New Delhi: The decision to remove agricultural produce from the purview of the Essential Commodities Act, was taken during the meeting of the union cabinet. This amendment will free the farmer from the APMC act and he will be allowed to store the produce and sell it, at an opportune time and place, for better returns. The […]
New Delhi/ Mumbai: The government has announced extensive measures for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector that provides employment to 11 crore people and holds 21% contribution to the Indian GDP. On Monday, the Union Ministry approved a package worth ₹70,000 crores for the sector. Besides, it also includes equity worth ₹50,000 crores. […]
Florida: US President Donald Trump welcomed the development saying ‘The successful launch of SpaceX shuttle carrying two NASA astronauts, is a new dawn in the space sector. This launch endorsed the entry of the private enterprises in the space sector.’ President Trump whole heartedly praised the successful launch of the Demo-02, space mission, jointly developed […]
London: The British government has proposed a D10 Alliance against Chinese 5G, given the consistent pressure from the United States and the ever-increasing ire against China, because of the Coronavirus crisis and Hong Kong. India, Australia and South Korea are proposed to be included in the D10 Alliance, along with the G7 countries. As per […]
New Delhi: Dr K Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the government of India, informed ‘30 groups in the country are working tirelessly on the development of a vaccine for Coronavirus. Generally, it takes anywhere between 10 and 15 years to develop a vaccine for a disease. But the current challenge is developing a vaccine in […]
Jerusalem / Washington: The political conflict between the US and China is increasing by the day. Thus, the US has started to pressure its allies to quit cooperating with China. Against this background, information has surfaced that Israel has denied contract to a Chinese company. Israel is constructing the world’s largest desalination plant in Sorek. […]
Beijing: China announced starting of 700 more laboratories, like the one in Wuhan, where the Coronavirus was developed. Only a day ago, a Chinese researcher working at the Wuhan laboratory warned that Coronavirus is just like the tip of an iceberg. Now, a newspaper run by the Chinese government said that President Xi Jinping has […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, held high-level talks with Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (India) and the three Defence Chiefs against the background of the standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Galwan river valley region. Before this, the three Defence Chiefs also held […]
New Delhi: The Indian government changed the rules for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to prevent China from acquiring Indian companies and taking undue advantage of the situation, created because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Now the union government has started preparations to make the rules governing the Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) stricter, to stop the Chinese […]
Washington: Former Pakistani Ambassador Hussain Haqqani accused ‘Pakistan increased its closeness with China to counter India and as an alternative to the United States. Although, Pakistan implemented the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, for this friendship, the CPEC project is not for Pakistan’s benefit and instead China is implementing its predatory economic policies against […]