Tag: India

US India’s preferred trade partner in journey to be USD 5 trn economy: Envoy

taranjit singh sandhu

America is India’s preferred trade and business partner in its journey to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024, the country’s new envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has announced.

India-Central Asia business council started

India-Central Asia business council started

Initiative to boost business amid an economic slowdown, the Modi government and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) together started India-Central Asia Business Council.

PM of Sri Lanka Rajapaksa to visit India on February 7

PM of Sri Lanka Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will undertake a four-day visit to India and will talk about a number of key areas including trade, defence and maritime security cooperation.

Rohit Rajpal to continue as captain of India’s Davis Cup

Rohit Rajpal

Rohit Rajpal will continue as captain of India’s non-playing Davis Cup while veteran Leander Paes, too, has kept his place in the six-member squad picked for the tie against Croatia next month.

India positions 40 out of 53 countries on global intellectual property index

Property Index

India is on 40th out of 53 countries on a global intellectual property index, even as the country has shown improvement in terms of scores when it comes to the protection of IP and copyright issues, a top American industry body.

Cabinet gives approval to India-Sri Lanka Alliance Air flights

AirIndia

The Union Cabinet has approved the Alliance Air, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Air India, to fly on international sectors between India and Sri Lanka.

Bhutan to charge Rs 1200 entry cost for Indian tourists

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The Bhutan government passed legislation imposing an entry fee on visiters from India, Bangladesh and Maldives.The fee will be charged from July 2020.

Country’s biggest horticultural fair starts

The four-day mega event ‘National Horticultural Fair 2020’ at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research(ICAR) began in Bengaluru.

India to organize EAS conference in Chennai

EAS

India is set to organize an East Asia Summit conference in Chennai with a concentration on maritime security cooperation and tackling challenges in the maritime domain.

Maharashtra registers highest number of missing women: NCRB

NCRB

National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) stated that the highest number of women and children who are missing in the India are from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh