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The US and 11 other countries reached a landmark deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aims to become the world’s largest free-trade zone linking 40 per cent of the global economy and would also have implications on India’s foreign trade. The deal would have implications on India’s foreign trade as ...

FMCG firm Dabur India said that it will adopt five villages in Uttar Pradesh and make them “Open-Defecation Free” within the current fiscal. The five villages to be adopted by Dabur India are Nandpur, Nagla Gajju, Naraina, Nidhawali, and Domatkri. “Our idea is to turn these villages into model villages ...

According to the survey conducted by citizen engagement platform Local Circles, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh have shown significant improvement. The survey got responses from over 40,000 citizens and 73% of them were from tier-I and tier-II cities in the age group of 18-50 years. The ...

The San Diego based chip-maker made the announcement after its executive chairman Paul Jacobs met the Indian prime minister at the Digital Economy event in San Jose and said the venture fund was in support of the government’s Digital India and Make-in-India initiatives. The new venture fund, which will be ...

Indian Vascodagamian (because he loves leaving Indian shores frequently) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the full command of Indian foreign policy since his coming into power last year. Modi has visited 25 countries in 16 months – this is his second ongoing visit to the USA.  It seems India’s ...

India has decided to reduce visa fees for tourists arriving under the highly successful Electronic Tourist Visa (ETV) scheme. India’s fee for ETV is USD 60 and the facility extends to 113 countries. Under the ETV scheme, an applicant receives an email authorising him or her to travel to India ...

Indian PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Ireland on Wednesday after 60 years has surprised many of international relations experts if not all of them. There can be two reasons for this visit- firstly, improving trade relations and appealing to Indian diaspora for investment, and secondly, getting support for its permanent ...

The Millennium Development Goals – 8 goals, 20 targets, and 60+ indicators declared in UN 2000 – have come to an end this year. Those countries who have failed to achieve the target set in UNMDP have not much time left to catch up now. The states who have failed ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in her address at the 40th Annual Gala of the US India Business Council ( USIBC), sought investments from the US industry in both public and private sectors in the country for a “win-win” outcome. The focus now is on building 100 smart cities; rejuvenating ...

Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) Indian central government last year launched a scheme through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development  (NABARD) with an objective to bring structural changes in the unorganized sector of dairy farming. It also aims to setting up of modern dairy farms and providing employment opportunities for ...