Walmart shifts sourcing to India from China for cheaper imports.
The retailer is importing goods from toys and electronics to bicycles, pharmaceuticals, packaged food, dry grains and pasta from India to the U.S.

Between January and August of 2023, 25% of US imports of Walmart were sourced from India, up from 2% in 2018.

#MakeInIndia
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India's GDP growth rate stood at 7.6% in Q2 of FY 2023-24

#Economy

🗳️ 2024 is the largest election year in history of elections !!!

76 countries will hold nationwide elections in 2024 including:
🇮🇳 India - 1.4bn
🇺🇸 US - 342m
🇮🇩 Indonesia - 280m
🇵🇰 Pakistan- 245m
🇧🇷 Brazil - 218m
🇧🇩 Bangladesh - 175m
🇷🇺 Russia - 144m
🇲🇽 Mexico - 129m
🇹🇷 Turkey - 86m

Argentina's incoming Foreign Minister says that Argentina will not join BRICS Group.

#Geopolitics

🇺🇲⚡🇮🇳 Report: Multiple western nations have expelled R&AW officials in recent months:

- R&AW station head of San Francisco in the US.

- R&AW deputy Station chief in the UK.

- New R&AW station chief of the USA not being allowed to be joined by the US.

- R&AW station chief Canada

#ForeignAffairs
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Israel says Hamas has violated the ceasefire & IDF has resumed combat in Gaza
#War #InternationalNews

RBI says over 97 per cent of Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation as on 19 May 2023, has since been returned. #Policy

Good News - India's core sector output rose 12.1% in October compared to 9.2% in the previous month. #Economy

Core Sectors of India are 👇

Coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity.

PM Narendra Modi proposes to host COP33 in India in 2028.
#ForeignPolicy

Ohio and Massachusetts become the first 2 states in USA to report outbreak of new Chinese-origin pneumonia, now dubbed as "White Lung Syndrome" #Health

India is set to restart imports of Venezuelan #oil after a three-year hiatus, according to brokers and shipping fixtures, as it rushes to take advantage of a US move to ease sanctions on the South American nation.

#Energy #Trade #Geopolitics
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To improve safety and prevent accidents, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has installed Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) technology in 10 buses as a pilot project. #automobile

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JSW Infrastructure has entered into a concession agreement with the Karnataka Maritime Board to develop a greenfield port for Rs 4,119 crore at Keni in Karnataka.

To be constructed between two major ports of Mormugao Port and New Mangalore Port.

#Infra #Ports
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Defence Procurement Board (DPB), a key body of the defence ministry, has accorded in-principle approval to the ambitious proposal signalling the government's readiness to go for the second indigenous aircraft carrier, to be known as IAC II. #Defence #aatmanirbharbharat

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India re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council.
#ForeignPolicy

Aditya-L1 Mission:

The Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer (SWIS), the second instrument in the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload is operational.

The histogram illustrates the energy variations in proton and alpha particle counts captured by SWIS over 2-days.

#AdityaL1 #ISRO

#automobile

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Bills likely to be taken up during the Winter Session of the Parliament(ANI) #NationalPolicy