Bengaluru, April 20 (IANS) Space authorities of South Korea and India held a joint industry event on Monday to expand cooperation and explore space-related business opportunities between the countries, Seoul’s space agency said.The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) said it co-hosted the Korea-India Space Day event with IN-SPACe, India’s space industry promotion and regulatory agency, in Bengaluru.The event was arranged as part of follow-up measures to a memorandum of understanding signed las…
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Gandhinagar, March 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the longest-serving head of an elected government in the country, completing 8,931 days in office across his tenures as Gujarat Chief Minister and Prime Minister, state BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma said on Thursday.Addressing a press conference at the party’s state headquarters in Gandhinagar, Vishwakarma said the milestone surpasses the 8,930-day record of former Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling.He added that …
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta attended the 8th convocation ceremony of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) on Thursday, highlighting that empowered women will shape the nation’s future.Addressing the students, the Chief Minister said that the Delhi government is committed to promoting education, skills, technology and research.“When women are empowered through education and skills, it not only transforms their own lives but also drives pr…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended greetings for International Women’s Day to all “Nari Shaktis”, hailing their achievements, stating that they shape India’s progress with “determination, creativity, and unmatched zeal”, thereby strengthening the resolve for a Viksit Bharat. “On International Women’s Day, I extend my greetings to all our Nari Shakti. Across every field, women are shaping India’s progress with determination, creativity and unmatched zeal. Th…
Ahmedabad, March 5 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday launched the fifth edition of the herSTART programme for women entrepreneurs and inaugurated a newly built research park at Gujarat University.He said the state is committed to advancing the vision of women-led development articulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The Chief Minister also announced the naming of the university’s convention centre as Vidyagauri Nilkanth Sabhapuram, honouring Vidyagauri Nilkanth, regarded as t…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The registration of new companies jumped by 37 per cent to 24,136 in February this year compared to the same month of the previous year, reflecting the strong business sentiment and increasing formalisation of the Indian economy driven by the government’s digital push.The registrations also shot up on a sequential basis from 23,280 in January before accelerating further in February.The new registrations of companies were dominated by the services sector, particularly IT…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) As Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei declared India to be the cornerstone of the global landscape during the ongoing ‘India AI Impact Summit’ here, startup founder Mohammad Ayyaz Mulla, who owns Anthropic Software — an Indian company incorporated in 2017 — on Thursday sought government’s help to get his brand name back as the alleged trademark infringement has resulted in heavy losses for him.Mulla told IANS in an interaction that he got Anthropic Software registered in 201…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) India now has market access to 70 per cent of global GDP, in most cases at zero duty for domestic products, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.Speaking at an event here, Goyal said that nine Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have been concluded in the last three years, covering 38 countries with strong per capita incomes, and most developed markets now have trade arrangements with India.“Agreements include the 27-nation EU bloc, four-nation E…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The number of space startups have reached more than 400, while the investment in such startups crossed more than $500 million, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.Two private sector companies tested and flown their launch vehicles at sub-orbital orbit in November 2022 and May 2024, said Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.“A total of 25 payloads flown/going to fly on PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) which helps NGE’s te…
Chennai, Feb 6 (IANS) IIT Madras Director, Professor V. Kamakoti, on Friday said the government essentially aims to support deep-tech startups as they grow in their journey.His comment came as the government expanded the definition of startups to include deep technology firms as a separate sub-category as part of its revised guidelines to strengthen the Startup India programme, for developing the country as a global innovation powerhouse.Speaking to IANS, Kamakoti said: “Deep-tech startups rec…