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An Indian defence delegation led by Lieutenant General Vinod Khandare, Military Adviser and National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) is on a visit to Nigeria to explore new areas of convergence for mutual engagement. The delegation is being deemed unique in its composition for incorporating representatives of NSCS, Ministry of Defence, all three Armed Forces, Ministry of External Affairs and Defence Industry deputies.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of the Republic of India and the Department of Civil Protection of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.
Singla also mentioned that next year, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) shall be handing over a brand new state-of-the-art passenger-variant Dornier aircraft to Mauritius and this purchase has been facilitated by the line of credit under the government of Mauritius, the ministry said.
ISRO would also be launching two satellites that are meant to provide communications, tracking support for its human-carrying spacecraft known as IDRSS(Indian Data Relay System Satellites).
India and UK are aiming to launching the negotiations on FTA by November 2021.Two sides look for Interim Agreement as priority and later a Comprehensive Agreement. The matter came up during the discussions held between Mr. Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Secretary of State, Ms. Elizabeth Truss on FTA and other trade matters.
India and Africa share a close and historical relationship. The foundation of India–Africa defence relations are based on the two guiding principles namely ‘SAGAR’, Security and Growth for All in the Region’ and ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, The World is One Family.
Sudanese warships Almazz and Nimer participated in a joint training exercise off the Red Sea coast near Port Sudan naval base on Friday, in conjunction with the Indian Navy frigate INS Tabar.
India and the United States have agreed to develop their energy partnership by improving emerging fuels to the list of areas of cooperation which previously included power and energy efficiency, oil and gas, renewable energy and sustainable growth, an official statement said. This was followed by a ministerial meeting of the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP).
Lauding significant improvement in the defence engagements between India and Australia based on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Defence Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh said that both the countries are exploring new areas in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and unmanned vehicles.
Terming E-Shram as a game changer portal launched under the directions of the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi last month (shorturl.at/fxLU2), Mr. Teli informed that so far over 27 Lakh Unorganised workers have already registered and the Government of India is actively cooperating with all the State Governments and other stakeholders for registering the workers on the portal.
