Development of infrastructure at the border to be expedited; government accepts recommendations of the Shekatkar committee

Development of infrastructure at the border to be expedited; government accepts recommendations of the Shekatkar committee

New Delhi: The government has accepted the recommendations of a committee under Retired Lieutenant General D.B. Shekatkar, for development of roads and other infrastructure in the border areas. The defence ministry gave this information. This will expedite construction of strategically important roads in the border area. China has built a vast road and rail network […]

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Chief of Indian Defence Staff welcomes the decision of hiking the FDI

Chief of Indian Defence Staff welcomes the decision of hiking the FDI

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman announced the decision to hike the defence sector FDI has been raised from 49% to 74%. On Saturday, this decision was announced, which was then welcomed by Indian Defence Staff Chief, General Bipin Rawat. Hence, ‘FDI will facilitate technology transfers and defence corridors taking shape in right earnest’, […]

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New government policy for public sector: Union Finance Minister Sitharaman

New government policy for public sector: Union Finance Minister Sitharaman

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Sitharaman announced that the government is forming a new policy for the Public Sector Enterprises (PSE). The Finance Minister was announcing the fifth and final phase of the economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sitharaman made a huge announcement of privatisation of all PSEs except the strategic sector. […]

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US and India will defeat the invisible enemy together: US President Donald Trump

US and India will defeat the invisible enemy together: US President Donald Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump issued an unequivocal assurance ‘The United States will be supplying ventilators to its friend India. The United States is standing firmly with India, in these difficult times and India and the United States are cooperating on the development of a vaccine for Coronavirus. We will unitedly defeat the invisible enemy.’ […]

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Foreign investment limit set to 74% for the defence sector: Ordnance factories to be corporatised

Foreign investment limit set to 74% for the defence sector: Ordnance factories to be corporatised

New Delhi: The Union government has taken a major decision of increasing the cap on foreign investment, in the defence equipment manufacturing sector, from 49% to 74%. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced an economic package of ₹20 trillion to provide an impetus to the country’s economy. While revealing the details of the package, Finance […]

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Dispute flares up over Coronavirus vaccine

Dispute flares up over Coronavirus vaccine

Washington/Paris: The number of Coronavirus deaths has reached 304,795, and more than 1.7 million people have recovered fully. But the number of cases is rapidly increasing in the world and warnings are being issued that this pandemic will last for the next five years. There is a tough competition for developing a vaccine for the […]

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Inquiry into the import of medicines from India backfires on Pakistan

Inquiry into the import of medicines from India backfires on Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan closed all the trade with India after India abrogation of Article 370 that awarded special status to Jammu-Kashmir. But it was recently exposed that Pakistan is still importing medicines on a large scale from India. Shocked with this revelation, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered an inquiry into the matter. But the investigation […]

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