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A study by New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment
May 23, 2016
If you are visiting India avoid bread. It could be laced with toxic chemicals which are serious health hazards. According to a study by New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment, Indian bread manufacturers use potassium bromate and potassium iodate for treating flour whi...
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The latest push for Science and Technology incubators
May 20, 2016
India will soon launch a hub and spoke model to set up science cities and science centres to encourage science and technology (S&T) incubators and create an enabling environment. This was announced by Minister of state for science & technology and earth sciences, Y.S. Cho...
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Increasing labour costs
May 18, 2016
According to a study, the increasing labour costs in India will be a hindrance in India’s cost competitiveness that is forecasted to reduce from 44 pc to 30 pc by 2030. Growing labour costs will dent India’s cost competitiveness in manufacturing vis-à- vis Europe and is esti...
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Less Polluted Days Ahead?
May 17, 2016
According to a recent World Health Organisation report, New Delhi is at the 25th position among the most polluted cities crosswise the globe, while Patna, Gwalior and Raipur stand at sixth, tenth, and seventh position respectively. Delhi stands at the 25th position on the polluti...
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India-EU free trade
April 27, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Brussels to make a move on India-EU free trade; however, both the countries are yet to agree on resuming talks on a free trade agreement. Representatives from Europe are in talks with the Indian ministry of external affairs and with the minist...
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Relations franco-indiennes
April 25, 2016
Le général JJ Singh, ancien chef d’état-major de l’armée indienne, a été fait «Officier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur» par la France, à l’ambassade de France à Delhi. Au nom du Président de la République française, F...
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April 25, 2016
General JJ Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of India, was made recently ‘Officier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur’ (Officer of the Legion of Honour) by France, at the French Embassy in Delhi. On behalf of the President of the French Republic, François Hollan...
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Environment
April 20, 2016
India will raise the issue of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against the Indian Domestic Solar Mission. This was announced by India’s Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, on Tuesday, at a press conference on the eve of his departure...
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Ecology and Paris agreement
April 20, 2016
India on Tuesday urged the developed world to declare its enhanced action plan for the second period of Kyoto Protocol, after the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Addressing a press conference on the eve of his departure for New York for the signing of Paris Climate Change Agreeme...
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L’ancien président français en Inde
April 12, 2016
L’ancien président français Nicolas Sarkozy sera en Inde, à New-Delhi, le 13 avril, où il s’entretiendra avec le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi, après leur première rencontre à Paris en avril 2015. Il est perçu comme plutôt favorable aux entreprises par le...
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Former French president in India
April 12, 2016
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit India on April 13 and meet with the Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi, after their first encounter in Paris in April 2015. He is perceived as rather pro-business amongst Indian decision makers and is also surrounded, in the gen...
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Prince William and Kate visit India
April 12, 2016
Prince William, the duke of Cambridge, with his wife Kate, began a week’s tour of India on April 10, 2016. On their first day, the couple visited Banganga water tank in Mumbai, enjoyed a game of cricket and attended charity events. The duke and duchess of Cambridge began a seve...
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