India has achieved the target of $400 billion in exports in FY2022. What is the significance of this? What areas have been the key drivers of India’s export growth?
The achievement of $400 billion in merchandise exports represents a growth of over 21 per cent in exports compared to the previous record high of $330 billion achieved in FY2019 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic pandemic.
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Now on track to becoming the youngest sitting member of Rajya Sabha, Chadha’s role will change. In keeping with the AAP’s national ambition, he is set to be among the eight representatives of the party in the Upper House.
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Priyanka Chopra hosted a pre-Oscar event on Wednesday along with a few of her other South Asian colleagues. The actor decked up in a black saree for the bash.
Priyanka Chopra stepped out in her Indian avatar as she hosted a pre-Oscar party in Beverly Hills, celebrating South Asian excellence in films. The actor decked up in a black saree paired with a strapless blouse for the event.
The party was co-hosted by Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Anjula Acharia, Bela Bajaria, Maneesh K. Goya and Shruti Ganguly
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This award was conferred on him in a high-powered linguistic discourse held on ‘Poetic Skills and Social Impacts of Poetry’ marking the occasion of ‘World Poetry Day ‘,which was held under the auspices of British Lingua, an institute of international repute for English language skills in New Delhi.
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Qualcomm is setting up its second largest campus outside the U.S. in Hyderabad, a 1.572-million sqft facility that is expected to be ready for inauguration by this October.
The California-headquartered tech giant will be investing ₹3,904.55 crore to expand its Hyderabad operations. The investment, to be made over the next five years, will also create employment for about 8,700 software professionals, Industries and IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao’s office said on Tuesday.
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Special Chief Secretary (Youth Advancement Tourism & Culture) Rajat Bhargava felicitated Priyanka Nutakka who was awarded a Woman Chess GrandMaster title recently.
Ms. Priyanka met Mr. Rajat Bhargava at the latter’s office on Tuesday. Ms. Priyanka from Vijayawada holds a record of six gold medals from all the three standard, rapid and blitz U-10 Asian Youth Chess Championships held at Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka. She also won gold medals at various international championships.
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are jointly launching an M. Tech programme in Industrial Artificial Intelligence.
The 18-month course will be offered online and focus on industrial analytics. It aims at upskilling employees in corporates in the application of AI to industrial problems. The TCS will provide the first cohort of students.
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The Intercontinental region is nearly a $3 billion business unit with 10,000 employees, covering over 60 countries across Latin America, India & South Asia, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, said the company in a statement on March 23.
The company also inducted Elie Chaillot, President and CEO, GE Healthcare Intercontinental, to its Board of Directors. Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro GE Healthcare and Chairman, Wipro Enterprises said, “There is a growing need to improve access to medical technology and precision medicine across India. Elie brings with him deep commercial and global leadership experience and we are delighted to have him on the board of directors.’‘
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Raising a toast to Calcutta’s very own master chef
Peliti’s of Calcutta started out in the 1870s as a confectionery outlet on Bentinck Street and thereafter turned into a fine dining restaurant-cum-confectioner’s on Esplanade Row. “Business ended with World War II,” says Maria Letizia, who is a great-granddaughter of the founder, Federico Peliti, and is now based in Turin in Italy.
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Nagaland is likely to get a woman Rajya Sabha MP for the first time as a coalition of the NDPP and the BJP, having 35 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, nominated the saffron party’s Mahila Morcha president S Phangnon Konyak as the candidate for the election to the state’s lone seat to the Upper House of Parliament.
The Naga People’s Front with 25 members held a meeting on Saturday to decide whether to support Konyak or field its own candidate, but it remained inconclusive, NPF secretary general and spokesperson Achumbemo Kikon told PTI.
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