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Trilateral Development Corporation (TDC) Fund

April 26, 2022

India and the United Kingdom have launched their Global Innovation Partnership (GIP) as both countries look to bolster their innovation ecosystem to benefit the start-ups. GIP is expected to provide a model for utilizing the Trilateral Development Corporation (TDC) Fund for projects with other countries like Germany, Japan, the European Union, France, etc that are ..

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UK-India Partnership in Nuclear Energy and Innovation

April 25, 2022

During the visit of Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to India, the two countries have signed two government-to-government Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on Global Innovation Partnership and Nuclear Energy Partnership. Overview: The MoU on the Cooperation on Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) was signed between the Department of Atomic ..

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Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing

April 20, 2022

An Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing will be established by India and Finland with the aim of stimulating development projects and innovative research to address the needs of both nations. Overview: The decision to establish this centre was announced after Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Lintila met Union Minister Jitendra Singh. This ..

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Why India objects to WHO methodology of COVID death toll estimate?

April 19, 2022

The methodology that has been used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to estimate the COVID-19 related deaths in India has been objected to by India. The health ministry has issued a statement saying that for a large country like India, the same mathematical model cannot be used as it is used for countries with ..

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India-Mauritius Relations- Key Facts

April 18, 2022

Indo-Mauritian or India–Mauritius refers to the political, historical, military, economic, cultural, and social connections between India and Mauritius. The connections between both nations date back to 1730. In 1948, diplomatic relations between both countries were established before Mauritius became an independent country. Overview: The long historical ties between both countries contributed to strong relations between ..

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India: New Wheat Supplier of Egypt

April 16, 2022

Egypt, the world’s largest importer of wheat from Ukraine and Russia, has given approval to India as one of its wheat suppliers. India will be supplying around one million tonnes of wheat, of which in April 2,40,000 tonnes will be shipped. In a year, Egypt purchases 11 to 12 million tonnes of wheat from Ukraine, ..

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