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NEW DELHI: UGC launches common faculty recruitment portal for central universities. - May 4, 2023
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LONDON: KL Rahul, Jaydev Unadkat ruled out of IPL 2023, in danger of missing WTC final for India. - May 4, 2023
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GENEVA: World should prepare for El Nino, new record temperatures: UN. - May 3, 2023
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WASHINGTON: US philanthropy platform raises over $1 million for 25 Indian NGOs with help of young Indian-Americans. - May 3, 2023
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MOSCOW: India’s Urals oil imports dip in April as China ups competition. - May 2, 2023
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CUPERTINO: Apple opens its first retail store in India. - May 2, 2023
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KHARTOUM: Operation Kaveri, India brings home 754 more citizens from Sudan. - May 1, 2023
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BAHRAIN: Visit of MOS Shri. V. Muraleedharan,to Saudi Arabia & Bahrain. - May 1, 2023
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CALIFORNIA: Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India for violating norms in 2022. - April 28, 2023
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SAN JOSE: Startup with Indian roots beats Nvidia at ML Olympics. - April 26, 2023
MOSCOW : India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) Virtual Review Meeting
MOSCOW : External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a virtual meeting with H.E. Mr. Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Minister of Trade and Industry, and Co-chair of the India-Russia Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).
The Co-chairs reviewed the progress achieved in the various Working Group and Sub-Group Meetings under the IRIGC-TEC framework since their meeting in Moscow in November 2022 and gave guidance to prepare ground for the next in person meeting of IRIGC-TEC which will be held in New Delhi at mutually convenient dates. The two sides agreed to work together to unlock the full potential of India-Russia bilateral trade and economic relations including through addressing the trade deficit and market access issues.
The Inter-governmental Commission is a mechanism for regularly monitoring bilateral progress across the sectors of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries which was set up by an Agreement on inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation signed in May 1992. The first session of IRIGC was held on 13 and 14 September 1994. So far, 23 IRIGC meetings have been held. 23rd Session of IRIGC was held on 14 September 2018 in Moscow. The 24th IRIGC-TEC meeting will be hosted by India and today’s review meeting will pave the way for the same.