India, Japan sign MoU to enhance cooperation in IT sector
AMN / NEW DELHI India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technologies today. The MoU was signed by Minister…
New Foreign Trade Policy to come into effect from April 1
Staff Reporter / NEW DELHI The new Foreign Trade Policy-FTP will come into effect from 1st April 2021 for a period of five years. The policy will strive to make…
US bans cotton & tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region over use of forced labour
WEB DESK United States has banned entry of cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region amid allegations that detainee or prison labour from Uyghurs went into making them. According…
Need to raise more awareness about PMFBY: Agriculture Minister
Our Correspondent / NEW DELHI UNION Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has stressed on the need to raise awareness about the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana so that many more…
‘Halal’ certificate no longer mandatory for Indian meat exports
Words like “halal”/“halal method” have been deleted in the manual and replaced with “slaughter as per requirement of importing countries”. The recently changed requirement is expected to end the domination…
India becomes second largest manufacturer of PPE kits and suits: Smriti Irani
AMN / SURAT Union Minister for textile and women and child development Smriti Irani has said that India has become the second largest manufacturer of PPE kits and suits in…
Private companies in Punjab starts buying cotton way above MSP
AMN / CHANDIGARH Private companies in Punjab have started purchasing cotton way above the Minimum Support Price (MSP) fixed by the government for this season. While Cotton Corporation of India…
Indian Railways starts New Year by enhancing maximum speed to 130 kmph
AMN / NEW DELHI Indian Railways has started the New Year by achieving a landmark achievement by drastically enhancing the maximum speed to 130 kilometres per hour for 1,280 km…
Cases of counterfeiting and smuggling much more than reported: Special Commissioner, Delhi Police
A AKHTER / NEW DELHI Special Commissioner of Delhi Police Dr Muktesh Chander has said that the actual occurrences of cases of counterfeiting and smuggling in the country are much…
PM interacts with leading economists on charting economic agenda for post COVID world
WEB DESK Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with India’s leading economists on charting the economic agenda in the post covid world. The interaction was organised by the NITI Aayog.…