Foreign Relations
2nd Tourism Working Group Meeting of G20 held in Darjeeling
The 2nd Tourism Working Group Meeting will be held at Siliguri/Darjeeling (West Bengal) from 1st-3rd April 2023. […]
Month: March 2023
Foreign Relations
Dr Ausaf Sayeed held 1st India-GCC Senior Officials meeting
During his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Secretary (CPV & OIA) Dr Ausaf Sayeed held the 1st India-GCC Senior Officials Meeting and various bilateral meetings with Saudi dignitaries. […]
Foreign Relations
Shri Rudra Gaurav Shresth appointed as the Ambassador to Iran
Shri Rudra Gaurav Shresth (IFS: 1999), has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Islamic Republic of Iran […]
Foreign Relations
G20 RIIG conference will be held in Dibrugarh
Delegates from G20 members, guest countries, and International Organizations, and invited participants from the scientific community will deliberate on the ways towards building a sustainable and circular bio-economy at the G20 RIIG […]
Business
MoU between Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Sant Nirankari Mandal
Substance use disorder is an issue that is adversely affecting the social fabric of the country. Dependence on any substance not only affects the individual’s health but also disrupts their families and the whole of society. […]
World
India aims at becoming ‘Global Hub for Green Ship’
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush Shri Sarbananda SonowaI have said India aims at becoming a ‘Global Hub for Green Ship’ building by 2030 with the launch of the Green Tug Transition Programme(GTTP) […]
Business
NTPC REL sign an MoU with the Indian Army
NTPC REL has signed an MoU with INDIAN ARMY for setting up Green Hydrogen Projects in its establishments on Build, Own and Operate (BOO) model. […]
Foreign Relations
INS Sujata visits port maputo, mozambique
INS Sujata, a ship based at Southern Naval Command, Kochi, visited Port Maputo, Mozambique as a part of Overseas Deployment from 19 to 21 Mar 23 […]
Business
NTPC inks pact with Indian Oil Corporation Limited
NGEL, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with IOCL for setting up renewable energy projects to meet Round the Clock power requirement of IOCL Refineries. […]
Foreign Relations
The first round of India-GCC Senior Officers Meeting
The first round of India-GCC SOM was held on 20 March 2023 in Riyadh. The Indian delegation was led by Dr Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary(CPV&OIA) while the GCC delegation was led by Dr Abdul Aziz Bin Hamad Al-Owaishaq, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Negotiations, GCC. […]
Foreign Relations
2nd SFWG Meeting in Udaipur, Rajasthan
The Second G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency is set to take place in Udaipur, Rajasthan from 21st-23rd March 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
Civil20 India Inception Meet starts at Nagpur
The future belongs not to single entities but to those who cooperate and mingle and everyone must obey the universal law of inclusion, stated the Chair of Civil20 India Mata Amritanandamayi Devi at the inaugural session of Civil20 India 2023 in Nagpur today (March 20, 2023). […]
Business
logistics ecosystem drive us to become Atmanirbhar Bharat
At the one-day workshop on “Logistics Cost Framework” organized by DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) today in New Delhi […]
Foreign Relations
CIVIL-20 India 2023 Working Committee Meeting
The Working Committee Meeting of CIVIL20 India 2023 started at Nagpur today (March 20, 2023). The meeting was attended by the Steering Committee (SC) Members, the International Advisory Committee (IAC) members and the Working Group Coordinators of CIVIL-20 India 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
India lodges strong protest with UK
The senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi was summoned late evening today to convey India’s strong protest at the actions taken by separatist and extremist elements against the Indian High Commission in London earlier in the day. […]
Defence
4th DCD between India & Maldives
India and the Maldives conducted the 4th Defence Cooperation Dialogue (DCD) in Male on March 19, 2023. The dialogue was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane and his Maldivian counterpart, Chief of Defence Force […]
Agriculture & Commodities
The Millet Challenge, Pitch session for Millets Startups
AgLive 2023 – The Millet Challenge,’ aimed at making an impact by increasing interaction amongst millet-based innovators/entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders […]
Agriculture & Commodities
PM Modi addresses Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference at Subramaniam Hall, NASC Complex, IARI Campus, PUSA New Delhi today. […]
Foreign Relations
Startup20 Engagement Group set to meet in Sikkim
The second meeting of the Startup20 Engagement group, newly formed under India’s G20 Presidency, will take place in Gangtok, Sikkim on 18 & 19 March 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
Shri G. Kishan Reddy chairs meeting of Heads of SCO
Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India chaired the Meeting of Heads of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Administrations held in ‘Kashi’ (Varanasi) on 17th March 2023. […]
World
Ministry of Steel signs 57 MoU with 27 companies
The Ministry of Steel has signed 57 MoUs’ with 27 companies for speciality steel under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme. An event to exchange of MoUs with companies was organised by the Ministry of Steel today at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. […]
World
President Murmu Calls Nepal’s President
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu spoke with the President of Nepal, H.E. Mr Ram Chandra Paudel over the telephone today evening. […]
World
Auditonline App Makes India Proud on Global Platform
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) along with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), functioning as the technology partner of the Government […]
General
India Post MoU with Shiprocket
India Post, the largest delivery network in the world, has signed an MoU with Shiprocket to boost last-mile Ecommerce delivery services across the country. […]
Business
Ministry of steel to sign MoU with selected companies
Ministry of Steel is organising an event on March 17, 2023 (Friday) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi to sign MoUs with selected companies under the PLI scheme for speciality steel. […]
Foreign Relations
Australia’s High Commissioner visits Jarracharra
The Hon. Barry O’Farrell AO, Australia’s High Commissioner to India and Smt. Shubhra, Trade Advisor & Development Commissioner Handicrafts & Handloom […]
Foreign Relations
6th & concluding session of the Y20 consultation meeting
The sixth and concluding session of the Y20 consultation meeting in Symbiosis International University, Pune on the 11th of March, was held on the theme, Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovation & 21st Century Skills. […]
Finance
Micro and small enterprises cluster development programme
The Ministry of MSME has approved 540 projects including 212 projects pertaining to setting up of Common Facility Centers (CFCs) and 328 projects for Infrastructure Development […]
Finance
Customs Exchange Rate Notification No. 15/2023
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies into Indian currency or vice versa, with effect from 17th March 2023, for the purpose of importing and exporting goods. […]
Foreign Relations
Virtual Inauguration of India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on 18 March 2023 at 1700 Hrs (IST) via video conference. […]
World
PM Modi inaugurates Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference at Subramaniam Hall, NASC Complex, IARI Campus, PUSA New Delhi on 18th March 2023 at 11 AM. […]
World
Rs 9000cr allocated toward objectives of Gaganyaan mission
PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today informed that the budget of Rs. 9023 Crore is allocated towards achieving the objectives of Gaganyaan mission. […]
Foreign Relations
4th Tabletop exercise with Colombo Security in Kolkata
Indian Coast Guard Region (North East) is conducting the fourth edition of the Tabletop exercise under the aegis of the Colombo Security Conclave in Kolkata from March 14 to 16, 2023. […]
World
3Days summit on ‘Collaboration In Sports and Physical Fitness’
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India on March 15th, 2023 concluded the three-day Summit on the topic of ‘Collaboration In Sports and Physical Fitness’ with delegates from Eight Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) nations. […]
Education
G20 Seminar on Strengthening Research and Promoting Innovation
India’s G20 Presidency took centre stage at Khalsa College, Amritsar, where IIT Ropar under the Ministry of Education hosted a seminar on ‘Strengthening Research and Promoting Innovation through Richer Collaboration.’ […]
World
Tariff Customs Notification No. 14/2023
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient to do so, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance […]
Business
India’s overall exports to grow at 16.18% during 2022-23
India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April-February 2022-23 are estimated to exhibit a positive growth of 16.18 per cent over the same period last year (April-February 2021-22). […]
Foreign Relations
PM condolences loss of lives due to Cyclone Freddy
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
APEDA to promote Indian millets in international market
The Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been entrusted with the task of promoting Indian millets in the international market […]
General
DRDO’s Two-day workshop on ‘Engineering in Military Platforms’
hief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a two-day workshop on ‘Human Factors Engineering in Military Platforms’ in New Delhi on March 15, 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
2nd SCO Tourism Expert Working Group at Kashi
The 2-day second meeting of the tourism Expert Working Group began in Kashi (Varanasi) today. India as the President of SCO for the year 2023 […]
Finance
PMEGP sanctions Rs.298+ cr Worth of loan
Chairman, of Khadi and Village Industries Commission Shri Manoj Kumar, released a margin money grant of Rs.100.16 crore in favour of 2989 beneficiaries under the PMEGP Scheme […]
Foreign Relations
Amritsar to host the 2nd G20 EdWG Meeting and Seminar
The Ministry of Education is all set to host the 2nd Education Working Group (EdWG) meeting in Amritsar, Punjab from 15th-17th March, 2023.28 G20 member countries […]
Foreign Relations
Joint India Singapore exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra’
The Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in the 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra, a bilateral armour exercise from 06-13 March 2023 at Jodhpur Military Station, India. […]
Foreign Relations
SCO International Conference on “Shared Buddhist Heritage”
The two-day international conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on “Shared Buddhist Heritage” was inaugurated at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today […]
Foreign Relations
B20 Conference to showcase vibrant organic farming of Sikkim
Mar 15: The vibrant organic farming of Sikkim will be prominently showcased to the world through the third B20 Conference […]
World
MNRE’s agreements to promote renewable energy
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy enters into various kinds of agreements with foreign countries from time to time to promote bilateral cooperation in the field of renewable energy. […]
Foreign Relations
75th-year celebration of India and Luxembourg’s diplomat relation
India and Luxembourg are celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations. The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 01 July 1948 […]
World
India and japan’s maritime defence exercise
Continuing with the conduct of Maritime Partnership Exercises (MPX) with Friendly Foreign Countries, INS Sahyadri exercised with Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) ship JS Suzutsuki […]
General
RBI granted an IFC status IREDA
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted an ‘Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC)’ status to Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) today. It was earlier classified as an ‘Investment and Credit Company (ICC)’. […]