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Addressing the India-Uzbekistan Business Forum in New Delhi on August 3, 2026, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal urged businesses from the two countries to work towards doubling bilateral trade over the next three years.
From Banarasi sarees and Channapatna toys to Darjeeling Tea, Muzaffarnagar Jaggery and Assam’s Joha Rice, GI recognition provides buyers with an assurance of geographical origin and traditional authenticity. At the same time, it offers artisans, farmers, weavers and producer organisations a legal and commercial tool to protect their products from imitation.
Commercial movement through these routes had remained suspended since 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent deterioration in bilateral relations along the India–China border. The reopening marks a cautious revival of local economic exchanges between Indian frontier communities and markets in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Maldives Monetary Authority announced that the service became operational on July 30, 2026, marking an important step in strengthening digital financial connectivity and economic cooperation between the two countries.
The review took place during the fifth India–Bhutan Development Cooperation Talks held in Thimphu on July 30, 2026. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Dasho Pema Lektup Dorji co-chaired the discussions.
Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh informed the Rajya Sabha that the target forms part of the Action Plan for India–Japan Human Resource Exchange and Cooperation.
The agreement covers the first phase of the Île Aurore Housing Development Project and is expected to create Seychelles’ first large-scale high-rise affordable housing community.
The measures combine existing criminal laws, stricter obligations for online platforms, faster content-removal timelines, indigenous deepfake-detection technologies and nationwide cybersecurity awareness programmes. The government has also approved 13 Responsible AI projects under the IndiaAI Mission, including projects focused on detecting manipulated audio and visual content.
The agreement was signed in Kathmandu by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava and Binod Kumar Bhattarai, Joint Secretary in Nepal’s Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Although the signing was publicly reported on February 18, the official text records that the agreement was concluded in Kathmandu on February 17, 2026, in Hindi, Nepali and English, with the English version prevailing in case of differences in interpretation.
To strengthen cybercrime investigations, the government has set up a National Cyber Forensic Laboratory at the CFSL in Hyderabad. Additionally, six more National Cyber Forensic Laboratories have been approved under the umbrella scheme “Safety of Women.”
