Ambassador of the UAE to India, Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman AlBanna, said UAE and India’s bilateral trade is projected to grow from $60 billion in 2020 to $100 billion by 2030.
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** Teacher, manager, mountaineer… now, first cricketer from Ladakh in J&K team
HE HAS trained as a monk, worked as a physical education teacher, been a sales manager at a Decathlon sports outlet, and often taken up the job of managing trekking camps during the tourist season.
But that’s not what Skalzang Kalyan Dorje is excited to talk about over the phone from his home in Leh’s Tukla village, shielding his voice from the cold wind howling outside.
** Salary income of Indian workers in Gulf exempt from I-T: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman said salary income earned by non-resident Indians in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from tax in India.
** DRDO develops lightweight bullet-proof jacket for armed forces
The jacket weighing around 9 kg meets the qualitative requirements of the Indian Army.
Defence sources said the Front Hard Armour Panel (FHAP) of the jacket was tested at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, and metrelevant BIS standards
** World Banks approves USD 32 million project to improve health services in Mizoram
Non-Communicable Diseases in adults account for more than 50 per cent of the disease burden in Mizoram.
** World Bank, AIIB approve loan for USD 300 million canal-based drinking water projects in Punjab
The project is aimed at ensuring quality drinking water and minimise water losses for Amritsar and Ludhiana, according to a Punjab government statement.
** Calcutta University secures first place among Indian universities in ARWU ranking: Vice Chancellor
As many as 15 Indian universities have made it to the ARWU 2020, also known as Shanghai Ranking, released recently.
** Eyeing Guinness record, soldier begins 4,300-km run to be completed within 50 days
Last year in June, Naik Velu became the first Indian ultra-runner to complete 1,600 km in just 17 days, a feat which is in the process of being entered as an Asian record.
Naik Velu, serving as a nursing assistant in the 60 Para Field Hospital, is an ultra marathoner who is attempting a Guinness World Record by running from Kashmir to Kanyakumari covering a distance of about 4,300 km under 50 days,” Udhampur-based Army Public Relations Officer (PRO) Lieutenant Colonel Abhinav Navneet said.
** Renowned Gujarat poet Khalil Dhantejvi dead, PM Modi expresses grief
The poet, who was born Khalil Ismail, but adopted ‘Dhantejvi’ from the name of his village Dhantej in Vadodara, had written many poems, ghazals