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Pakistan on Sunday protested India's «unjustified seizure» of commercial goods destined for Karachi, saying the consignment was a «simple case» of import of a commercial lathe machine by a commercial entity which supplies parts to the automobile industry in this country. The comments by the Foreign Office came after security agencies at Mumbai's Nhava Sheva port intercepted and seized the consignment of a Karachi-bound ship from China after it was found carrying a dual-use consignment with implications for Pakistan's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Customs officials, acting on intelligence, halted the Malta-flagged merchant ship — CMA CGM Attila — en route to Karachi on January 23 and, during its inspection, found that the consignment had a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine, manufactured by an Italian company, known for its precision and efficiency controlled by a computer system.

India is expected to be fast-tracked now that the major hurdle of mandatory 30 days of Congressional notification is likely to pass without any objection from the lawmakers on Sunday, but for the routine procedural matters posed by the upcoming general elections. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the US Congress in February about the determination of the State Department of a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of 31 MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of USD 3.99 billion. The 31 MQ9-B SkyGuardian Drones itself cost USD 1.70 billion, while the rest of the services including technology and equipment are estimated to cost USD 2.29 billion. In addition to 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian Aircraft, the proposed deal includes 161 Embedded Global Positioning & Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs), 35 L3 Rio Grande Communications Intelligence Sensor Suite. «This sale is necessary in furtherance of the US foreign policy and national security objectives,» the notification said.

Mint. Established in 2018, IG Drones currently can produce 100 drones per year. It also offers solutions in high-precision drone surveying, mapping, and inspection across industries.

LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LICHFL) plans to raise funds through green bonds in the next financial year with an aim to finance environmentally-sustainable housing projects. “Green financing is something that we will look at the next year and we would deploy the fund for financing green housing projects," LIC Housing Finance managing director and chief executive Tribhuwan Adhikari was quoted by PTI.

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Spanish woman in Jharkhand sent shockwaves around the country, Chairperson of National Commission for Women has criticised a writer from US who said that he never met a female traveler who had not been groped or assaulted or worse, even if they had only been in country for mere days. «Did you ever report the incident to Police? If not than you are totally an irresponsible person. Writing only on social media and defaming whole country is not good choice,» said Rekha Sharma. Rekha Sharma was responding to a journalist who narrated his experience of visiting India.

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) functioning under the ayush ministry, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has initiated a clinical trial to study the efficacy and safety of Punarnavadi Mandura alone and in combination with Drakshavaleha, compared to iron folic acid, in the treatment of anaemia among non-pregnant women of the reproductive age group. The announcement on the multi-centre clinical trial on anaemia will be made by Union Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday, according to an official statement. The research study on anaemia has been titled «Efficacy and safety of Punarnavadi Mandura alone and in combination with Drakshavaleha compared to iron folic acid in the treatment of moderate iron deficiency anaemia among non-pregnant women of reproductive age group: a community-based three-arm multi-centre randomised controlled trial».

AI) and Deepfakes, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has stated that these pose a threat to India’s national security. “When we think of security, it is not just the defence of the borders, it is not countering terrorism alone…. But there is the daily routine which is so susceptible today to manipulation and this is growing,” Jaishankar said during a discussion about his latest book organised by India’s leading public policy body Ananta Aspen Centre here on Saturday evening. “Today foreign interference in this country is growing. It is important for the average person to understand how the world is changing because it is an era of AI and deepfakes,” he said.

NTPC projects on March 4, 2024, signalling a significant leap towards sustainable development and economic growth, an NTPC statement said. Modi will dedicate Unit -2 (800 MW) of NTPC's Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (Stage-I) located in the Peddapalli district of Telangana. With an investment of Rs 8,007 crore, this project utilises ultra-supercritical technology, ensuring optimal power generation efficiency while significantly reducing CO2 emissions.

Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday rejected Rahul Gandhi's claim on the unemployment scenario, stating it would be better if the Congress leader studies about himself which would help him serve the society in a better way. Tomar was reacting to Gandhi's claim that India's youth unemployment rate was even higher than in countries like Pakistan. «I think if he studies much about himself and human beings, he can help the society in a better way,» Tomar told reporters while rejecting the joblessness claim made by Gandhi. Tomar, a former Union minister, hailed the selection of candidates by the BJP, a day after the party released the first list of 195 nominees for the Lok Sabha elections.

council of ministers have brainstormed on vision document for Viksit Bharat 2047 and detailed action plan for the next 5 years, said government sources on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In what may be the last such meeting before the big polls, several ministries articulated their ideas in the meeting. Meanwhile, after formation of the new government in May 2024 and for quick implementation of the said plan, a 100-day agenda for immediate steps has also been worked upon, they said.

extremist Islamist views from countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia will be blocked from entering Britain under new plans being drafted by the government, according to a UK media report on Sunday. 'The Daily Telegraph' reports that the British government is concerned about a «shocking increase» in extremist activity and officials are being deputed to identify the most dangerous extremists from overseas so they can be added to visa warning lists. Under the new plans, those on the list will be automatically refused entry to the UK. The revelation comes days after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered an impassioned speech from the podium at 10 Downing Street in London, warning that the country's democratic and multi-faith values were under threat by extremists.

India's move to block a China-led investment facilitation pact in the recently concluded WTO ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi will help promote multilateral agreements in the 166-member global trade watchdog, according to experts. The ministerial conference (MC), the highest decision-making body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), concluded late night on March 1. The talks, which were to end on February 29, got extended by almost two days due to a logjam among members on key issues like agri, fisheries subsidies and the e-commerce moratorium. International trade experts stated that India's principled stand in opposing the addition of the IFDA (Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement) into the WTO is based on its longstanding support for multilateralism. A group of over 120 nations, led by China, tried to push the IFDA to integrate into the WTO as a plurilateral agreement at the 13th MC meet in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Lupin Digital Health (LDH), a digital therapeutics platform for cardiac rehabilitation, plans to increase its customer base 10 times over the next year, as it expand its presence by entering new cities and onboards new hospitals, Sidharth Srinivasan, CEO of Lupin Digital Health told Mint in an interview. The company has 5,000 paying patients and is confident of achieving it with the help of an augmented programme prescribing cardiologists as it prepares to expand its affiliation with 75 more hospitals spanning 35-40 cities across the country.

new government in May 2024. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to announce the dates of Lok Sabha elections 2024 anytime now and the polls are expected in April-May this year. The blueprint for the Viksit Bharat vision was formulated following an exhaustive two-year-long preparation phase, characterized by extensive consultations among ministries, state governments, academia, industry bodies, civil society, and scientific organizations.

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NEW DELHI : Dismal sales of ‘Bharat’ rice, a subsidized grain aimed at helping curb its market price, have made the Centre changed its strategy. The government’s new plan is to take subsidized rice as well as atta (wheat flour) to markets where their intake is high in a targeted attempt to increase their consumption and cool prices, two senior officials aware of the matter said. The new plan is in the works after only 7.2% of Bharat rice, compared to a high 84.6% of Bharat atta that were lifted from government warehouses by three agencies managed to sell, the first of the two officials said on condition of anonymity.

NEW DELHI : The governor of Argentina’s lithium-rich Catamarca province Raúl Jalil is to visit India this year, said the country’s largest state-owned mining firm Camyen, in a potential boost to in India’s lithium sourcing play. India is keen to secure assured supplies of lithium, widely used in making batteries for electric vehicles. In January this year, Camyen and India’s state-owned mining firm Kabil signed an agreement for the latter to explore and develop five lithium blocks.

Mint explains where things stand in India, and what the immediate future holds. It’s a charge that Google levies on companies that sell services through apps listed on its Play Store. Under the current rules, apps that earn up to $1 million from subscriptions or in-app purchases are charged 15% of the revenue as service fee, and those that earn more than that are charged 30%.

Mint in Barcelona, on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress. The technology provider intends to meet the demand from Indian as well as global carriers from its India plant. The first pilot of the technology for Vodafone Idea is being conducted in Jalandhar, Punjab to test the equipment and functioning of the network such that it meets all the key performance indicators of the existing networks, while in parallel they're scaling up the number of sites to cover the entire state.