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Green hydrogen fuel of future; India has its inherent advantages: Hardeep
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
India, with a large population base, has its inherent advantages when it comes to green hydrogen, said Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri, asserting that there will be a large energy demand as the country transitions to greener sources of energy.
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Germany's Green Energy 3000 GmbH to set up 1,000MW solar projects in India
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Germany-headquartered energy company Green Energy 3000 GmbH's Managing Director, Lutz Andreas Renker, said on Wednesday that India has an unlimited market for renewable energy and the company was planning to set up a total of 1000MW solar projects in two 500MW tranches.
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India eyes USD 100 billion annual FDI in coming years: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
India is looking to attract annual foreign direct investment (FDI) to the tune of USD 100 billion "in the next few years", Union Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Reuters on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum.
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"Entire world has developed trust in India": Ashwini Vaishnaw at Davos
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The entire world has developed a "very big" amount of trust in India in the way the country has conducted its foreign policy, its economic policy, and also the way it has conducted itself, said Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
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"Targeted Iranian terrorists on Pakistan soil" says Iranian Foreign Minist
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"On Pakistan, none of the nationals of the friendly and brotherly country of Pakistan were targeted by Iranian missiles and drones," Abdollahian said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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International confidence in India at all-time high: RBI Governor at Davos
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The National Statistics Office in its first advance estimates projected the country's economy to grow 7.3 per cent in the current financial year 2023-24, remaining the fastest-growing major economy.
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MHA cancels FCRA registration of Centre for Policy Research for 'misutilis
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of New Delhi's leading public policy research institution Centre for Policy Research (CPR) for allegedly violating certain foreign funding norms that included "misutilisation of fo
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Pakistan receives tranche of USD 700 mn from IMF amid economic crisis
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The loan was approved after the IMF Executive Board completed its first review last week, bringing the total disbursements under the USD 3 billion Standby Arrangement (SBA) to about USD 1.9 billion.
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Maharashtra signed MoUs of over Rs 4 lakh crore at World Economic Forum, s
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, CM Shinde said, "People are excited to invest in Maharashtra. Including today and yesterday, various MoUs were signed. We expected around 3 lakh crores, but MoUs worth more than 4 lakh crore, i.e., around 46 billion, were signed."
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Women-owned businesses getting more loans; non-performing assets less than
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"230 million women received their bank accounts for the first time courtesy of the Jan Dhan Yojna. Of the 400 million loans given out, 70 per cent of beneficiaries were women with women-owned businesses, which means, 280 million women-owned businesses received funds. The NPA was less than 2.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for urgent action on climate c
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, Guterres sounded the alarm that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with droughts, storms, fires and floods wreaking havoc on countries and communities, and that the planet is heading for a scorching 3°C increase in
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"We see India as 'extraordinary success story', Modi govt policies benefit
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Secretary Blinken mentioned that the India-US conversation always underscores the significance of democracy and human rights and the relations between the two countries have been established to a new level.
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