Indonesia is the largest ASEAN member and India looks forward to its continued support as we move to increase our engagement with ASEAN member states as part of our Act East policy. India and Indonesia on Monday signed agreements in the fields of renewable energy and culture and discussed possibilities ...

In a step towards reducing carbon footprint and ensure energy conservation, the Visakhapatnam Port will be setting up a 10-MW solar power plant here to become the first solar powered port in India. The first phase of the solar power plant with a capacity of 2-MW will be commissioned by ...

With domestic trade estimating cotton production at around 370 lakh bales of 170 Kg each, India is expected to emerge as the world’s largest cotton producer in 2015-16. Cotton output in all major producing countries, barring India, has been anticipated to be lower than the previous season. Global cotton production ...

In the run up to the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit, agreements worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore have been signed with companies from solar, mining, textiles and petroleum sectors, as the state gears up to become a major investment destination. Minister of State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, Shri ...

India is set to sign a motor transport agreement with Myanmar and Thailand for seamless movement of cargo among these countries next year. “The agreement, the protocol for which is being finalised, will be signed by the last week of March or the first week of April, 2016,” Union Road ...

India has been placed as the globe’s seventh most valued ‘nation brand’ in 2015, moving up one notch from eighth position in 2014. Among BRICS nations, India is the only country to have witnessed in its brand value. The nation brand valuation is based on 5-year sales forecasts of all ...

The 7,500-ton indigenously developed warship incorporates new design concepts for improved survivability, stealth, sea-keeping and manoeuvrability. The warship has the advanced capability of carrying a total of 16 BrahMos missiles in two 8-cell vertical launch systems, besides other sophisticated weapons and sensors. BrahMos missile having supersonic speed of Mach 2.8, ...

Railway is launching a new scheme on Sunday under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt for the option while booking their tickets online. Vikalp, the alternative train accommodation scheme will take off in trains running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu sectors from November ...

US social networking major Facebook is investing Rs 5 crore per annum for buying bandwidth from state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to create 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India to drive digital penetration in the country. It will spend Rs 5 lakh per site a year for buying bandwidth ...

Previously known as S-300PMU-3, S-400 is a new generation anti-aircraft weapon system developed by Russia’s Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. It is currently in service with the Russian Armed Forces. India-Russia military technical cooperation has evolved from a simple buyer-seller framework to one involving ...