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Friendship: The US-India ties among the ‘most consequential’ in the world, says POTUS

June 26, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Taking stock two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first State Visit concluded, US President Joe Biden hailed relations with India, saying the friendship between the two democracies is among the “most consequential in the world.” Taking to Twitter on Sunday, he said, “The friendship between the United States and […]

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Business

Day 4: Google, and Amazon to invest $25 bn in India

June 24, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Search engine behemoth Google will invest USD 10 billion in India’s digitization fund, while e-commerce giant Amazon plans to invest another USD 15 billion in the country, the media reported on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with the CEOs of global companies. Announcing fresh investments, Google’s CEO Sunder […]

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Business

Day 3: Key takeaways from PM Modi’s landmark US visit—defense, technology, space cooperation

June 23, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If the UPA government, led by Dr. Manmohan Singh, had pushed India into the US orbit after the 2008 nuclear deal, despite the Left’s Opposition, the landmark State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to America has firmed up multiple deals that would propel New Delhi to new heights in […]

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Business

Day One: “I’m Modi’s fan; may visit India in 2024,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk

June 21, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: “India has more promise than any other large nation,” said the world’s richest man on Wednesday after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York, adding he looked forward to visiting India next year as he is a Modi fan. About Tesla’s plans in India, its CEO Elon Musk asserted […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: PM Modi leaves for 5-day State Visits to the US and Egypt

June 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: “Together we stand stronger,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday morning when he left for a historic five-day State Visit to the United States and Egypt. It is his first State Visit to the US and only second by an Indian PM. The key takeaway from his US visit […]

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Business

Modi overseas: the Indian PM to lead Yoga Day at the UN, visit the US and Egypt next week

June 16, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a busy schedule next week as he embarks upon his visit to the US (June 20 to 24), lead the International Day of Yoga at the United Nations (June 21), and pays a visit to Egypt thereafter (June 25-26) while returning home. On June […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Broke Pakistan’s FY24 budget sets aside half the loaf to pay the debt

June 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With no lender ready to help it any longer, a nearly bankrupt Pakistan has set aside half of its USD 51 billion budget for the financial year 2023-24 to service its crippling external debt amounting to over USD 125 billion. No new taxes have been levied in this budget as […]

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Business

Technology: India’s Internet-based economy to grow 6-fold to USD 1 trillion by 2030

June 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  As the Indian economy marches ahead, the South Asian country’s Internet-based economy is likely to grow exponentially six-fold to USD 1 trillion by 2030, mainly driven by the e-commerce vertical, a report said on Tuesday. This growth will be led by the B2C e-commerce segment, followed by B2B e-commerce, software-as-a-service […]

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Business

Debt-ceiling: As the House nods, no US default for now; Bill sent to the Senate

June 1, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi:  Ahead of the June 5 default deadline, the US Congress’ Lower House (House of Representatives) on Wednesday passed the debt-limit legislation forged by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy that would impose restraints on government spending through the 2024 election and sent it to the Upper House (Senate) for […]

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Education

Adani Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad & UNICEF join hands for a unique educational initiative

May 17, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 17 May 2023: In a one-of-its-kind collaboration, Adani Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad (AVMA) is joining hands with UNICEF to roll out the ‘UNICEF on Campus Knowledge Initiative’ for all the school students from June to December 2023. It is being implemented by the UNICEF office of Gujarat and the collaboration letters were signed this morning […]

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