Salihundam in Srikakulam district is spread over 57 acres extent of land located adjacent to Vamsadhara river and 12 km away from the National Highway-16. Here Buddhist remains like stupams and chaityam can be seen which have been attracting tourists from far and near.
Indian scientists have developed a comprehensive database of such chemicals belonging to a particular category known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs. These chemicals can interfere with hormones in human body, causing adverse health effects related to development, growth, metabolism, reproduction, immunity, and behaviour
Biofuels in India are of strategic importance as they help in tackling pollution levels and augur well with the government’s ongoing initiatives, such as Make in India, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and Skill Development. Keeping this in mind, in May 2018, the central government cabinet approved the National Policy on Biofuels – 2018.
Dumchelle is in Southern Ladakh, and is strategically located between Chushul , one of the five designated Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) meeting points between the Indian and Chinese armies, and Demchok in Southern Ladakh. The two other recognised trading points with China are Lipulekh in Uttrakhand and Nathu La in Sikkim. Predetermined, locally made items are traded through these points with an aim of boosting the local economy.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed that groundwork on for the inauguration in the first week of August, said the Himalayan Times report.
India is now a “major defence partner” of the US and the two countries are in talks on the “Industrial Security Annex” that will guide the sharing of technology with private entities. India has also been changing its defence procurement policy to assist defence manufacturing in India.
Due to several measures taken to enhance ease of doing business in exports by reforming export permission processes and developing a completely end-to-end online portal for receiving and processing authorisation permissions, the time taken for authorisation has reduced to less than 50 per cent of the time taken in 2017-18
It proposes to cut the fee of arbitrators who delay decisions and to give incentives to those who decide cases before the prescribed time. The Upper House also cleared the bill for setting up the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC).
The Agreement on Reciprocal Logistics Support (ARLS) is being seen as an important practical step that could be signed at the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia in early September.
On civilian front, India will need at least additional 1,000 aircraft which means the country buying two aircraft per week in next few years and our industries must take advantage of such a situation by developing indigenous civil aircraft to ensure success of Government’s Regional Connectivity Schemes like UDAN, said Dr. Tyagi.
