Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said India’s bioeconomy jumped from $8 billion in 2014 to $100 billion and the country now targets $150 billion by 2025, Addressing a discussion meeting in New Delhi focused on fostering the Biomanufacturing Initiative of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the minister said “India’s bioeconomy was just about $8 … Read more
Russia and India have suspended negotiations over using rupees for trade, Reuters reported. Moscow, with a high trade gap in its favor, believes accumulating rupee is “not desirable.” China prefers to be paid in Chinese yuan or other currencies. Russia and India have suspended negotiations over using rupees for trade between the two countries, with … Read more
Indian ambassador Ruchira Kamboj was speaking at a session convened by Russia that called for a discussion on how to make multilateralism effective “by defending the UN Charter”. File With another year of meetings on reforming the United Nations — and particularly the question of the expansion of the Security Council — coming to a … Read more
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das met in Maharashtra’s capital city Mumbai on 28 February. AN official statement by RBI informed that Gates held ‘wide-ranging; discussion with Das on Tuesday. Bill Gates had in his blog “Gates Notes” has recently said that India gives hope for the future … Read more