Important Pact / Collaborations / Deals one must know:
1 Chinese technology company ZTE has inked a pact with the Andhra Pradesh government to work on smart city projects in the state
2. Haryana and the Province of Ontario in Canada today signed an MoU aimed at enhancing commercial and cultural ties.
3.Reliance Entertainment, Neeraj Pandey join hands to form film production venture
4. CBDT signed two bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with United Kingdom
5. India, NASA to study Ladakh region under Spaceward Bound programme
6. BSE and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have partnered to develop a corporate governance scorecard
7. SBI, Thomas Cook team up for 'inflation-proof' holidays
8. Reliance Infra to sell cement biz to Birla for 4800 Cr. Rs
9. Corporation Bank inks pact with Universal Sompo for accident death coverage
10. MoU on Health and School Renovation between India and Sri Lanka
11. Indo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran IX begins in Uttarakhand
12. Indian Government Sanctions Rs. 580 Crore For Railway Link With Bangladesh
13. India, China Hold First Joint Tactical Drill On Border In Jammu & Kashmir
14. India's 1st Aviation Park To Come Up In Gujarat
15. NATO & EU Signed Agreement On Cyber Defense Cooperation
16. Chhattisgarh And Railway Signed Joint Venture For Infrastructure Developmen
17. Wipro has made an announced buying "HealthPlan Service" business in the US for $460 million (Rs.3,150 crore)
18. Amazon To Invest In Westland ( A Tata Group Company )
19. To promote start-ups and entrepreneurship, the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) and National Research Development Corporation (NRDC).
20. Oracle To Setup Its Campus In Bengaluru
21. Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited India
22. Andhra Pradesh Government Signs Agreement With USTDA (US Trade and Development Agency)
23. 3 MoU Worth Rs. 21,000 Crore Signed On 1st Day Of Make In India Week
24. Indian, Israeli firms join hands for defence cooperation
25. Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has launched a mobile application 'DIAL Cargo' for cargo operations to reduce paperwork and track movement of shipments on real time basis.
26. Union Food Processing and Industry Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Chief Minister Raghubar Das inaugurated the first mega food park at Village Getalsud, Ranchi in Jharkhand.
27. India And Sweden Signed MoU On Technical Cooperation For Railway
28. LAMITYE 2016 : A Joint Military Exercise Between India And Seychelles
29. India's first indigenously developed lightest revolver (gun) Nidar weighing merely 250 grams was successfully launched to boost the "Make In India" initiative.Ā
30. 1st Silk Road Train Arrives In Tehran From China
31. HCL Tech To Buy Volvo Group's External IT Business in $1bn plus deal
32. NRDC has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with IACS for commercialisation of technologies and intellectual properties (IP) developed at IACS.Ā
33. Uber has signed a MoU with the Maharashtra government's Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Department (SDED) to help create 75,000 entrepreneurship opportunities across the state over the next 5 years.Ā
34. India And Myanmar Sign Standard Operating Procedure On Joint Patrol
35. The Union Cabinet has given an in-principle approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on gravitational waves.
36. BHEL commissions GVK Goindwal Sahib's 270-MW unit in Punjab
37. YES Bank, UltraCash partner to launch payments service
38. SBI Opens "Japan Desk" In New Dehi
39. The Punjab government plans to sign a MoU with British Pig Association (BPA) to develop and promote piggery in the State.
40. TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a Tata Group company, is expected to launch first ever India-made robot before May 2016.
41. Prasar Bharati has signed a MoU with Empressa de Brazil Communicacao (EBC) in connection with several broadcast related activities including exchange of news, programmes and co-production
42. Indian Pharmaceutical giant Cipla Ltd, has acquired 2 US generic drug companies, InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
43. Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Sushri Uma Bharti will inaugurate Jal Manthan -2ā³ on February 22, 2016 New Delhi.
44. World Bank to support Rajasthan on energy reforms
45. Aditya Birla, Idea form JV for Payments Bank
46. MP, Rajasthan set up SPV for implementation of Smart City Plans
47. Vibrant North East event concludes in GuwahatiĀ
48. PM Inaugurated Rurban Mission In Chhattisgarh
49. 42nd Khajuraho Dance Festival Begins In MP
50. India and Armenia Sign MoU on Agriculture Cooperation
51. Ricoh India wins Rs 344 crore contract to supply computer hardware to Odisha schools
52. The Public Investment Board has approved the Rs 800-crore proposal from India Post for setting up a payments bank and it will be placed before the Cabinet within a month for final approval.Ā
53. ONGC has approved an investment of Rs 5,050 crore in Tripura for drilling of wells and creation of surface facilities to produce 5.1 mmscmd gas from the states fields.Ā
54. Katni in Madhya Pradesh to have India's longest railway bridge of 14 km in length which is three and half folds longer than the Vembanad rail Bridge that connects Edappally and Vallarpadam of 4.6 Km in length.Ā
55. ISRO Successfully Tested Cryogenic Engine Of GSLV Mark 3 Rocket
56. CII Signs MoU With Dubai Exports To Boost Trade
57. Haryana to become the first state in India to have Aquifer mapping
58. Government will sell its 5 per cent stake in India's largest power producer NTPC at a floor price of Rs 122 per share to raise Rs 5,029 crore.
59. Naval Exercise IBSAMAR 2016 between India, South Africa, Brazil kicked off in Goa
60. In order to enhance economic cooperation and strengthen financial stability, RBI has extended the $2 billion currency swap arrangement to SAARC nations till mid-November 2017.
61. INS Arihant - India's first nuclear submarine ready to operate
62. Mastercard to launch payments by selfie
63. India approves $150 million credit line for Iran's Chabahar port
64. India and UK sign MoU for research in crop science
65. IRCTC, OYO Rooms tie up for hotel bookings
66. Taxi aggregator Ola has entered into an agreement with the Uttar Pradesh government to create over 50,000 entrepreneurship opportunities across the state.
67. IDBI Bank Gets SEBI Nod To Raise Rs 3,771 cr Via QIP
68. Times Internet partners with Investopedia to deliver trusted financial content to India
69. ISRO to set up Satellite Centre for in ASEAN countries in Vietnam
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