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Indo-Korean Startup Community Meetup, at the Embassy of India in Seoul, attended by over 80 participants including 50+ founders, investors, academia, government officials, media, and industry experts. The Circle FC team also met and engaged in a discussion with H.E. Amit Kumar, the Ambassador of India to South Korea on steps to strengthen India-Korea startup cooperation

Vietnam has passed a decree radically loosening the Communist Party-ruled state’s control on how electricity is sold to private companies

Parliament House where anyone who lost his way would eventually find the right path, the new one continues to be a bhul-bhulaiya (maze) for many. The issue has become further complicated due to new restrictions on people's movements, with several no-go areas. During this session, a few foreign visitors and outside staff accompanying them lost their way a few times and had to make enquiries. But in the process they got to see some artefacts and wall engravings. New to the job and still familiarising himself to cooperatives ministry's working, junior minister Murlidhar Mohol faced difficulties when some Opposition MPs deviated from the listed question and asked supplementaries about their state. His good equations with some came to his rescue as he said he will get the details and share it with them. A few of them were seen smiling at his predicament. Officials from his ministry were prompt in sending him details through the Rajya Sabha staff. As YSRCP held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, a small protest nearby created a buzz. Just a few meters away from the YSRCP protest site, a 'tribal protest' was being held by the husband of a lady Shanthi, who claims that YSRCP Rajya Sabha MP V Vijay Sai Reddy is the father of her son. Coincidentally, the husband was demanding a paternity test on Reddy on Wednesday.

India and the United Kingdom are launching a new 'Technology Security Initiative' (TSI) to elevate the strategic partnership between the two countries to the next level. This was announced during visit of UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. The TSI will be coordinated by the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of both countries through existing and new dialogues. The NSAs will set the priority areas and identify interdependencies for cooperation on critical and emerging tech that will, in turn, help build meaningful technology value chain partnerships between two countries, officials said. The progress made on the initiative will be reviewed on a half yearly basis at Deputy NSA level. «We will also set up a bilateral mechanism led by India's Ministry of External Affairs and the UK government for promotion of trade in critical and emerging technologies, including resolution of relevant licensing or regulatory issues,» an official said.

RBI on Wednesday said it has cancelled the licence of Tezpur-based The Mahabhairab Cooperative Urban Bank due to its deteriorating financial condition. Following the cancellation of its licence, the cooperative bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on July 24, 2024.

Amit Shah on Wednesday informed Parliament that Rs 362.91 crore has been disbursed to over 4.2 lakh depositors of Sahara Group of Cooperative Societies as of July 16 this year. Shah, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said this disbursement is facilitated through the CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal, which was established following a Supreme Court order on March 29, 2023, aimed at assisting legitimate depositors in reclaiming their funds.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a joint anti-terrorism drill in China focussing on live drills and specialised operations such as the «eradication of terrorist groups,» China's Ministry of Public Security has said. The 'Interaction-2024' joint counter-terrorism exercises were held recently in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Ministry said.

Japan’s government says it has protested against Russia’s announcement that it is permanently banning 13 Japanese citizens, mostly business leaders of prominent companies including Toyota Motor Corp., in retaliation for Tokyo’s sanctions over the Russi...

economic growth and development. Multiple measures in the budget have states as their touchpoints. The ambition on agriculture reforms, the ₹1.1-trillion infrastructure push, development of industrial parks with states to spur manufacturing, urban development plans and ramp-up of skilling, among others, are all projects that envisage intense cooperation between the Centre and states.

US Presidential Election 2024 after US President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for the White House. Instead, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) endorsed Vice President Harris for president. Participating in MSNBC's 'Morning Joe', he announced her support for the first black vice president. He said he fully endorsed Vice President Harris for the next president of the United States. He said further the vice president is smart and strong which will make her a good president. Praising her, Beshear said that Kamala Harris is also kind and has empathy, which can make her a great president.

Russia and China are increasingly cooperating in the Arctic region, which could impact regional stability, the U.S. military said as it released its strategy for the Arctic region on Monday.

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickups and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake

policy framework, the Economic Survey 2023-2024 on Monday said the government should consider export bans on agricultural products only in specific situations and avoid banning futures or options markets at the first sign of any price surge to let markets function in the interest of farmers. India either banned or imposed curbs on exports of major agricultural items such as wheat, rice, sugar and onions as erratic weather hurt output, inflating prices in the domestic market. The Centre also banned trading in wheat, paddy (non-basmati), chana, mustard seeds, soya bean and moong to prevent any price surge.

Joe Biden to quit the presidential race has given rise to the possibility of many candidates contesting to replace him ahead of the party’s national convention. Vice-President Kamala Harris has emerged as a party favorite to replace Joe Biden, especially after the latter endorsed her after deciding to quit the race.

In July 1944, exactly 80 years ago, representatives of 44 countries met in an obscure New Hampshire village to negotiate the Bretton Woods Agreement that established the International Monetary Fund (IMF). For many, reaching the ripe old age of 80 would be cause for celebration. For the IMF, the anniversary only highlights the urgency of reform.

ApeCoin DAO, the decentralized autonomous organization responsible for ApeCoin, is considering a proposal that could bring Bored Ape-inspired luxury to the heart of Bangkok.

With the key highlight of the session to be Union Budget by Finance Minister on Tuesday, the Monsoon Session will observe a stormy battle with united opposition, INDIA bloc, set to corner the Centre on issues ranging from the NEET paper leak case and railway safety.

free trade agreement negotiations are set to be defined this week as UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is expected in India on Tuesday, the first high-profile visit under the newly elected Labour government in Britain. The free trade agreement (FTA) talks began in January 2022, under the then Conservative government, with a target to significantly boost the GBP 38.1 billion a year bilateral trading partnership but hit a block in the fourteenth round of negotiations to make way for general elections in both countries. A report in 'The Daily Telegraph' on Sunday quotes a New Delhi source to claim the Indian side would seek clarity on whether the Labour government intends to pick things up from where they were left off or start afresh in some way. «India is keen to resume talks on a positive note, but the date needs clarity,» the source told the newspaper.

violence-hit Bangladesh through integrated check posts in Tripura, a Border Security Force official said here on Sunday. Of the total returnees, 365 crossed over the international border on Saturday and four on Friday, he said. The returnees include three Nepalese students. «A total of 379 students entered India in the past 48 hours from violence-hit Bangladesh through check posts at Srimantapur in Sepahijala and Agartala (Akhaura) in West Tripura, and more are expected to return on Sunday,» the BSF official said.