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By Digant Bhatt Singapore: SGS LW means Ladies Wing of Singapore Gujarati Society organised Street Food Festival. Snaps from the event:
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MoU between India and USA on cooperation in Cyber Security
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-ln) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the US Homeland Security Department on cooperation in the field of …
Read More »India to establish a Fund of Fund for Start-ups (FFS)
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals with regard to the Fund of Funds of Start-ups (FFS) which was established in June, last year with a corpus of Rs. 1,000 crores. i. Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) supported by FFS shall …
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Strategies to contain Diabetes and Hypertension in India
New Delhi: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, through the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS-4) 2015-16. As per the Survey, in the age group of 15-49 years, 8.0% of men and 5.8% of women in India have high random blood sugar levels …
Read More »India emerges as Styling & Design hub for small cars
New Delhi: Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM) has informed that India has over the years developed into an R&D hub for International Automobile Manufacturers with companies like Renault, General Motors, Mercedes – Benz, Hyundai, Suzuki and all the Indian owned manufacturers setting up design centers in various parts of …
Read More »Russian Firms Shows Keen Interest in ‘Make In India’
New Delhi: The Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence organised the ‘India-Russia Military Industrial Conference’ from March 17 to 18, 2017. The aim of the conference was to primarily address issues related to lifecycle support and maintenance of major Russian origin equipment/platforms such as SU-30 MKI aircraft, …
Read More »Govt. provides assistance for encouraging Ayurveda Centers
New Delhi: The Government of India has approved and notified Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) on 29th September 2014 which envisages better access to AYUSH services; strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions, facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU &H) drugs and …
Read More »Conferment of Honorary D.Litt. on Dr M. S. Swaminathan
Address by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee special convocation of University of Mumbai and Conferment of Honorary D.Litt. on Dr M. S. Swaminathan I am happy to be here today for the special convocation of the University of Mumbai, which is one of the first three universities to …
Read More »Requirement of today’s educational system is to focus on innovation and research
Sonipat, Haryana: The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated an international conference on the theme of “Universities of the Future: Knowledge, Innovation and Responsibility” at O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat, Haryana. The three-day Conference seeks to examine the future of Indian universities in the 21st century. Speaking …
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