India and UK are aiming to launching the negotiations on FTA by November 2021.Two sides look for Interim Agreement as priority and later a Comprehensive Agreement. The matter came up during the discussions held between Mr. Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Secretary of State, Ms. Elizabeth Truss on FTA and other trade matters.
According to Knight Frank, India ranks 54th out of 55 nations in the global housing prices index, with rates of residential properties falling modestly by 0.5% year-on-year during the quarter ending June.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced the project to link the fast payment systems. The linkage is targeted for operationalisation by July 2022, the RBI said in a statement.
During the main stage of the exercises, Russian army units, jointly with military contingents from military contingents of the armed forces of Armenia, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia are taking part in practical actions as part of the coalition group of troops, to conduct flexible defense, to deliver targeted fire attack and crush the enemy.
To address this, the Jodhpur City Knowledge and Innovation Cluster (JCKIC) has brought together organizations that are engaged in activities ranging from engineering, space research, medicine, agriculture, zoology, and forestry, which have carried out focused efforts in tackling diverse aspects of the Thar desert. This collaboration includes projects that address the complex and networked issues of the desert in an integrative framework.
Researchers from IIT Roorkee and Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited, which is funded under the Department of Biotechnology’s Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)’s Biotech Ignition Grant scheme, have now developed an antibacterial and antibiofilm composite using non-toxic and hydrophobic nanomaterial, graphene nanoplatelets (GNP), and tannic acid and silver. When tested, it exhibited good antibacterial properties.
India and Africa share a close and historical relationship. The foundation of India–Africa defence relations are based on the two guiding principles namely ‘SAGAR’, Security and Growth for All in the Region’ and ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, The World is One Family.
In the financial year 2020-21, India Inc. spent over Rs 1,600 crore (US$ 217.02 million) battling the second wave of Covid-19, according to a report released on Monday. According to a research done by CSR information and impact analytics platform ‘CSRBOX’ on over 350 publicly traded businesses, Indian corporations implemented over 750 corporate social responsibility projects in response to the second wave.
India is set to conduct the first user trial of nuke capable intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-V signalling its early induction in the armed forces. Elaborate preparation has started at a defence facility off Odisha coast for the mission by the Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army. As per the schedule learnt by TNIE, the 5,000-km range missile is likely to be flight-tested on September 23.
India is undertaking a scheduled maintenance of Mauritius Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Barracuda at GRSE Kolkata. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Kolkata (GRSE), an Indian government enterprise is one of the key shipyards of the country.
