Foreign Relations
Vaccine hand over to Thailand under Quad Vaccine Partnership
Apr 21:Under the Quad’s flagship Vaccine Partnership, a consignment of COVID vaccines was handed over jointly by the Ambassador of […]
Japan
Business
Piyush Goyal takes a comprehensive review of the progress of the NICDC
Instructs officials to bring complete transparency into the land allotment system through e-land management system e-LMS and integrated dashboard […]
Corona Virus
Inaugural delivery of Covid Vaccines under the Quad’s Vaccine Partnership
The inaugural delivery of Covid vaccines under Quad’s flagship Vaccine Partnership was made in Cambodia on 12 April 2022. […]
Foreign Relations
India signs 13 FTAs with its trading partners
So far, India has signed 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with its trading partners, including the 3 agreements, namely India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA), India-UAE Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (CEPA), and India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) signed during the last five years. […]
Foreign Relations
Season’s first consignment of Alphonso and Kesar mango exported to Japan
Season’s first consignment of Alphonso and Kesar mango exported to Japan; Mango festival is being organized in Tokyo, Japan as a part of Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav […]
Business
53rd IHGF Delhi Fair 2022 organized by EPCH
The 53rd edition of one of the world’s largest handicrafts fairs – the IHGF-Delhi fair will open to overseas buyers, buying and sourcing professionals as well as large domestic volume retail buyers on 30th March 2022 in India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida. […]
Foreign Relations
14th India Japan Annual Summit (19 March 2022; New Delhi)
At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Mr. Kishida Fumio will be undertaking an official visit to New Delhi from 19-20 March 2022 for the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit. The Summit would be the first meeting of the two leaders. […]
Foreign Relations
6th Joint Meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum
India and Japan held the sixth joint meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum (AEF) on 15 March 2022 in New Delhi. […]
Foreign Relations
DPIIT and Japan’s METI review Japanese Industrial Townships in India
India’s Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Japan’s (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) jointly review the progress under Japanese Industrial Townships (JITs) in India […]
Foreign Relations
EAM Jaishankar to participate in QUAD Meet at Australia
EAM Jaishankar to visit Australia for QUAD meeting on 10-13 and further continue to Philippines from 13-15 […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi calls on Japanese PM
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on telephone today with His Excellency Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan and conveyed his congratulations and best wishes to H.E. Kishida for assuming charge as Prime Minister of Japan. […]
Foreign Relations
5th JAPAN-INDIA BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE JIMEX begins
The fifth edition of India – Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise, JIMEX, between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), will be held in Arabian Sea from 06 to 08 October 2021. JIMEX series of exercises commenced in January 2012 with special focus on maritime security cooperation. The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in September 2020. […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi congratulates Japan’s new PM H. E. Kishida Fumio
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated H.E. Kishida Fumio on being elected as Japan’s Prime Minister. […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi calls on Japanese PM while in US
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Mr. Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan, in Washington DC on 23 September 2021 on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders’ Summit. […]
General
Indian Navy participates in Naval Exercise Malabar
Indian Navy is participating in the sea phase of Exercise Malabar 2021 from 26 – 29 August 2021 along with the US Navy (USN), Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). […]
General
54 athletes to represent India at Tokyo Paralympics
54 Paralympics athletes to represent India and begin their journey for the medals at Tokyo Paralympics on 25th August; All 54 athletes are part of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) ;This is the biggest-ever contingent India has sent to any Paralympics with 54 atheletes. […]
Foreign Relations
India emerges as 5th largest forex reserves holder in the world
India’s forex reserves at $608.99 billion as of June 25, 2021, stood, India has emerged as the fifth-largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world after China, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. […]
Foreign Relations
Cabinet approves MoC between CCI and JFTC, Japan
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Memorandum on Cooperation (MoC) between Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) to promote and strengthen cooperation in the matter of Competition Law and Policy. […]
Foreign Relations
India and Japan to kick start sustainable urban development
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan in the field of sustainable urban development […]
Foreign Relations
B. Shyam appointed as Ambassador to Iceland
Shri B. Shyam currently serving as the Consul General, Consulate General of India, Osaka-Kobe in Japan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iceland […]
Agriculture & Commodities
APEDA holds virtual fair on horticultural products
Second virtual trade fair by APEDA focussing on horticultural products commences; revokes encouraging global response […]
Foreign Relations
India,Japan and Australia formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience initiative
The Trade Ministers of India,Japan and Australia formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience initiative in a Trilateral Ministerial Meeting held virtually […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi and Japan PM discuss on Covid Support
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a phone call today with His Excellency Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan. […]
Foreign Relations
Experts from India & Japan discussed on Hydrogen Tech
Experts from India and Japan discussed possibilities of collaboration for promotion of hydrogen-based technologies as well as related innovations, trends, concerns, and solutions […]
Foreign Relations
Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in exercise La Perouse
Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in exercise La Perouse along with Naval fleets of US, France, Australia and Japan […]
Foreign Relations
3rd Indian Beamline for Materials Research in Japan initiated
Third phase of Indian Beamline for Materials Research in Japan initiated focusing on industrial application research […]
Foreign Relations
Cabinet approves MoC between India and Japan in the field of Water Resources
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between India and Japan in the field of Water Resources […]
Foreign Relations
Review meeting held under Indo-Japan MoC on Industrial Property
4th Review meeting held under Indo-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation on Industrial Property; Both sides agreed to recognize each other’s Offices to act mutually as competent ISA/IPEA under pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi speaks to Japanese Premier on Strategic Partnership
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a phone call today with His Excellency SUGA Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan and discuss Special Strategic & Global Partnership in the last few years, […]
Foreign Relations
3rd QUAD meeting held to discuss on ASEAN Regional Issues
Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs participated in the 3rd India-Australia-Japan-USA Quad Ministerial Meeting held on 18 February 2021 with his counterparts Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. […]
Foreign Relations
India-Japan hold meeting on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation & Export Control
The 9th Round of India-Japan Consultations on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Export Control was held in a virtual format on 17 February 2021 […]
Foreign Relations
Ayush signs Research Collaborations with 25 Foreign Countries
Ayush ministry has singed MoUs with 25 countries for cooperation, 23 universities for collaborative research and 13 institutes/univ for setting up centers. […]
Foreign Relations
5th Joint Meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum
India and Japan held the fifth joint meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum (AEF) on 28 January 2021 in New Delhi. The meeting was co-chaired by Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary, and H.E. Mr. Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India. […]
Foreign Relations
India – Japan to boost Textile Trade
Textiles Committee, Ministry of Textiles signs MoUwith M/s Nissenken Quality Evaluation Centre, Japan to boost export of Textile and Apparel to Japanese market […]
Foreign Relations
India-Japan sign MoC on Specified Skilled Workers
Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary and H.E. Mr. Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) […]
Foreign Relations
India and Japan Sign MoU to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of ICT
India and Japan Sign MoU to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of ICT; Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda Ryota Signed MoU Virtually […]
Foreign Relations
30 Awards presented as part of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2021
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians. PBSA is conferred by the Hon’ble President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention on Non-Resident Indians […]
Corona Virus
Japan loans JPY 30 billion’s for the COVID-19 crisis
Japan’s Official Development Assistance for the COVID-19 crisis response support loan for social protection
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Foreign Relations
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Japan on Partnership in Specified Skilled Worker
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of India and Government of Japan […]
Health Care
INSACOG Labs release initial results of Genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2
The government of India took cognizance of the reports of mutant variant of SARS- CoV-2 virus reported from the UK and put in place a pro-active and preventive strategy to detect and contain the mutant variant. […]
Foreign Relations
Raksha Mantri speaks to his Japanese Counterpart over the telephone
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with the Minister of Defence of Japan, Mr Kishi Nobuo today. […]
Foreign Relations
India, Australia, Japan & US hold official Consultations
Senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Australia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Department of State of the United States of America interacted today on the areas of Indo – Pacific region including ASEAN, South China Sea and others. […]
Finance
Import/Export Exchange Rates released for Dec-2020
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 18th December, 2020 relating to imported and export goods. […]
Foreign Relations
Head of Japan Air Self Defense Force visits India
General Izutsu Shunji, Chief of Staff, Japan Air Self Defense Force (CoS-JASDF) arrived in India on 09 December 2020 on a formal invitation from Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Indian Air Force. […]
Finance
NBD to fund $500M for the RRTS project in NCR
Government of India & NDB Sign Agreement for USD 500 Million to Provide Fast, Reliable, Safe and Comfortable Public Transport System in The National Capital Region […]
Foreign Relations
MALABAR 2020 Phase 2 to begin in Western Indian Ocean
The second phase of Exercise Malabar 2020 will be conducted in the Northern Arabian Sea from 17 to 20 November 2020. Taking forward the synergy achieved in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2020 […]
Corona Virus
Startups offer medical equipments & aids catering to doctors safety
Startups offering medical equipments & aids catering to doctors’ safety during the pandemic in the new normal; The lessons learned are being incorporated in the upcoming Science. Technology and Innovation Policy 2020: DST Secretary, Professor Ashutosh Sharma […]
Foreign Relations
24th Malabar Naval Exercise begins from Today
MALABAR series of maritime exercises commenced in 1992 as a bilateral IN-USN exercise. JMSDF joined MALABAR in 2015. The 2020 edition will now witness the participation of the RAN in this joint maritime exercise. […]
Foreign Relations
Cabinet Okays Indo-Japan Cooperation in the space of ICT
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan on cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies
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Finance
NTPC takes loan of JPY 50 billion from Japanese Institution under GREEN initiative
NTPC Ltd. enters into foreign currency loan agreement with the Japanese Government’s financial institution for JPY 50 billion under GREEN initiative
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