In a series of meetings with the Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has expressed confidence about a long-term working relationship with India. After the meeting with Prime Minister Modi, Tim Cook on Wednesday tweeted, “Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi for the warm welcome. We share your vision […]
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that India’s overall exports scaled new heights to USD 770 billion in 2022-23, registering 14 per cent growth compared to the previous year’s figures. He said, “It is an all-time high record, growing from USD 500 billion in 2020-21 to USD 676 billion in 2021-22”. Goyal was addressing the […]
Clearing the air regarding the ongoing trade talks between India and the UK, Union minister Piyush Goyal stressed that negotiations are “underway but some credible action should be taken against the incidents that happened in Britain,” referring to the recent pro-Khalistan activities by some elements outside Indian High Commission in London. On 19 March this […]
A year after signing Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with United Arab Emirates (UAE), India is likely to touch an all-time high in exports this year, Dr Srikar K Reddy, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. Reddy said that the historical India-UAE CEPA is yielding results. “India-UAE CEPA has seen a significant positive […]
The Delhi administration finally presented its Budget document on Wednesday, a day after it was initially supposed to be tabled in the Assembly. The theme of the Delhi Budget largely revolved around ‘Clean, Beautiful, and Modern Delhi’. The Budget proposed for the year 2023-24 worth Rs 78,800 crore, was presented by Delhi Finance Minister Kailash […]
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday chaired the 67th Meeting of the Governing Body of Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure Planning & Engineering Centre (UTTIPEC) and approved critical road infrastructure and redevelopment plans. According to an official statement, the L-G stressed upon the need for comprehensive prospective planning that took into account all developmental […]
The Government of India has made sustained efforts to achieve a more balanced trade with China, including bilateral engagements to address the non-tariff barriers on Indian exports to China, Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. In a written reply to a query, Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the […]
In view of India’s security strategy towards Line of Actual Control (LAC) along the India-China border and aiming to help the Indian army push its men and equipment into the border, the Indian Railways has planned to expand its railway network to Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang and other parts of the Northeast frontier state. The Indian […]
Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia here on Monday said that under the Regional Connectivity scheme (RCS)-UDAN, 74 airports have been built in the country to date and “working to achieve the target of 100 such airports by 2024.” The UDAN scheme launched in 2016 aims to fulfil the aspirations of the common man with advanced […]
The agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations during the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference, according to the statement released by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, on Sunday, lauded the work […]
