Tag: India
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India moves to plant beans, peas, others in Nigeria
…as both countries move to sign Civil Aviation and Agriculture Agreements Mr Jagdeep Kapoor, Head of Chancery, High Commission of India, in Lagos, on Thursday annouced his government’s plans to encourage Nigerian farmers to plant more pulses that would be exported to India. Kapoor told the newsmen in Lagos that the initiative would create a…
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7 dead, many feared trapped in India building collapse
Seven people had died after a building collapsed in northern Indian town of Kanpur and search for dozens feared trapped in rubble was continuing, police said on Thursday. The building under construction in Jajmau area of Kanpur collapsed on Wednesday while labourers were working on the sixth floor, police official, Ajit Singh, said. “Some of…
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Flight crashes off runway in India, 12 injured
Not fewer than 12 people were injured Tuesday when a Jet Airways flight veered off the runway as it was attempting to take off from Goa in India, the airline said. The flight from Goa’s Dabolim Airport to Mumbai had 154 passengers and seven crew members on board. The Boeing 737 careered across a field…
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India sponsoring digital transactions to encourage cashless economy
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday announced incentives ranging from 0.75 per cent to 10 on retail-purchase-of-products like petrol, diesel and insurance-products from state-run-companies to encourage digital, cashless-transactions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee banknotes on November 8 to flush out cash earned through illegal activities, or earned legally but never disclosed.…
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Customs intercepts container of Jollof Rice, Yam Porridge, Egusi from India
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “ready to eat foods’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations…