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1.Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates hailed India for providing COVID vaccines to over 150 countries in a time of grave crisis and appreciated the country ‘as a global innovator’, contributing valuable solutions to global health problems."India has long been a global innovator, contributing valuable solutions to global health problems, starting with the role of India's vaccine sector in providing high-quality and cost-effective vaccines for a variety of conditions that are helping save millions of lives across the world," he said.-thelivemint.com

2.Country soaked in red has no right to comment on us', India's reply to Pakistan at UN.-India gave a befitting reply to Pakistan and exercised its ‘Right of Reply’ in response to references to New Delhi stating that the nation that has institutionalized the systemic persecution of its minorities and has a truly abysmal human rights record has no right to comment on India.Speaking at the high-level segment of the 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, First Secretary Anupama Singh on Wednesday said it is regrettable that the biCouncil's forum has once again been abused to propagate flagrantly false accusations about India.-livemint.com

3.India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations breaking that: Goyal -PTI- India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.He is here for the 13th ministerial conference (MC) of the WTO. The meeting started on February 26 to discuss issues such as agriculture and fisheries subsidies, dispute settlement and moratorium on customs duty levy on e-commerce trade.- hindustantimes.com

4.Restoration of Old Pension Scheme: Govt. employees to go on indefinite strike from May 1.- A platform of trade unions and associations working among 28 lakh employees of the Union government, including the Railways and Central Public Sector Undertakings, and more than three crore employees and teachers with the State governments have decided to go on an indefinite strike from May 1 demanding the restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) replacing the present National Pension Scheme (NPS).- https://www.thehindu.com

5.All India Spices Exporters Forum announces 7th edition of International Spice Conference 2024- The All India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF), had announced the upcoming 7th edition of the International Spice Conference (ISC), scheduled to take place from March 3 to 6, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency in Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR. Co-hosted by the Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the conference is expected to draw a large participation from the spice fraternity both from India and abroad.

6.Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khateeb welcomed the Hilton Hotel Group's plan to expand its presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to more than 60 hotels throughout the next few years.The Ministry of Tourism is working to attract leading international hotel and hospitality brands, including the Hilton Hotel Group, to the country, in line with Saudi Arabia's strategy to increase the number of hotel rooms to over 500,000 by 2030, and provide world-class services to its tourists.- https://www.zawya.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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