India's bioeconomy hits $150Billion, innovation key

India's bioeconomy hits $150Billion, innovation key

Monday, 21 October 2024 | PTI | new delhi

India's biotechnology sector is witnessing remarkable growth, with the country's bioeconomy now valued at USD 150 billion but there is still significant untapped potential in innovation and product development, which could further elevate India's global standing in the sector, Dr Jitendra Kumar, Managing Director of the government's Biotechnology Industry Research...

Xi Jinping calls for strengthening deterrence capabilities

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | PTI | beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping has inspected a brigade of the military’s strategic missile force that underwent a massive purge of officials for corruption in recent years, according to a media report on Saturday. Xi on Thursday visited at Hefei the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Rocket Force, a key arm of...

Four new polio cases reported in Pakistan

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | PTI | ISLAMABAD/KARACHI

Pakistan reported another four cases of poliovirus taking the national tally to 37 this year, a media report said on Saturday. The regional reference laboratory for polio eradication at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, on Friday, confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type-1 (WPV 1) in three children from Balochistan...

France vows support for Ukraine’s plan to end Russian invasion

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | AP | KYIV

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot pledged his support for Ukraine’s plan for ending the two and a half-year war with Russia, telling reporters in Kyiv on Saturday that he will work with Ukrainian officials to secure other nations’ backing for the proposal. Unveiled by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this week,...

UK’s ex-minister claims blocking India FTA over visa demands: Reports

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | PTI | LONDON

Britain’s former business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is the frontrunner to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party chief and Opposition Leader, has claimed that she blocked the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) over demands for more visas, according to UK media reports. The Nigerian heritage shadow minister, who is...

UN expands arms embargo on Haiti to all types of arms

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | AP | UNITED NATIONS

n The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons and ammunition, expressing grave concern at the extremely high levels of gang violence and criminal activities in the impoverished Caribbean nation. The resolution authorizes the 193 UN member nations to take...

Putin plans to end dominance of US dollar

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | PTI | MOSCOW

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the multi-nation BRICS group should explore a SWIFT-like cross-border payments system immune to Western sanctions as well as use national digital currencies in financing investment projects to end US dollar dominance. Ahead of the 16th annual summit of leaders of BRICS to be hosted by...

Drone targets Netanyahu’s house as strikes in Gaza kill 50

Sunday, 20 October 2024 | AP | jerusalem

The Israeli government said a drone targeted the prime minister’s house Saturday, though there were no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed Hamas would continue its fight following the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly October 7 attack. Sirens wailed in Israel warning of incoming fire from Lebanon. The...

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