South East Asian Countries

Customs Department is likely to resume physical inspections of imports from South East Asia as importers may be flouting rules of origin norms and misusing FTA routes.

WHO asks South-East Asian countries to scale up Covid vaccination

While significant progress has been made in the region towards vaccinating populations against COVID-19, several countries missed the global target to fully vaccinate 70 per cent of their total population with all primary doses of the vaccine by June end, a WHO statement said.

Assam CM urges dairy farmers to look towards SE Asian market

Addressing dairy farmers on 'Celebration of Purabi Milk Day' here, Chief Minister Sonowal cited the examples of Gujarat's Amul which he said has created a market for its products.

High bandwidth cable linking India & SEA, ME operational: RJio

The 8,100-km cable system linking Malaysia and Singapore to Oman and the UAE, with branches to India and Sri Lanka "provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia through seamless interconnection with existing cable system", the company said in a statement.

Govt wants to make NE hub of trade with South East Asia: HM

The NDA government wants to make the Northeast a hub for trade with South East Asian countries but for that peace must prevail in the region, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

CBI files charge sheet in Bank of Baroda case

A CBI spokesperson said two former officials of Bank of Baroda have been named in the charge sheet. She said it is alleged that the remittances were made in violation of banking norms regarding overseas remittances of foreign exchange.

Signing of India-ASEAN FTA likely via circulation process

Under the circulation process, each member will separately sign the agreement and it will become effective only after the last member signs the pact.

NMCC calls for abolishing labour related regulations

NMCC has estimated that in the next 5 years 100 million jobs will come out of China and India has the potential to get 40-80 million of those jobs and that can only happen if labour reforms are carried out in India.