(VEN) - Vietnam and India hope to increase bilateral trade to US$15 billion by 2020, according to a joint statement issued by the two sides during President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to India from March 2-4. Major Vietnamese exports to India include mobile phones, computers, electronic products and components President Quang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on the need to adopt targeted measures to achieve US$15 billion in bilateral trade, focusing on diversifying export products, reducing trade barriers and enhancing air and maritime transport connectivity. The two sides also agreed to exchange development assistance packages in fields such as infrastructure, human resources, science and technology, research and development. President Quang affirmed Vietnam’s wish to attract more investment from Indian businesses, especially in the fields of renewable energy, infrastructure, education and information technology. Following their talk, … [Read more...] about Vietnam, India target US$15 billion in trade
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India helps translate ancient inscriptions in My Son Sanctuary
UNESCO world heritage My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam province. (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) – The Sanskrit inscriptions on steles at the UNESCO world heritage My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam province will be translated into Vietnamese and English as part of a joint project between Vietnam and India. Under the project, which started on April 3, specialists from India will study the steles and help Vietnam translate the epitaphs from Sanskrit, the ancient liturgical language of Hinduism, to Vietnamese and English. The move aims to aid the preservation of the sanctuary and shed light on its cultural, historical, religious and architectural values hidden in the towers there for thousands years. The complex has Sanskrit epitaphs engraved on 31 steles made of brick and stone, the main materials used in building My Son Sanctuary, said Nguyen Cong Khiet, deputy head of the sanctuary’s management committee. The biggest challenge the translators face is that many … [Read more...] about India helps translate ancient inscriptions in My Son Sanctuary
India withdraws controversial ‘fake news’ order after backlash
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reversed an order to punish journalists found guilty of reporting "fake news," after an outcry over a perceived government crackdown on the press. The media sanctions, issued late Monday, stated that the government would withdraw the official accreditation of any journalist responsible for repeated reporting of "fake news." India is the latest government to act against what it calls "fake news." Malaysia is passing a law allowing for up to six years in jail for publishing allegedly misleading information. The government said it needed to curb the spread of misinformation in the media. But Modi's office rescinded the directive just hours later amid allegations India's vibrant press was being muzzled. "PIB (Press Information Bureau) Press release titled 'Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists amended to regulate Fake News' issued on 02 April 2018 stands withdrawn," the information and broadcasting ministry said in a statement Tuesday. … [Read more...] about India withdraws controversial ‘fake news’ order after backlash
Baby believed snatched by monkey in India is found dead
Indian police say a 16-day-old baby boy believed to have been snatched by a monkey has been found drowned in a well. Scavenging rhesus macaque monkeys are a growing hazard in parts of India's Odisha state. (Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi) The infant was sleeping under a mosquito net at his home in the eastern state of Odisha on Friday (Mar 30) when he was taken by a rhesus macaque, a species with a reddish-pink face common across India. "The mother is saying that she saw a monkey take away her child. She raised an alarm but the monkey quickly leapt over the roof and vanished out of sight," police sub-inspector S M Baral told AFP. "We launched a search along with the forest officers. Yesterday (Sunday) the baby was spotted inside the well dead," she told AFP. A post-mortem showed the infant died of asphyxia due to drowning, Baral said. "Since there were no injury marks on the baby, maybe the monkey dropped him in the well." No case was registered as the "family is convinced it's the … [Read more...] about Baby believed snatched by monkey in India is found dead
Hotel collapse in central India kills 10, two injured
Ten people were killed and two were injured when a four-storey hotel collapsed in a crowded part of the central Indian city of Indore late on Saturday (Mar 31), a local police official said. Images from the scene in Indore showed battered and bloodied corpses being pulled from twisted piles of brick and concrete AFP/- Rescue operations were complete and no other casualties were likely, assistant sub-inspector Ramesh Kirade told Reuters by telephone. The near century-old structure collapsed after a driver lost control of his car and struck a pillar holding the structure up, said police deputy inspector general Harinarayanchari Mishra. "The impact was such that the entire building collapsed," he told AFP. "Rescue workers pulled out 12 people from the rubble, 10 of them were already dead. The other two are being treated in hospital." Images from the scene showed battered and bloodied corpses being pulled from twisted piles of brick and concrete. The rubble was being cleared with … [Read more...] about Hotel collapse in central India kills 10, two injured