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The India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, launched in 2000, aims to expand into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership, while SAFTA and India-Bhutan trade agreements bolster regional commerce.

The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying of the Central government will conduct the Livestock Census from September to December 2024. This will be the twenty-first edition of the Livestock Census after the twentieth edition concluded in 2019. The Ministry will release the census data, collected from over 27 crore

India needs to increase its fertiliser production capacity as situations in Ukraine and the Middle East are likely to remain unstable, said Senior Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Nicholas Sitko. To reduce its reliance on imported fertilisers, India should consider transforming its agricultural

The Housing and Urban Development Corp (HUDCO), a public sector organisation engaged in housing finance and infrastructure project finance, raised ¥60 billion ($448 million) from the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) and Mizuho Bank. This is a rare transaction for a government-owned company in this

Google has announced AI research and models to support India in the agriculture sector. Google is granting developers access to its Agricultural Landscape Understanding (ALU) Research API, which leverages artificial intelligence and remote sensing to deliver insights at the individual farm level throughout India. The technology determines the boundaries of

India’s Parliamentary committees are scrutinising sugar content in packaged baby foods, rising medicine prices, plastic waste management, and consumer protection in banking, with broader focus areas including foodgrain management and ethanol production.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, led by Rahul Gandhi, is prioritising discussions on the readiness of the Indian Armed Forces for hybrid warfare, including cyber and non-kinetic threats.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led an Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva, highlighting India’s multilateral efforts, technology-driven governance, and climate initiatives, while securing leadership roles in key IPU committees and endorsing India's start-up success with 118 unicorns worth over $355 billion.