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Hands off India, Ms Bachelet

When CAA has been duly passed by both Houses of Parliament in the world’s largest democracy and the matter is in court, the UN body’s intervention could have been laughed away as overreach but for an obviously malevolent attempt to besmirch India’s reputation by the office of Michelle Bachelet, the former President of Chile who is now the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

80 Lakh Women Entrepreneurs in MSME Sector, 38% Increase Under PMEGP

Nitin Gadkari, said that policy simplification by the Government has resulted in an increased number of women entrepreneurs in the country. He stated that there are around 80 lakh women entrepreneurs in the MSME sector and there has been an increase of about 38% in enterprises under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program (PMEGP) being established by women entrepreneurs in last 5 years.

Upgraded GEMINI to Boost India’s Maritime Security

Till now, it was used only to provide information to fishermen about the weather perils and catch information while in mid-sea. However, the improved communication device will now be two-ways, with fishermen being able to provide crucial information to security agencies on the coasts.

HAL Planning to Set Up Logistics Bases in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Chairman and Managing Director of HAL R Madhavan said the HAL is considering to build logistics bases in the four countries as they use a number of Russian-origin military aircraft and choppers whose serviceability is “very poor”. Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious defence export target of USD 5 billion dollars in the next five years and asked all the key military manufacturers to work hard to achieve the target.