India Gifts 41 Ambulances, 6 School Buses to Nepal on Gandhi Jayanti
India on Friday gifted Nepal a total of 41 ambulances and six school buses on the occasion of 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
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India Provides Dornier Aircraft to Maldives in Sync with Growing Strategic Ties
India has provided a Dornier aircraft to the Maldives to help the island nation enhance surveillance over its exclusive economic zone as well as to keep an eye on sea-borne terrorists, government sources said on Tuesday.
India Plans Launch of Own App Store As Alternative to Google, Apple
India is planning to launch its own app store as an alternate to the ones offered by Apple and Alphabet-owned Google, in a bid to make the country more self-reliant, ET Now reported on Thursday, citing government sources.
India Gets New VVIP Aircraft; B777 Flies in from Texas to Delhi
The brand new chariot of the skies for Indian President, VP and PM flew into the country on Thursday afternoon straight from Boeing Defence base in Texas. The Boeing 777 with state-of-the-art communication and defence systems is likely to operate its first VVIP flight next month. An exact replica of this aircraft will also fly home in a few days.
Indian Embassy In Madagascar To Go Solar On October 2
The Indian embassy in Madagascar will go solar on October 2, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, becoming the first Indian mission globally to become clean and green with this installation. The Indian Embassy in Antananarivo will have an installation of 8 KW of solar power plant on its rooftop, the mission said in a statement.
Online Dashboard of PM SVANidhi Launched
The online dashboard is dynamic, interactive and would provide a one stop solution to all stakeholders looking for information and tracking monitoring of progress of PM SVANidhi up to city level.
India Working on Plan to Offer $50 Million Line of Credit to Sri Lanka in Defence
India is working on a plan to offer $50 million Line of Credit (LoC) to Sri Lanka in the defence sector –– the first such gesture towards the Southern neighbour as the two sides decided to expand defence and security partnership at Saturday’s summit to stabilise the Indian Ocean Region and the Bay of Bengal in the backdrop of China’s growing ambitions in these zones.
NCDC Sanctions 19444 Crores in First Instalment for MSP Operations
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the apex financing organization of Union Agriculture Ministry has sanctioned as first instalment, funds amounting to Rs 19444 crores to the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana for Kharif paddy procurement under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations.
India and Japan to Tie-up for 5G Technologies, QUAD to Pitch in
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday. The two leaders decided to take the bilateral special strategic and global partnership to a new level.
India, Denmark Sign MoU on Intellectual Property Cooperation
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here today, in the field of Intellectual Property Cooperation with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Kingdom of Denmark. Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary, DPIIT and Mr. Freddy Svane, Ambassador of Denmark conducted a formal signing ceremony for the same.