Tag: India

Lucknow: India has provided a grant of US $ 1 million to Lao PDR (Laos), which will be used to meet food requirements. This move by India has once again demonstrated its strong commitment to the Global South (poor and developing countries). Responding to the request of the Lao PDR government, the Government of India has provided a grant of approximately US $ 1 million under the India-UN Development Partnership Fund for the project ‘Strengthening Food Fortification at Large Scale: Investing in Rice Fortification’, India’s Permanent Mission to the United…

Green signal to projects worth Rs 6504 crore in Prayagraj, Agra and Noida in UP New Delhi: India will soon establish a grand chain of industrial smart cities. In a landmark decision, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister  Narendra Modi, approved 12 new project proposals with an estimated investment of Rs 28,602 crore under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP). The move is set to transform the industrial landscape of the country, creating a robust network of industrial nodes and cities that will boost…

New Delhi: India has overtaken Pakistan in terms of nuclear weapons. According to the report of Swedish think tank SIPRI, this year the number of nuclear warheads of India increased to 172, while Pakistan has 170 warheads. India’s new weapons are long-range and can target China. Till last year, India had 164 nuclear weapons. At the same time, 9 countries including America and Russia have worked on modernizing their nuclear weapons stockpile in the last one year. These countries have also deployed many new weapons with nuclear capability. Both India…