India cheetah count reaches 53 after Jwala’s five cubs
India's environment ministry said Jwala's latest litter is the 10th successful cheetah birth in the country under Project Cheetah, taking the total to 53....
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India forex reserves hit record $728.49bn on RBI data
MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a record $728.494 billion in the week ended Feb. 27, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. The stockpile increased $4.885 billion from $723.608 billion a...
India tops USGS list for thorium resources and fuel debate
NEW DELHI: India holds the world’s largest identified thorium resources, according to the latest U.S. Geological Survey compilation, a position that has long underpinned New Delhi’s interest in using the metal as part of its nuclear energy...
Canada unveils scholarships and hybrid study hubs for India
MUMBAI: Canada has announced a new package of education and research measures with India that includes scholarship funding for Indian students and the creation of “hybrid” study and research presences in India tied to Canadian institutions. The...
India and Canada reset ties with trade and uranium deal
NEW DELHI: India and Canada issued a joint leaders’ statement on Monday after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during Carney’s official visit to India from Feb. 27 to March...
India and Israel raise ties to special strategic partnership
India and Israel elevated ties to a strategic partnership after Modi and Netanyahu talks in Jerusalem, signing 16 deals spanning tech, trade and labor....
India joins Pax Silica initiative, signs AI pact with US
NEW DELHI: India joined the Pax Silica initiative on Feb. 20 by signing the Pax Silica Declaration and a bilateral addendum titled the Joint Statement on the India-U.S. AI Opportunity Partnership at an event held on the...
UAE Crown Prince lands in New Delhi for India AI summit
NEW DELHI: Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on behalf of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to participate in the India...
India approves $1.1B venture fund of funds for startups
NEW DELHI: India’s Union Cabinet has approved a new state-backed venture capital initiative, clearing the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore (about $1.1 billion) to mobilize venture capital for the country’s...
Modi unveils 2047 tax holiday to grow India data centres
MENA Newswire, NEW DELHI: India’s government has proposed a tax holiday through 2047 for foreign companies that provide cloud services to customers worldwide while running those workloads using data centre services based in India, a long-horizon incentive...