News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
“From Thursday to Saturday, Suh will visit India and meet with his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, to talk about working together on military technologies. Suh will take part in the opening ceremony of the Korea-India Friendship Park. The two countries agreed to build it in 2019,” the media outlet reported.
The Ministry of AYUSH has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (PCIM&H). The Pharmacopoeia Commission has published 645 standards of Ayurveda Single drugs, 202 compound Ayurveda Drug, 298 Unani single drug & 150 Unani Compound drug, 139 Siddha drugs & 1117 Homoeopathic Drugs standards are published in the form of respective Pharmacopoeias.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has notified draft rules for setting up Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF). The rules lay down the procedure for setting up, authorization and operation of RVSF. Key features are:
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman stated on Thursday that India collected FDI worth Rs. 26,000 crore (US$ 3.58 billion) in the insurance sector after the foreign investment limit was raised from 24% to 49% in 2015.
Draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Godavari-Cauvery link project consisting of three links viz; Godavari (Inchampalli/Janampet) – Krishna (Nagarjunasagar), Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) – Pennar (Somasila), Pennar (Somasila)-Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects has been completed by National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and circulated to party States in March 2019. The comments of party States have been deliberated in a virtual meeting held on 18.09.2020.
On Thursday, India and Kuwait agreed to form a joint ministerial commission to build a foundation for strengthening ties in areas such as energy, trade, investment, manpower and labour, and information technology.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Mr. Nitin Gadkari stated on Thursday that India will phase out toll booths and replace them with GPS-based toll collection within a year.
India and Saudi Arabia held discussions on initiating cooperation in the space field and explored the possibility of inking a county-level MoU.
Among the items recovered were metal idols of Ram, Sita and Laxman, a stone sculpture of Nataraj, stone sculptures of Brahma and Brahamani, a Bodhisattva head, a ‘Dancing Shiva’, a metal Ganesh idol and a Sri Devi artefact from the Chola period.
According to Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Santosh Gangwar, approximately 16.5 lakh people have benefited from the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY), which was launched in October 2020, to support recruiting in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
