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labour-strained Taipei seeks to expand its foreign workforce beyond its traditional source countries of Southeast Asia, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, local media reports said Taiwan seeks to hire more Indian workers to address labour shortages in the manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and fishery industries. Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer but with an ageing society.

New Delhi: A committee charged with drafting a new national cooperation policy has recommended that a national innovation fund be set up to encourage entrepreneurship in primary agricultural credit societies (PACs), a member of the committee said. No specific size or outlay for the fund has been recommended; the ministry of cooperation will take a call on the size, the member added, requesting not to be named.

A former longtime financial advisor who had been registered with SagePoint Financial Inc., which became Osaic Wealth Inc. last year, was barred from the securities industry this week after Osaic discharged him in December for allegedly breaking industry rules in the sale of promissory notes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration's top official said on Thursday he will discuss Boeing (NYSE:BA)'s quality control and manufacturing practices at a Washington meeting with company executives, after a panel blew out of a 737 MAX plane in flight in January.

Paytm Payments Bank, and most recently, on business payment solutions providers (BPSPs, typically fintech companies). Even in October, RBI had fined the payments bank ₹5.39 crore for non-compliance with some provisions of KYC guidelines, cybersecurity framework, etc. Others have not been spared either.

India so far has imported 3,000 tonnes of black matpe or urad beans from Brazil and is likely to procure another 20,000 tonnes this year, said Union consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh. Singh in November had urged businessmen and officials in Brazil to grow pulses, especially tur (pigeon pea) and urad, to cater to Indian consumers amid falling domestic production, and as a way of diversifying the sourcing. “We need to ensure that food items are available in the country for our 1.4 billion consumers at an affordable price," Singh said on Thursday on the sidelines of the Global Pulse Confederation conference in New Delhi.

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NEW DELHI : India has resumed trade talks with Peru after a long gap, with the sixth round of India-Peru negotiations for a trade agreement held in the South American country from 12 to 14 February. Various working group meetings were held, including on trade in goods, rules of origin, trade in services, customs procedures and trade facilitation, dispute settlement, and legal and institutional Issues, the ministry of commerce and industry said in a statement on Thursday “These meetings involved the participation of more than 70 delegates from both countries together, including their respective negotiating teams," it said. Over the next fortnight, other working groups will hold virtual meetings on technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and trade remedies and cooperation.

New Delhi: Just months after raising their bilateral relationship to the level of a strategic partnership, India and Greece are looking to deepen cooperation in defence and shipping, according to persons aware of the matter. The two sides are discussing defence sales by India to Greece, in line with New Delhi’s goal of tripling defence exports to $5 billion over the next few years.

Hamas. PM Modi met with UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, where the war and conflict in the Red Sea featured heavily in discussions, according to India’s Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra. Both leaders agreed, though, to take the first step to operationalize part of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, he said.

International Energy Agency's member countries have begun talks with India on its application to become a full member of the Paris-based agency of 31 nations, IEA said on Wednesday. In a statement issued after IEA's 2024 ministerial meeting in Paris, the agency said the talks with India are in recognition of the country's "strategic importance" in tackling global energy and climate challenges. «The Ministerial gave the IEA a strong mandate to deepen cooperation with major emerging economies. This includes starting discussions with India on its request for full IEA membership,» it added. India, which joined the IEA as an associate member in 2017, sent a formal request for full membership in October 2023.

Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha resigned from his post of working president of the state Congress and announced his support to the development projects of the BJP led government in Assam. Congress Mangaldoi MLA Basanta Das also announced his support to the BJP led government in Assam. Both the leaders had a meeting with chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Purkayastha who is MLA from North Karimganj in letter to Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah said,” Sir do hereby resign from the post of Working President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect and continue the work only as Primary member Of the Congress party”. Talking to media persons Puryakastha said he and Das had decided to support the development work of the BJP government in Assam. “We support the development of the constituency, state. We will give our cooperation to the government so that there is no politics in the field of development.”

Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and discussed a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation including trade and investment. «Strengthening India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership! PM @narendramodi met VP & PM of UAE @HHShkMohd in Dubai. Discussions covered a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation including trade & investment, technology, education, and people-to-people ties,» said a post on the official X handle of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). In another meeting with Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina, Modi reaffirmed India's commitment to further strengthen India-Madagascar partnership and help in the developmental journey of his island nation. A first meeting between the two leaders, Modi and Rajoelina met on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit here.

India is today Bangladesh's largest export destination in Asia, the Indian High Commissioner here has said, highlighting the importance of multimodal connectivity in unlocking the true potential of bilateral cooperation between the two countries. High Commissioner Pranay Verma made these remarks on Monday after Shipping Minister Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury inaugurated the Sultanganj port, establishing naval connectivity between Bangladesh's Rajshahi and India's Murshidabad. «The future of our partnership lies in efficient multimodal connectivity — encompassing road and rail, inland waterways, and coastal shipping,» he said.

Section 80TTB of the Income Tax Act outlines the tax benefits that senior citizens can avail of regarding the interest income they receive from deposits. The Finance Budget 2018 introduced several benefits specifically targeted at senior citizens, one of which is the new provision -Section 80TTB.

PM Modi. He also noted that the strong ties between the two nations serve as a model for international cooperation. PM Modi is set to participate in the World Government Summit 2024 which will be held in Dubai as a Guest of Honour and deliver a special keynote address at the Summit.

PM Narendra Modi and President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. The BIT will be a key enabler for further promoting investments in both countries. India has signed both BIT and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the UAE. The agreement on interlinking of the instant payment platforms — UPI (India) and AANI (UAE) — will facilitate seamless cross-border transactions between the two countries. This follows the MoU on interlinking payment and messaging systems signed in July last year during PM Modi's visit to Abu Dhabi.

NEW DELHI : India and the UAE concluded a bilateral investment agreement and also signed a framework agreement on the India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the UAE. Modi met with his counterpart, UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Tuesday for both one-on-one and delegation-level talks. The bilateral investment agreement came after the two countries signed their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in 2022.

PM Modi will meet with the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, whom he had met in Gujarat during the 'Vibrant Gujarat 2024' in January 9. He will also meet with the Vice President, Prime Minister, and Defence Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In their bilateral meeting PM Modi and UAE President are expected to take up strengthening of ties in a number of economic areas including energy security, energy trade, ports, railways and maritime logistics, digital infrastructure, capital flows and fintech connectivity, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Federal officials are investigating an incident in which an American Airlines jet ran off the end of a runway after landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport over the weekend

United Arab Emirates from February 13 to 14, where he will hold discussions with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on taking forward our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. According to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office, he will visit Qatar from February 14 to 15, following his UAE visit. «I am travelling to the United Arab Emirates on an Official Visit from 13-14 February and to Qatar from 14-15 February. This will be my seventh visit to the UAE and second visit to Qatar since 2014,» the statement read.