India, Australia discuss comprehensive economic cooperation agreement

The meetings were inclined towards bolstering India's manufacturing capabilities and deepening its integration into global supply chains. The discussions focused on expanding investment partnerships and enhancing India's role as a critical hub in the Indo-Pacific region.

The deepening conflict in West Asia has placed the Indian economy and the broader Asian region in the "eye of the storm," as supply chain disruptions and surging energy costs threaten to trigger a significant negative growth shock.

The Adani Foundation, today, declared that in the next one year, it will connect one lakh women in Maharashtra with the Swabhimaan initiative. For the future, Adani Foundation has announced to connect 10 lakh women in India with the same initiative and make them strong.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 12: As military conflict in West Asia disrupts energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz and global liquidity tightens, leading investors, policymakers and capital markets leaders gathered at IGF Mumbai 2026: Catalysing Capital to assess India's position in an increasingly fragmented global economy.

India is rapidly expanding its ship recycling sector and upgrading shipbreaking yards to meet European environmental standards, as part of a broader effort to strengthen its maritime industry and reduce logistics costs, Sushant Kumar Purohit, Chairperson of VO Chidambaranar Port Authority, said today.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 12: Sarbabharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad officially commenced its 48th Annual Convocation yesterday, March 11, at the historic Mahajati Sadan, Kolkata. The three-day event, running from March 11 to 13, celebrates the institution's legacy of cultural service and its mission to bridge traditional heritage with a modernized future.

Consulate General of India in Shanghai Pratik Mathur on Thursday met Carrie Suen, Vice President and Head of Global Affairs and Strategic Development of Ant Group.

New Delhi [India], March 12: There is something quietly powerful about a window... It neither confines nor escapes. It simply allows us to look, to pause, to breathe between inner and outer worlds. In The Painted Window, multi-award-winning contemporary artist Nandita Desai turns this everyday architectural element into the soul of her fifth solo exhibition, transforming vintage and handcrafted windows into luminous works of art. Running from 16th to 21st March 2026 at the Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Nariman Point, Mumbai, the exhibition brings together 50 artworks - windows that look outward at the world, and inward at memory and quiet reflection.

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], March 12: AdvantageClub.ai, a global AI-powered employee rewards, recognition and wellbeing platform, has unveiled the winners of the Most Admired Women Awards (MAW) 2026, honouring 100 outstanding women HR leaders who are driving transformation across the global workplace landscape.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 12: Kody Technolab Limited today announced the launch of Medigo Robot, a health screening robot developed to enable rapid preventive health assessments and expand access to routine screening across healthcare, public, and institutional environments.