Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation three national Ayush institutes, namely All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa; National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Ghaziabad; and National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Delhi, on Sunday. The three institutes will strengthen research, international collaborations, and facilitate affordable Ayush services in the country, said Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday. The institutes will create 400 additional seats for students in UG, PG and doctoral courses. The minister said that 550 additional beds in th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked his counterparts from the US, France and Japan for supporting India’s G20 presidency. The country resumed the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday expressed confidence in India taking over the presidency of the powerful G20, saying that he has trust that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would bring everyone together to build a peaceful and a sustainable world. Sharing a picture of himself and Prime Minister Modi in a tweet, Macron endorsed the theme of “One Earth, One Family, One Future” that India has cho
India and Israel are “natural allies” who are united by a fundamental commitment to the democratic ideals upon which they were founded, said Israeli President Isaac Herzog, while making a rare appearance at an exhibition in Jerusalem featuring Indian deities and temple rituals on Thursday. Herzog attended a cultural event at the Israel Museum to inaugurate the new exhibition, Body of Faith: Sculpture from the National Museum of India. He called the exhibition a by-product of the growing friendship between the two countries. “India and Israel are natural allies, united by a fundame
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a “fundamental mindset shift” to shape a new paradigm of human-centric globalization, as India assumed the presidency of the G20 on Thursday. In a blog, the Prime Minister underscored the theme of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (One World, One Family, One Future), and listed terror, climate change, pandemic as the greatest challenges that can be best fought together. Gone is the time to remain trapped in the same old zero-sum mindset, which has led to both scarcity and conflict, he said, adding that India’s G20 presidency will work to promote a universa
Qatar will supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany under a 15-year deal signed on Tuesday, as the European country attempts to replace Russian gas supplies disturbed due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. To begin in 2026, the deal will see Qatar sending up to 2 million tonnes of the gas to Germany through an under-construction terminal at Brunsbuettel. The deal involves state-run Qatar Energy and ConocoPhillips, which has stakes in Qatar’s offshore natural gas field in the Persian Gulf that it shares with Iran. Germany, which got more than half its gas from Russia before the war
Saudi Arabia on Monday announced plans for a new airport in Riyadh intended to spur rapid growth in the capital while advancing the kingdom’s ambitious aviation goals. The airport will accommodate 120 million travellers by 2030 and 185 million travellers by 2050. The airport project is in line with Saudi Arabia’s vision to transform Riyadh into one of the top 10 city economies in the world and support the growth of its population to 15-20 million people by 2030,” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a statement. “With sustainability at its core, the new airport will ac
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that assuming the G20 presidency was a huge opportunity for India and that the country must utilise it by focusing on global good and welfare. The Prime Minister said this during his monthly radio broadcast, Mann Ki Baat. India will officially assume the G20 presidency from the current chair Indonesia on December 1. In his latest monthly radio address, Narendra Modi said that India can provide solutions to the varied challenges being faced globally. “Be it peace or unity, sensitivity towards environment or sustainable development, India ha
Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, is seeking bids from solar manufacturers under the second tranche of the Centre’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme that has a corpus of ₹19,500 crore. The PLI scheme is aimed at achieving manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt (GW) scale in high-efficiency solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. The last date for submitting bids is January 11, 2023. The Union Cabinet on 21 September 2022 cleared the scheme to incentivise manufacturing of domestic solar cell modules to lower the industry’s reliance on Ch
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday unveiled a new plan for the world’s 100 most talented young professionals in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) to help the country attract the brightest and best minds from across the world. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in Birmingham, Sunak made clear that the control over the country’s post-Brexit immigration policy remains crucial for his government. However, he pledged to build one of the world’s most attractive visa regimes for entrepreneurs and highly skilled people and make use of the �
The Australian Parliament passed the country’s free trade agreement (FTA) with India on Tuesday, announced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a tweet. India and Australia would now implement the FTA on a mutually agreed date. The agreement was signed between the two countries in April this year. Once implemented, the FTA will provide duty-free access to the Australian market for over 6,000 broad sectors of India, such as textiles, leather, furniture, jewellery and machinery. Under the pact, Australia is offering zero-duty access to India for about 96.4% of exports (by value). Thi