Agriculture & Commodities

Indian exports for Sep 21 sees USD 54.06B

India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in September 2021* are estimated to be USD 54.06 Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 21.44 per cent over the same period last year and a positive growth of 26.03 per cent over September 2019. Overall imports in September 2021* are estimated to be USD 68.49Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 70.00 per cent over the same period last year and a positive growth of 44.11 per cent over September 2019. […]

Foreign Relations

MoS Lekhi completes bilateral visit to Serbia

Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture (MoS) Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi led the Indian delegation as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister at the High Level Commemorative Meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement held at Belgrade on 11-12 October, 2021. […]

Technology

CERT-IN & KOO collaborate to spread CYBER secturity awareness

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, and India’s multi-lingual micro-blogging platform Koo are jointly executing citizen outreach activity to create awareness on cyber security this October – which is observed as National Cyber Security Awareness Month […]

Agriculture & Commodities

APEDA signs MoU with ICAR-CCRI

APEDA signs MoU with ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur for boosting exports of citrus and its valued-added products; MoU aims at promoting products specific clusters, expanding export basket & destinations through global market linkage. […]

Foreign Relations

G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on Afghanistan

At the invitation of the Italian Presidency of the G-20, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will participate in the upcoming G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on Afghanistan on 12 October in virtual format. The Summit is being convened by the G20 Italian Presidency. […]

Foreign Relations

Denmark Premier calls on the President Kovind

Her Excellency Ms. Mette Frederiksen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, who is on an official visit to India, called on the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (October 9, 2021).The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark is the first Head of Government that the President has received since the Covid-19 pandemic started. […]

Foreign Relations

Shri Piyush Goyal calls called upon the ASEAN bloc to do away with Non-Tariff Barriers

Shri Piyush Goyal calls called upon the ASEAN bloc to do away with Non-Tariff Barriers’ Asks to Curb misuse of FTAs by third parties, allow reciprocal concessions; Claims Indo-ASEAN region one the largest trading areas globally at $80 bn, equitable trade can help achieve target of $200 bn trade […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Edible oil price drops

Domestic Retail and Wholesale prices of edible oils dropped in India except that of Mustard Oil; High prices of edible oils in international market fluctuates domestic market […]

Finance

IFSCA’s Global FinTech Hackathon Series held on Bank Tech

International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and GIFT City launched I-Sprint’21, the global FinTech Hackathon Series of IFSCA on 7th October 2021 at 11.30 AM IST. The first Sprint of the series “Sprint01: BankTech” is focussed on FinTechs for the Banking sector. […]

General

NMCG & WASH Institute Signs MoU For Capacity Building

National Mission of Clean Ganga (NMCG) has signed an MoU with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Institute (WASH Institute) to conduct a series of trainings to enhance the quality of service of officials in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). This MoU is also to efficiently address FSSM issues in towns and cities of the Ganga Basin. The project will be funded by USAID and supported by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation […]

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

KOSHI CORRIDOR POWER TRANSMISSION LINE complets

A ceremony was held on October 6, 2021 in Hile, Dhankuta, Nepal to mark the completion of construction of the 220 kV Double Circuit Koshi Corridor power transmission line (Inarwa-Basantpur-Baneshwar-Tumlingtar) and its handover to Nepal Electricity Authority. […]

Foreign Relations

Mihidana sweet exported to Bahrain

to promote indigenous & Geographical Identification (GI) tagged products, first consignment of GI tagged sweet ish Mihidana sourced from Bardhaman, West Bengal has been exported to the Kingdom of Bahrain. […]

Technology

EPPO goes Digilocker way

Electronic Pension Payment Order gets integrated with Digi Locker; Over 23 lakhs defence pensioners will get benefited; To enhance the ease of living of the defence pensioners; Pensioners can obtain Pension Payment Order instantly […]

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. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Oil Palm Business Summit held

Business Summit on National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm in NE states held in Guwahati; North Eastern states will turn into an oil palm hub of the country, says Shri Tomar
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Foreign Relations

Seychelles’ Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme launched in partnership with India

Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), launched its programme in Seychelles on 4th October, 2021. India was chosen as the Partner Administration and has provided Tax Expert for this programme. […]

General

40 dare to dreamers get awards

Shri Rajnath Singh calls for R&D in futuristic technologies: Says Our aim is to equip our forces with latest machinery to deal with any challenge; Gives away DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 & Young Scientists awards
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