New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Egypt has set a strong goal to nearly double its trade with India, aiming to reach $12 billion in the coming years. Currently, trade between the two countries stands at around $5 billion, which Egypt believes is far below the real potential of the partnership.Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia here, Egypt’s Ambassador to India, Kamel Zayed Galal, said both nations have many opportunities to grow together, especially in sectors like energy, man…
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Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Telangana has set the goal of raising its contribution to India’s GDP to 10 per cent, supported by a clear roadmap to build a USD 3 trillion economy, industry minister D. Sridhar Babu said on Tuesday. He invited global industry leaders to partner in Telangana Rising, a long-term vision built on policy stability, ease of doing business, and innovation-led growth.At the inauguration of the India Pavilion at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Minister Sridh…
Davos, Jan 19 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that international investors are increasingly looking at India as an important investment destination, offering vast opportunities across sectors. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit here, he said global funds are showing strong confidence in India’s growth story.”Today, international funds are especially viewing India as a very important destination, and we have many opportunities,”…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India’s key policy reforms such as Ease of Doing Business, free trade agreements (FTAs) and growing public confidence are helping the country emerge as a self-reliant, competitive and globally trusted economy, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.In a post on social media platform X, Goyal said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decisive reforms carried out in 2025 have infused fresh energy into startups, MSMEs, exports a…
Ottawa, Jan 17 (IANS) Facing uncertainties in relations with the US, Canada is entering into a strategic partnership with China right in President Donald Trump’s front yard.Announcing the partnership in Beijing on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Xi Jinping said they were “renewing the relationship between Canada and China in the face of a changing global economy and international security challenges”.The partnership, they said in a joint statement, would include “public …
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Friday said that NITI Aayog’s praise for TS-iPASS policy, designed during his party’s rule, as the best in the country, is a matter of great pride for all of Telangana.He recalled that the policy was designed by then Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) with the intention of transforming the State into a hub of industrial revolution.The former minister took to ‘X’ to hail NITI Aayog’s praise for…
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he has signed two new trade actions under Section 232. The moves target critical minerals and semiconductor imports. White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf said the first action followed a trade investigation into critical minerals. He said it creates a process to secure US supply chains for critical minerals and related products.The second action focuses on semiconductors. Scharf said it sets up a two-phase process. Under the first p…
Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, alongside Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, inaugurated an Indian automobile manufacturing firm’s state-of-the-art electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Lucknow on Friday. The facility, dedicated to the nation in a record time of just 18 months, is a clear evidence of Uttar Pradesh’s rapid industrial transformation under the double-engine government at the state and the Centre.The dignitaries visited the modern plant and planted…
Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has approved the Standard Operating Procedure-2025 (SOP) for the effective implementation of the Uttar Pradesh Global Capability Centre Policy-2024. This move is expected to provide fresh momentum to global investments, high-level services, and large-scale employment generation across the state. Under the newly approved SOP, Invest UP has been designated as the nodal agency responsible for overseeing the …
Luxembourg City, Jan 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that India and Luxembourg can collaborate much more productively in fintech, space, digital world and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In his opening remarks during his meeting with Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel, EAM Jaishankar said that he looked forward to the talks and expressed confidence that both nations can benefit from the discussions.”I could see that we have a v…