The delegation comprised 15 senior officials from civil services and defence forces of India, the United Kingdom, Japan, Mongolia and Bangladesh visited Nepal for three days from August 25 to August 28. The team also visited Western Division Headquarters at Pokhara as well as the prestigious Mountain Warfare School at Jomsom.
The Indian delegation was led by T S Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations) and the Ghanaian delegation was led by Charles Owiredu, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
“Indian Oil has planned a Rs 2 lakh crore (US$ 28.62 billion) investment in the next five to seven years, to evolve into a future-ready corporate that provides comprehensive energy solutions,” Chairman Sanjiv Singh told shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting.
The move is also likely to benefit the sectors like logistics, warehousing, cold storage and transportation, which will have a positive circular effect on employment generation.
Dr D Pradhan, Scientist ‘G’, Additional Director General of Meteorology (Instruments), IMD and Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni signed the MoU which will enable the Indian Navy to utilise the CDR building within naval premises at Kochi for meteorological purposes.
Indian Navy had requested IMD to hand over the building permanently for meteorological purposes.
Many important items will be made zero duty as part of the deal, with a commitment to reduce tariffs on many others, he said, addressing Indian investors at the PHD Chamber of Commerce.
It will all begin in Texas, with HOWDY MODI, which is being planned as the biggest meeting of Non-Resident Indians and People of Indian Origin (PIO) by the Prime Minister on September 22, a day after he lands in the United States.
Digital payments are seeing a thriving growth and gaining traction with a CAGR of 12.7% in the number of non-cash transactions (forecast, 2016-21). The global digital payments market size is expected to touch $10.07 trillion by 2026.
Central government is moving towards making India a maintenance, repair & overhaul (MRO) facility and aircraft leasing hub.
The 12 Su-30 MKIs are being planned to be inducted for replacing the number of aircraft lost by the Air Force in different accidents, they said. The 12 additional Sukhois will help the Indian Air Force to maintain its fleet of 272 Su-30MKI fighters. The 21 MiG 29s that the Indian Air Force is planning to acquire are from Russia which has offered to sell these planes to help the Air Force to meet its requirement of new fighters.
