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The draft of the 5th National Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) has been finalized. The draft policy seeks to make scholarly research papers and literature accessible for free to everyone in the country.
In an address in Bhojpuri dialect, Surimane’s President said, “Suriname is prepared to take first step in doing so by ending visa permits for India visitors.”
TS Tirumurti, India’s envoy to the UN, said the country had been asked to chair three important subsidiary bodies of the Security Council – the Taliban sanctions committee or the 1988 sanctions committee, the counter-terrorism committee and the Libya sanctions committee. The move follows India joining the Security Council as a non-permanent member for 2021-22.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in its meeting yesterday considered and approved the proposal of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade for Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development of Jammu & Kashmir. The scheme is approved with a total outlay of Rs. 28,400 crore (US$ 3.88 billion) upto the year 2037.
India on Wednesday handed over a cheque of Nepali Rs 306 million for the reconstruction of earthquake affected schools here.
After signing the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement or BECA with the United States of America late last year, India is readying to sign a major agreement with France, leading for closer defence cooperation, particularly between the two navies.
The MRSAM is an advanced path-breaking air and missile defence system that provides ultimate protection against a variety of aerial platforms. Defence experts say that it can shoot down enemy aircraft at a range of 50-70 kms. The system includes an advanced phased-array radar, command and control, mobile launchers and interceptors with advanced RF seeker.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of India and Government of Japan, on a Basic Framework for Partnership for Proper Operation of the System Pertaining to “Specified Skilled Worker”.
An all-women team of newly trained National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel was successfully deployed on the banks of the Ganga River in the Garh Mukteshwar town of Uttar Pradesh for contingency duties, a senior force officer said.
A government body on Monday removed the word “halal” from a red meat manual that it issues to lay down the contours of meat export — a move that came in the backdrop of allegations by some Hindu groups that the use of the term gives an unfair business advantage to Muslim exporters.
