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Over 108 companies and 205 participants would showcase Indian Innovations at the India Show, Colombo

Mr Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, Government of India will lead a high-level ministerial delegation to Sri Lanka coinciding with the ‘India Show’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and the High Commission of India in Colombo from 3-5 August 2012.

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India, Nigeria trade crosses $17 billion in FY12

The bilateral trade between India and Nigeria has risen by over 36 per cent to USD 17.3 billion in the fiscal ended March, 2012. The trade between the two nations stood at USD 12.7 billion in 2010-11. Exports rose to USD 2.7 billion in FY2011-12 from USD 2 billion in the previous fiscal, while imports stood at USD 14.6 billion as against USD 10.7 billion in 2010-11 Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, said quoting official data.

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Satellite imaging keeps close eye on onion crop

The onion crop in Maharashtra and Gujarat is being mapped by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) through satellite imaging. The eye-in-the-sky has been capturing the crop to provide more accurate estimates about cultivation, the area under the crop and the expected yield. This work is done manually when revenue officials visit farms and collate the data.

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India, Israel to hold talks on Free Trade Agreement on August 14

India and Israel will hold another round of negotiations on August 14-16 on signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to achieve a bilateral trade figure of $10-15 billion per year, a senior official of Department of Commerce said today. "There is another round of negotiations with Israel on signing the Free Trade Agreement on August 14-16 and talks are moving satisfactorily," Siddharth Singh, Joint Secretary.