New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, and former Mayor of New York City, Mr. Michael Bloomberg, today announced a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, to advance the “Smart Cities Initiative.” The Smart Cities Initiative is a historic effort to promote …
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Indian migrant women in Australia: strong willed, fiercely independent & very well integrated By Dr. Jayantee Mukherjee Saha[Director and Principal Consultant, Aei4eiA] Indian Women- An enigma Here is a true story of a tribal woman from a remote village in India who went to a bank to withdraw money from …
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New Delhi: The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, today described India`s thrust towards renewable energy production as an effort to ensure universal energy access for India`s poor. He was speaking at the inauguration of RE-INVEST 2015, India`s first Renewable Energy Global Investors` Meet and Expo, in New Delhi. …
Read More »New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has conveyed best wishes to the Indian Cricket Team for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. As the 2015 Cricket World Cup begins, my best wishes to the Indian Cricket Team. खेलो दिल से, वर्ल्ड कप लाओ फिर से! My best wishes to …
Read More »New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today described Governors as inspirational “Agents of Change”, and said their catalysing influence can contribute significantly to the development of states. He was addressing the concluding session of the Conference of Governors at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Prime Minister described the distinguished gathering …
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New Delhi: The 7th round of India Kenya Joint Trade Committee meeting was held in New Delhi today. The Indian side was led by the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge), Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman and Amb. Amina C. Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International …
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New Delhi: The Finance Minister of India Shri Arun Jaitley and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Mr Jacob J. Lew met here today for the Fifth Annual India-U.S. Economic and Financial Partnership. Reserve Bank of India Governor Shri Raghuram Rajan and U.S. Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Mr. Stanley Fischer …
Read More »New Delhi: “Indian Mining Sector is open for business”, mentioned Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Steel & Mines, while addressing the India Day session at the Mining Indaba, South Africa on11.2.15. He highlighted the changes in the new legislation brought in by Indian government, where all mining concessions …
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New Delhi: The status of H1N1 influenza being reported from different states was reviewed today at a high level meeting chaired by the Secretary (Health & Family Welfare) Shri B P Sharma where in addition to the Director General, Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Jagdish Prasad, representatives of leading government hospitals …
Read More »New Delhi: India introduced a Tourist Visa-on-Arrival (TVoA) program for which citizens of USA and several other countries are eligible. Visa on Arrival Facility is available for holders of passport of following countries: Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Luxembourg, …
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