Business

Trade with Russia in rupees to start soon: Report

September 16, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The president of India’s exporter group, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), A Shaktivel on Wednesday said, “India will soon start settling trade with Russia in rupees as the State Bank of India has agreed to facilitate the process,” The trade body’s president’s remarks come a couple of months after the Reserve Bank of […]

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Defence

INS Tarkash on Operational Deployment in the Gulf of Guinea

September 16, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: INS Tarkash is currently on operational deployment in the Gulf of Guinea on the West Coast of Africa. The region has certain non-traditional maritime challenges, and the deployment of INS Tarkash is aimed to enhance professional interactions, exchange best practices in tackling common threats, and further interoperability with navies in the region. The Indian […]

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Britain needs India as a market, says Businessman from the UK

September 16, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Vinayak Barot Ahmedabad: The UK-based businessmen have joined the lobby ‘Develop Trade Relations with India’ as South Asian country ‘India’ emerged as a rising economy in the last few months. In a view of better business and economy of the country, the UK-based businessman Richard Pattle LVO said, “Britain needs India as a market, as […]

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Business

Foxconn, Vedanta to invest $19.5bn in Gujarat for semiconductor project

September 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: Vedanta Limited and Foxconn (Taiwan’s company) will invest $19.5 billion (₹1.54 trillion) under a pact signed on Tuesday to set up a semiconductor project in Gujarat. They plan to build separate units for semiconductor and display production near the western state’s largest city, Ahmedabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel said “the venture would create more […]

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Sikkim: Government sets wage rate for skilled/unskilled workers

September 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Gangtok: In the vision to boost the income of residents in the state, the Sikkim government has fixed a new wage rate for the workers in the state. The Sikkim government on Wednesday hiked the minimum wage for unskilled workers by 67 percent to Rs 500. Labour Minister Lok Nath Sharma said, “The daily wage for […]

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REVENUE: GST collection may top Rs 1.5 lakh crore from October

September 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance on the Good and Service Tax (GST) predicted that the collection of the GST from October could surpass the mark of Rupees 1.5 lakh crore. The official data saws that, from the last six months, collection from GST has been trending at over Rs 1.4 lakh crore but has not […]

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JeM chief Masood Azhar not in Afghanistan: Taliban

September 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Spokesperson of Taliban (Afghanistan) Zabiullah Mujahid refused the claim of Pakistan that says Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar in Afghanistan. A spokesperson said, “JeM chief Masood Azhar is not in Afghanistan, and We will not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against any other country,” Mujahid – in an interview with Afghanistan’s media […]

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Defence

Defense: Military-technical cooperation between India, and Russia developing steadily

September 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Denis Alipov, Russia’s ambassador to India, on Wednesday said military-technical cooperation between Russia and India is steadily developing in accordance with the new requirements. “Our cooperation in this area is steadily progressing in accordance with the new requirements,” he told in an interview with the media. “We see in them many opportunities for expanding […]

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The US Urges Azerbaijan, and Armenia to reach a peace settlement

September 14, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, suggests both countries reach a peace settlement and end the hostilities. Blinken talked to leaders of the two countries on a telephone call after the neighbors’ worst fighting erupted again. Blinken said he told Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan […]

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India’s human space-flight mission Gaganyaan may launch in 2024

September 14, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy on Tuesday said, “The government had planned the human space flight for 2022, the year of India’s 75th anniversary of Independence, but the schedule went awry on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. India’s maiden human space-flight […]

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