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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.”
Prathamshree Mahavihar forms part of Patan’s historic network of Buddhist monasteries, locally associated with the traditional bahi and bahal architectural traditions of the Kathmandu Valley. These complexes serve as places of worship, ritual practice, community gathering and preservation of Newar Buddhist traditions. The project covered the Gusthal Bahi and its Agam, a sacred component of the monastic complex used for religious and ceremonial functions.
The 40-wagon train carried a consignment of canola and completed the journey under the revised India–Nepal Rail Transit Protocol. The arrangement enables containerised cargo to move directly from Kolkata Port to Biratnagar without transshipment at the border, reducing repeated handling, transit delays and logistics expenses.
The talks focused on advancing the understanding that India and China can serve as partners and development opportunities for each other. Both sides discussed the pursuit of mutually beneficial outcomes in trade and economic relations, an area that remains central to the broader bilateral relationship.
Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh is developing a municipal waste-management model in which household refuse is
