E. Dr. S. Jaishankar, paid an official visit to Greece […]

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Toycathon 2021 grand finale inagurated

Union Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani and MoS for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre jointly inaugurate Toycathon 2021 grand finale; Toycathon 2021 aims to position India at 100 billion USD global toy manufacturing market […]