The Central government is planning to come up with a comprehensive policy to make Indian Standard Time (IST) mandatory nationwide,

In a deeper note, the official reportedly said that the purpose of the new policy is to ensure synchronization of all networks and computers to IST and adoption of IST by telecom service providers, Internet service providers, power grids, banks, stock exchange etc.

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India's manufacturing exports are expected to touch $1 trillion by 2027-28: Bain & Company Report.

#Trade #India #Economy

https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/indias-ambitions-to-become-new-age-factory-of-the-world-to-get-budget-boost/articleshow/96784952.cms

🚦A Hacker group issued a threat to Pakistan. The language used in this video seems like a Gothic Russian Lullaby. They demand the extradition of Hafiz Saeed to India 🇮🇳 or be ready for massive cyber attack. This Hacker group is not affiliated to KillNet or Elephant.

#Cyberwarfare

Large-scale protests broke out after Zhongyuan Huiji Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in Chongqing Dadukou, a company that manufactures testing reagents, failed to pay workers for several months.

#InternationalNews

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/protestors-clash-with-police-at-covid-antigen-kit-factory-in-china-3673796

Decolonise mil-civil bureaucracy for 'Aatmanirbhar' Bharat to succeed.

While India’s close partners US and France are willing to jointly design, develop, manufacture hardware systems with private and public sector, it is the military-civilian bureaucracy tribe that cannot make up its mind and is running round in circles.

#India #Defence

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/decolonize-mil-civil-bureaucracy-for-aatmanirbhar-bharat-to-succeed-101673245135492.html

The Swiss National Bank posted an annual loss of 142.67 bn dollars in 2022.
#InternationalNews

https://t.co/0GH3LFxHWX

India’s service exports hit all-time high of $273.6 bn in 2022. Outlook is rosy too.

Riding on the IT and telecom boom, India’s service exports have nearly doubled in a decade. It’s a bright spot amid huge trade deficit for merchandise exports.

#India #Trade #Economy

https://theprint.in/economy/indias-service-exports-hit-all-time-high-of-273-6-bn-in-2022-outlook-is-rosy-too/1302305/

"Our national efforts towards 'Make in India' are neither isolationist, nor are they just meant for India alone": Rajnath Singh Def Min🇮🇳

He also said that India does not believe in a hierarchical conception of a world order where few countries are considered superior to others.

#India #Geopolitics

India, Japan To Conduct Veer Guardian Exercise Eyeing ‘Common Adversary’ China

Veer Guardian-2023: First time ever, the Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will be conducting a bilateral fighter training exercise to ‘signal China’ about the combined air power of both countries.

#Defence #India

🚨 Pledges/aids/loans to Pakistan 🇵🇰 reach $8B mark:

•🇸🇦 Islamic DB 4.2 billion
•🌍 World Bank $2 billion
•🏁Asian DB $1 billion
•🇺🇸 $100 million
•🇯🇵 $77 million
•🇩🇪 €84 million
•🇪🇺 €500 million
•🇫🇷 $10 million
•🇨🇳 $100 million

Numbers updating.

#IndianSubcontinent

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Pakistan to dispatch 159 containers of ammunition including 155 mm projectiles, M4A2 propelling bag charges, M82 primers and PDM fuses to Ukraine via a port in Poland this month. #InternationalNews #Geopolitics

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ONGC’s production from offshore marginal fields discovered long ago in Krishna-Godavari basin will provide invaluable elbow room to planners in the Petroleum Ministry as they navigate the ongoing ruptures in the global energy sector.

The two ONGC assets — Cluster-7 and KG-DWN-98/2 — we can expect an addition of around 50,000 barrels of crude oil a day in this calendar year. That is nearly 10% of Indian oil demand.

#aatmanirbharbharat #Oil #Energy
https://t.co/Eh9n7MYkdJ

Norway’s largest pension company, will undertake its first investment of 900 million INR in an Indian transmission project being developed by ReNew Power. 🇮🇳🤝🇳🇴

#Infra #Energy
https://t.co/w5FwfFQIso

Top Chinese smartphone brands are in talks with Indian contract manufacturers to leverage the latter’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme approved status.

#MakeinIndia
https://t.co/4IH5cJEtR6

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/iphone-exports-from-india-double-to-surpass-2-5-billion-11673255522054.html

#MakeInIndia #Exports

In a major push for diplomatic relations between India and Morocco, the Royal Armed Forces of the North African country are all set to acquire 92 six-wheeled military trucks manufactured by the Indian private sector.
#MakeInIndia

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#India #Economy