India in Davos: Union minister rules out trade talks at WEF; assures New Delhi's engagement on other fronts

India in Davos: Union minister rules out trade talks at WEF; assures New Delhi’s engagement on other fronts

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday clarified that while India remains engaged with major global powers, the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos is largely a platform for the exchange of ideas rather than a venue for formal group-to-group trade negotiations.Responding to a query on whether India would hold meetings with the US delegation at…

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Major milestone in Bullet train project: First mountain tunnel breakthrough achieved in Maharashtra's Palghar

Major milestone in Bullet train project: First mountain tunnel breakthrough achieved in Maharashtra’s Palghar

(Image: National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) NEW DELHI: India’s bullet train corridor marked a major milestone on Friday with the breakthrough of a high-speed mountain tunnel in Maharashtra’s Palghar district.Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually witnessed the final breakthrough of the 1.5-km-long Mountain Tunnel-5 (MT-5) from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. This is the first…

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Census 2027: Headcount to begin from April; to be held in two phases - all you need to know about exercise

Census 2027: Headcount to begin from April; to be held in two phases – all you need to know about exercise | India News

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday allocated Rs 11,700 crore for the upcoming census schedule from April to September in 2027.According to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the census will be conducted in two phases — housing enlisting and population enumeration.“Census 2027 will be the first ever digital census. The digital design of the census has…

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Indian Railways infra push: Cabinet clears two major multitracking projects in Maharashtra and Gujarat - check details

Indian Railways infra push: Cabinet clears two major multitracking projects in Maharashtra and Gujarat – check details

File photo (Picture credit: ANI) Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two key railway multitracking projects worth around Rs 2,781 crore. The decision will add nearly 224 kilometres to the existing Indian Railways network across four districts in Maharashtra…

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$10 bn chipmaking push: Semiconductor sector will be on par with US by 2032, says Vaishnaw; calls it ‘very fair race’

$10 bn chipmaking push: Semiconductor sector will be on par with US by 2032, says Vaishnaw; calls it ‘very fair race’

Within the next one decade, the Indian semiconductor industry is expected to come at par with global chipmaking leaders like the US and China.Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday outlined the government’s most ambitious technology targets, saying that the country’s plans for the sector have advanced far more quickly than anticipated. Speaking at Bloomberg’s New…

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