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Made in India X-Ray Scanners to Cut Reliance on Chinese Suppliers

According to several reports, X-Ray baggage segment in India have always been dominated by the Chinese manufacturers and suppliers and amid the political tension between India and China, the government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have constantly been promoting their ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative which literally means ‘self-reliant India’.

Indian Railway Enhances Speed to 130 Kmph Along the Golden Quadrilateral & Golden Diagonal Sections

Indian Railway has started the New Year by achieving a landmark achievement by drastically enhancing the maximum speed to 130 kmph for 1,280 km length out of 1,612 Km in Golden Quadrilateral – Golden Diagonal (GQ-GD) route.This covers the entire GQ-GD route over South Central Railway, except Vijayawada – Duvvada section, where signaling up-gradation work is in progress.

Seventh Trade Policy Review of India at the WTO Begins

India’s seventh Trade Policy Review (TPR) began on Wednesday, 6th January 2021, at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. The TPR is an important mechanism under the WTO’s monitoring function and involves a comprehensive peer-review of the Member’s national trade policies. India’s last TPR took place in 2015.

Mobile Payment Without Internet to Soon Become Reality in India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its recent announcement has confirmed the commencement of testing under the first cohort of Regulatory Sandbox on Retail Payments by Eroute Technologies. Digital payments, which were believed to be possible and dominated only by the internet-connected smartphone user segment, will soon be available to every mobile user in India including those using a non-smartphone or a ‘feature’ phone means a phone that doesn’t have an internet connection.