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Great potential for India-UK bilateral trade in manufacturing and financial services

Kamal NathNew Delhi, Jan 20 : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath today said that there is a great potential for bilateral trade and investment flows between India and UK in the areas viz., manufacturing, financial services, skill development, and infrastructure.

Speaking at the India-UK JETCO (Joint Economic Trade Committee) Plenary here, the Minister said that "businesses have a very important role in the JETCO process and we look forward to inputs from businesses in these areas".

UNWTO assures full support to India for development of tourism industry

UNWTO logoNew Delhi, Jan 20 : Secretary-General of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Francesco Frangialli today compliment India for the steps taken in the country to promote tourism when he called on Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni.

During their half-an-hour meeting here, Soni apprised the Secretary-General of the latest developments in India''s tourism industry, the continued and steady growth of international and domestic tourists, the success of the Incredible India campaign, and new bilateral initiatives to foster tourism particularly from the Chinese and Japanese markets.

IRRI inks rice research pact with India

International Rice Research InstituteNew Delhi, Jan. 20 : An international agreement signed today between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will support and facilitate India''s rice research for the next three years, helping the nation''s rice production at a time of unprecedented price volatility and subsequent need for the revitalization of food production.

India successfully test fires land version of BrahMos missile on Tuesday

BrahMos New Delhi, Jan 20 : In a move to assure its accuracy for future battles, the Army, on Tuesday, tested the land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile near Pokhran in Rajasthan.

The test was declared as successful, having met all the parameters.

Earlier, on December 18, an air-breathing missile, with a strike range of 290-km, was tested for the first time from a vertical launcher fitted on a moving warship in the Bay of Bengal.

The government inducted the first battery of the BrahMos land-attack cruise missile (LACM) in July 2007.

India is a land whose diversity includes religious minorities: Vice President

India is a land whose diversity includes religious minorities: Vice PresidentNew Delhi, Jan 20 : Vice President Hamid Ansari today said that India is a land whose diversity includes religious minorities. Every sixth Indian is in this category. In absolute terms, it amounts to almost 200 million people.

India won’t hand over Malegaon suspect to Pak, says it’s an internal matter

India won’t hand over Malegaon suspect to Pak, says it’s an internal matteNew Delhi, Jan 20 : India today ruled out handing over Lt. Colonel Srikant Purohit, who is allegedly involved in the Malegoan blast case, to Pakistan, giving a serious blow to Pakistani tactics to link it with the Samjhauta Express blast of 2007.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an investiture ceremony held at the annual NCC Republic Day camp here, Defence Minister A K Antony made it clear that there is no question of India handing over anyone to Pakistan.

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