Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) South Asia, and particularly India, can unlock significant opportunities for employment, investment, economic growth and poverty reduction through agricultural and food transformation with the help of key government initiatives, the World Bank Group said on Tuesday.The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), in collaboration with the World Bank Group-led SAPLING initiative, inaugurated the Regional High-Level Policy Dialogue in Ahmedabad.At the ‘SAPLI…
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New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India and Venezuela are exploring ways to deepen energy cooperation as both countries seek to leverage changing global oil market dynamics and strengthen long-term engagement in the hydrocarbon sector, a report has said.A report by Modern Diplomacy highlighted that Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri told Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodriguez that Indian companies are willing to expand their participation in Venezuela’s oil and gas in…
Daman, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted India’s economic performance, saying the country recorded a 7.7 per cent growth rate in the financial year 2025-26 and retained its position as the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Addressing a public meeting in Daman, PM Modi described the latest economic figures as encouraging news and said they reflected the strength of India’s economic foundations.“The figures released today clearly show how strong the foun…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, on Monday said he met 17 of India’s most compelling startup founders, most of them building at the frontiers of deep tech.“It was inspiring, but more than that, it was a reminder. The next India will not be built in silos. It will be built at the intersection of founders, infrastructure, capital, energy, logistics, AI, space and talent,” said the billionaire industrialist.“Founders build companies. Ecosystems build natio…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Billionaire Gautam Adani has said that matters related to the Adani Group’s legal proceedings in the United States were now “behind us” and the conglomerate was focusing on accelerating investments across energy, transport, logistics and digital infrastructure as part of the next phase of growth.Gautam Adani said that the group’s biggest challenge was no longer access to capital but executing projects fast enough to meet India’s infrastructure and energy needs, particula…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and briefed him on the progress and priorities of the BJP-led NDA government in the state. Taking to X after the meeting, Sarma said he was “honoured” to call upon the Prime Minister and discuss Assam’s development trajectory under the NDA 3.0 government. “Honoured to call upon Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji in New Delhi today. I briefed him on the h…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The United States imports nearly 40 per cent of its generic medicines from India because of the trust it has in the country’s pharmaceutical capabilities, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday.Speaking at the Advancing Partnership in Research and Innovation event at Indian Institute of Technology here, Gor said India-US ties have expanded significantly across sectors including trade, defence, technology, health and space cooperation.“On pharmaceuticals, we…
Patna, May 21 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday issued a strong statement on law and order, asserting that any criminal challenging the police should face strict action within 48 hours.The Chief Minister reiterated that the state government remained fully committed to eliminating crime and strengthening good governance in Bihar.Speaking at an event held at the Sardar Patel Bhawan auditorium at the Bihar Police Headquarters in Patna, the Chief Minister said that the governm…
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) Government-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Thursday reported a 23 per cent growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 23,467 crore in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2025-26, compared with Rs 19,039 crore in the same period of the previous year.The LIC board recommended final dividend of Rs 10 per equity share of Rs 10 each (equivalent to Rs 20 per equity share pre-bonus issue basis).The record date for determining the eligibility of the investors for…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The India Exim Bank on Tuesday extended a $100 million loan to the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to support India’s project exports on the continent.The fresh loan is in addition to a facility of $100 million extended to the AFC in August 2021 to develop critical infrastructure required for the revival of Africa’s economies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and another credit line of $100 million, extended in March 2026, to support India’s project exports in…