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CHENNAI: Value addition in electronics manufacturing in country needs to double from 18%-20% to 40% and component making should be shifted from China, said electronics and IT secretary S Krishnan on Saturday. India brought the electronics assembly and now it is essential to shift supply-chains from China to move up...
About two weeks after one of the most tainted elections in the Pakistan’s checkered parliamentary history, a coalition government is in sight. But the only certainty that has emerged is instability and political chaos. And it may only get worse. An aphorism goes that the Pakistan army has never won...
According to data by Russian media and based on reports from the trade ministries of both countries, in the first months of the year India imported 41.2 billion worth of goods from Russia, more than double last year's figure ($17.1 billion), as reported by Prensa Latina, a partner of TV...
Kabul , April 8: Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into a humanitarian crisis after the Taliban banned female aid workers from working at NGOs, disabling aid delivery at a time when numerous people are in dire need of assistance in the country. Due to significant underfunding and restrictions on female...
Kabul , December 26: The UN World Food Programme has announced that it will be reducing its aid to Afghanistan due to a budget shortage. In a video published on Monday, WFP stated that it has been forced to reduce food aid to around 10 million people due to a...
Kathmandu , March 17: Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav on Friday was elected as the Vice President of Nepal, according to the Election Commission of Nepal. Ram Sahay of the Janata Samajbadi Party defeated Ashta Laxmi Shakya of CPN-UML and Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party to become the country's third...
Thimphu , March 17: Now the sale of meat items, including eggs, during the annual Tshechu and other religious events in Gewog Ihakhangs village blocks of Dagana district will remain restricted, the Bhutan Live reported. For such occasions, it was decided to serve only vegetarian items on the menu at...
The Dutch government is working on legislation that would be used to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive technologies, including semiconductors and defense, people with knowledge of the matter said.   While language in the planned legislation would likely avoid specifically mentioning China, the clear intention is to prevent...
Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) is in the news for anti-Pakistan protests. Various news reports referred to a video on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and said that locals gathered in large numbers in Skardu to express their anger against Pakistani government demanding immediate release of their leaders....
The UAE-India Economic Summit has not only strengthened trade ties but has also paved the way for increased investments, promoting growth and prosperity for both nations.   The UAE-India Economic Summit, themed "Fostering Synergies–Uniting the Falcon and Tiger Economies," took place on July 3, 2023, at the ADGM Auditorium in Al...