Washington, June 30 (IANS) Canada sees India as the “most logical place” to diversify its trade and investment partnerships as countries rethink global supply chains amid geopolitical uncertainty, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, Mark Wiseman said.Speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Leadership Summit, Wiseman said the changing global economic landscape had reinforced the need for countries to build more resilient and diversified partnerships without weakening e…
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Washington, June 30 (IANS) The US Embassy in New Delhi has attracted $20.5 billion in new investments into the United States this year, making it the top-performing American diplomatic mission globally in promoting investment, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said.Speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Leadership Summit, Gor said the achievement reflected growing confidence among American companies in India and the strengthening economic relationship between the two count…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) India is emerging as a key beneficiary of American companies’ efforts to reduce their dependence on China, with the shift gathering pace “in a very, very quiet manner”, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) President Mukesh Aghi said on Monday. “A classic example is Apple, which is now making most of the iPhone 17 and planning for the 18 in India,” Aghi said while opening the ninth USISPF Leadership Summit in Washington.Aghi said the broader India-US economic r…
Vadodara, June 29 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday invited Irish businesses to explore investment and trade opportunities in the state, saying the proposed India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could create new avenues for economic cooperation between Gujarat and Ireland.Patel extended the invitation during a meeting with Patrick Duffy, Consul General of Ireland, held on the sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) for Central Gujarat in Vadoda…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Calling for greater use of artificial intelligence and technology in rural development programmes, Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday urged states to adopt digital tools to improve transparency, strengthen monitoring and ensure better delivery of welfare schemes. Speaking on the second day of the two-day national rural development conference, ‘Gramodaya Se Rashtroudaya’ in the national capital, Chouhan said technology-driven…
Hyderabad, June 29 (IANS) Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday ploughed the field and sowed seeds on the occasion of Eruvaka Purnima, which marks the beginning of the new agricultural season.The Minister for Transport and Backward Classes Welfare joined the farmers to sow seeds, thus inaugurating agricultural activities.Prabhakar participated in the activity in Kurella village of Koheda Mandal, Husnabad constituency, Siddipet district, thereby inaugurating kharif agricultural activities…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The government on Sunday said that DIKSHA, the Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing platform, has emerged as the country’s “One Nation, One Digital Platform” for school education, providing curriculum-linked digital learning resources in multiple languages and supporting inclusive, technology-enabled learning for students and teachers across India.Launched in 2017, DIKSHA is spearheaded by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) i…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Google has imposed limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini artificial intelligence models after the social media giant sought more computing capacity than the company was able to provide.The restrictions, which reportedly came into effect around March, prevented Google from meeting the full AI computing capacity requested by Meta, according to Financial Times report.The shortfall is said to have disrupted and delayed some of Meta’s internal artificial intelligence projec…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that as rapid technological advancements and artificial intelligence continue to transform the world, it has become equally important to preserve human creativity and remain connected to India’s civilisational roots while embracing innovation. Addressing the nation during the 135th episode of his monthly radio programme, ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the Prime Minister said the present era is witnessing unprecedented technological pro…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership style and said the close personal relationship between PM Modi and President Donald Trump remains the cornerstone of India-US ties, describing the two leaders as results-driven and saying they “think alike”. In an exclusive interview with IANS at the White House, Gor dismissed suggestions of strains in bilateral relations and said the friendship between the two leaders had remaine…