1.Maldives, China sign 20 agreements after Muizzu-Xi meeting amid diplomatic row with India.: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held in-depth talks with his Maldivian counterpart Mohamed Muizzu following which the two countries signed 20 "key" agreements, including one on tourism cooperation, and announced the elevation of their bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.Mr. Muizzu said he was honoured to pay his first state visit to China and become the first foreign head of state that China has hosted this year, fully demonstrating the great importance both sides attach to the development of bilateral relations.
2.India
a growth engine: PM to world, biz leaders.: The
world perceives India as an important pillar of stability, a global growth
engine, the voice of the Global South and a friend who can be trusted, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he addressed world and business
leaders while inaugurating the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar. The
10th edition of the summit, aimed at fostering investments, business
collaborations and strategic partnerships, was attended by the United Arab
Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mozambique President Filipe
Jacinto Nyusi, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos Horta, Czech Republic Prime
Minister Petr Fiala, and heads of top Indian and foreign companies. The theme for this year’s event is “Gateway to the Future”.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-a-growth-engine-pm-to-world-biz-leaders-101704912711281.html
3.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Meets
UK PM Rishi Sunak In London.: nion
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in
London on Wednesday.The Defence Minister is currently on an official visit to
Great Britain. The visit marks the first visit by a sitting Indian Defence
Minister to the UK in more than 20 years.Earlier in the day, Defence Minister
Singh and his British counterpart Grant Shapps attended the India-UK Defence
Industry CEOs Roundtable at Trinity House in London.
4.India
ranks at THIS position in world's most powerful passport 2024 list.: Indian passport ranked 80th spot in the world's most powerful
passport list for
2024, with citizens allowed to travel to 62 countries without a visa. The
country shares its rank with Uzbekistan, while the neighboring nation Pakistan
is positioned at 101 spot. Singapore and Japan have boasted the world’s
most powerful travel documents for the last five years, granting their citizens
access to more countries without a prior visa than anyone else.
5.PM to inaugurate India’s longest sea bridge.: Sanjay Dutt, managing director of Tata Realty & Infrastructure, is looking forward to Friday (tomorrow) when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the 21.8-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), which will connect Sewri in South Mumbai to Chirle near Navi Mumbai. “I am really looking forward to drive on it in a pollution-free environment when I travel to other side of the city,” Dutt says about the project that will see Mumbai taking another giant step towards better road connectivity. Besides lane driving and wider roads, absence of traffic jams should be the icing on the cake, Dutt adds.
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/roadways-mumbai-trans-harbour-link-pm-to-inaugurate-indias-longest-sea-bridge-10-million-litres-of-fuel-to-be-saved-annually-cut-travel-time-to-just-20-minutes-3361368/
6.Reliance
Industries set to commission energy complex this year.:Reliance Industries is preparing to commission the Dhirubhai
Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex, a 5,000-acre manufacturing facility for
renewable energy-related products, in Jamnagar in the second half of 2024, its
chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani said on Wednesday. Addressing the
Vibrant Gujarat Summit, the western state’s flagship investment conclave, in
Gandhinagar, Ambani said that along with generating a large number of jobs, the
giga complex will also help Gujarat become a major exporter of green products.
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/reliance-industries-set-to-commission-energy-complex-this-year-11704904698535.html
7.MCZMA
passes Salman Khan’s proposal for hotel at Carter Road.: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has
cleared a proposal for the construction of a hotel by Salma Khan, mother of
actor Salman Khan. The proposal was passed in a meeting on December 15, 2023,
of which the minutes were uploaded late on Wednesday. According to the
minutes, the hotel will be constructed by demolishing a deserted
under-construction eight-storey building at Carter Road in Bandra West on a 990
square-metre plot. The hotel will have an uninterrupted sea view.
8.World Hindi Day 2024: Hindi is not just a language but an emotion. After Mandarin
and English, it is the third-most spoken language in the world. The
contribution of Hindi to Indian literature, in preserving the values, is
remarkable. World Hindi Day
https://www.news18.com/lifestyle/world-hindi-day-2024-history-theme-10-facts-quotes-and-wishes-to-share-on-hindi-diwas-8733761.html
9.IHCL partners with
IFC to bring cost-effective cooling solutions.: Indian
Hotels Company (IHCL) announced
the successful completion of nine pioneering pilot projects in collaboration
with IFC’s TechEmerge Sustainable Cooling Innovation Program, within a
span of 18 months. This underscores the company’s unwavering commitment to
fostering environmentally responsible practices to bring efficient,
climate-smart, cost-effective cooling solutions to India’s hospitality sector.
10.Hospitality sector gets its mojo back
after Covid lull as jobs zoom 271%.:
Revenge spending, as some have termed it, in the tourism
sector after the
Covid-19 pandemic has had a trigger effect on hospitality hiring with entry-level jobs seeing the
sharpest surge in the last two years, TOI report said.Apprentice & trainee
hires have seen a rise of 54 per cent CAGR in the last two years, as per
TeamLease. Hiring in the hospitality sector rose by around 271 per cent in the
same period, the report said.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/fresher/hospitality-sector-gets-its-mojo-back-after-covid-lull-as-entry-level-jobs-zoom-271/articleshow/106591715.cms?from=mdr
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