During the summit, the leaders will review the state and prospects of bilateral relations between the two nations and will discuss ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi announced on Friday.
SWADESH is supported by JAVA-based workflow environment and Python. Backed by a dedicated storage system, it provides quality control, data analysis reports, and data backups. Its development will facilitate the integration of multi-site data and collaborative research worldwide. Presently, SWADESH has data of 500 AD and MCI patients and 70 PD patients. It also includes data of 600 healthy old individuals and 800 healthy young individuals in the control group.
Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayana Rane on Friday launched the unique anti-bacterial fabric developed by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur, under KVIC.The fabric is treated with anti-bacterial agent extracted from cow dung which prevents bacterial growth in the fabric. Shri Rane said, this innovative fabric could be great use in hospitals and other medical facilities.
Nagaland has emerged as another example of tribal entrepreneurship that has showcased to the entire country how cluster development and value addition can help members earn significantly higher income.These clusters are one of the many developed under Van DhanYojana(PMVDY) introduced by TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in association with State departments. The scheme aims at empowering tribals by providing them support in terms of financial capital, training, mentoring, etc. in order to expand their business and enhance earnings.
A first-of-its-kind programme to promote women in the field of research and development through lateral entry was launched yesterday. The programme called Women’s Involvement in Science and Engineering Research (WISER) program was launched by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) for encouraging women researchers in joint R&D projects.
According to the company’s press statement, HCL Technologies (HCL) had entered Sri Lanka in 2020 with the objective to make it a global technology and IT services delivery hub for some of the largest corporations in the world. Presently, HCL intends to occupy 80% of Cinnamon Life, a project by John Keels, with proposals of taking up 10 floors now and 10 floors at a later stage.
Post the conclusion of the India-US Trade Policy Forum meeting, the two countries agreed on a “transitional approach” to digital service tax levied by the government, offering it relief from the planned American retaliatory action, while comforting tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook that are laible for this tax.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on November 25, 2021 that about fifteen more countries have recognised India’s COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
Driverless Train Operations (DTO) has been launched on the 59 kilometre long Pink Line (Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro. With this, the Delhi Metro’s fully automated network will grow to about 97 kilometres, which is 4th largest in the world and the only DTO network in India. The DTO facility was launched on the Magenta Line in 2020 with which the Delhi Metro had entered the elite league of world’s 7% Metros in the world which operate fully automated metro networks.
Amid tensions on the border, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has received a boost to its fighter jet fleet as two-second hand Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft have arrived from France at its Gwalior airbase.The aircraft would now be upgraded to the latest standards as part of the Mirage upgrade programme going on in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the sources said.
