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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the country’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) NaMo Bharat.
The priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Corridor was also inaugurated. The RRTS was earlier named RapidX train. RRTS is a new rail-based, semi-high-speed, high-frequency commuter transit system, with a design speed of 180 Kmph.

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The United States has emerged as India’s biggest trading partner during April-September this fiscal. The US was India’s biggest trading partner in 2022-23.
The bilateral trade between India and the US has declined by 11.3 per cent to $59.67 billion during April-September 2023 against $67.28 billion in the same period last year. Similarly, the two-way trade between India and China also dipped by 3.56 per cent to $58.11 billion.

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The joint bilateral training exercise “Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023” between the Indian and Malaysian Army has officially started at Umroi Cantonment in India.
The Malaysian Army contingent includes troops from the 5th Royal Battalion of the Malaysian Army, while the Indian contingent is represented by a battalion of THE RAJPUT REGIMENT. The previous edition of this exercise took place in Malaysia in 2022.

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Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise (NCX) 2023 was organized by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Government of India (GoI), in strategic partnership with Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU).
Bharat NCX 2023 hosted the prestigious Bharat NCX CISOs Conclave, with a gathering of over 200 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs).

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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal attended the 7th Edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh. He met several dignitaries from the host country of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Piyush Goyal addressed the 7th Edition of FII in one of the plenary sessions titled “The Coming Investment Mandate”.  India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council (SPC) was established in 2019.