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Jan102017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

We are going to do ‘Some Great Things,’ Says Trump After Meeting Jack Ma

USA

New York, United States: President-elect Donald Trump and China's billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba held "great" talks in New York on Monday focused on creating US jobs and enabling trade with Asia. The incoming Republican president, who will be sworn in as commander-in-chief in less than two weeks' time having never previously held elected office, has made job creation a key promise of his incoming administration. His team said the meeting between the 70-year-old real estate tycoon and China' richest man was focused on how Alibaba can create one million US jobs by enabling one million US small businesses to sell goods into China and Asia. "We had a great meeting," Trump told reporters afterward in accompanying Ma back down to the lobby of his Trump Tower headquarte...

Dec272016 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

India’s Curt Response, After China’s Comment On Agni-V Missile Test

National

Responding to China's reaction to its test-firing of the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile, India on Tuesday said its strategic capabilities were not targeted against any particular country, adding that while it abides by all applicable international obligations, it expects others to do the same. "India's strategic capabilities are not targeted against any particular country. India abides by all the applicable international obligations and hopes that all other do the same. India's strategic autonomy and growing engagement contributes to strategic stability," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. Mr Swarup's remarks came after Chinese Foreign Ministry said it hoped that India's test-firing of the nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile or ICB...

Dec272016 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Agni-5 Missile Capable of Reaching China Successfully Test Fired

National

India today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable, inter-continental ballistic missile Agni 5, that has a range of over 5,000 km covering whole of China, from Abdul Kalam island off Odisha coast. Defence sources said that the successful test-firing today will pave the way for user trial of the most potent Indian missile and its eventual induction into the strategic forces command (SFC). The three-stage, solid propellant surface-to-surface missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 1105 hours, DRDO sources said. About 17-metre long and weighing over 50 ton, the surface-to-surface missile majestically rose from the confines of its canister flawlessly and achieved all targets, sources in Defence Research and D...

Sep92015 by Team - The Digital Indian1 Comment

62 countries that offer Visa On Arrival For Indians

Information

What’s the first thing you do when you plan a vacation? Book tickets? Nahh. Pack bags? Nopes! Ask family and friends for tips? Nopes. It is go to the Visa page and check out the Visa procedure. Be it for a simple 10-day vacation or a one-month long sojourn, the first thing that crosses an Indian’s mind as soon as he/she thinks of vacation is the Visa hassle. Crazy procedures, long wait and intense question-answer sessions – The Indian hates the Visa procedure. And there are some countries in the world which don’t even have a procedure for Indians and are clueless when it comes to issuing a visa to Indians, namely, Ukraine! So then, when news like this: that there are 62 countries in the world where Indians can travel without a visa, send us up dancing, we can’t be blamed! Yes, that’s righ...