Exports of Engineering Goods jumped to USD 81.8 Billion during April-December 2021 (Provisional) as compared to USD 52.9 Billion during same period in the previous year (2020), registering a stupendous growth of 54%. Engineering Goods sector constitutes the largest, more than 27%, share of India’s total exports basket during the period.
Some key examples referred to included design trainings for Molela artisans in Rajsamand District, Rajasthan; skill trainings for Muga Silk weavers from Kamrup, Assam, sustained year-year trade facilitation of Lakadong Turmeric from West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya and the promotion of ODOP products from across districts and categories at international events such as the Dubai Expo 2020.
Lignin, which is a natural and a nontoxic biopolymer, is an emerging material for developing coatings, films, gels, adhesives, and adsorbents. It also acts as a capping, stabilizing, and reducing agent for fabricating nanomaterials. In the new study, a team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT-CIAB), at Mohali have developed a lignin-based coating material, which when applied to a cotton cloth, was found to have antimicrobial properties.
According to the Futures Industry Association (FIA), the National Stock Exchange of India has surpassed the New York Stock Exchange as the world’s largest derivatives exchange for the third year in a row in terms of the number of contracts traded in 2021. In addition, according to the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) figures for 2021, the exchange placed fourth in terms of cash equities trading.
Tata Motors on Friday stated it has released its brand new variety of passenger automobiles in Bhutan. The business enterprise stated it has released the product variety in association with Samden Vehicles, an authorised distributor of passenger automobiles in Bhutan.
According to data from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Ministry of Mines, the index of mineral production in the mining and quarrying industry in November 2021 (Base: 2011-12=100) was 111.9, which was 5% higher than the level in November 2020. The cumulative growth rate from April to November 2021-22 is 18.2% higher than the previous year’s similar period.
The 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between India and Israel is an excellent opportunity to look ahead and shape the next 30 years of relations, according to the Israeli envoy here, who expressed optimism that the two countries’ close cooperation in various fields will only strengthen in the future years.
As per the data of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Ministry of Mines, the index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of November, 2021 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 111.9, was 5.0% higher as compared to the level in the month of November, 2020. The cumulative growth for the period April- November, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year has increased 18.2 percent.
A gene called β-MYH7 is one of the major genes implicated in cardiac diseases globally. However, not many genetic studies have been carried out on Indian cardiomyopathy patients. In the new study, the researchers chose to fill the gap by sequencing the β-MYH7 gene from 137 dilated cardiomyopathy patients along with 167 ethnically matched healthy controls to identify the mutation(s), if any, that are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy in Indian patients.
India’s gem and jewellery exports during December 2021 grew 29.49 per cent to $3,040.92 million (Rs 22,914.6 crore) as compared to $2,348.44 million (Rs 16,712.46 crore) in December 2019 — the pre-pandemic year, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council said.
