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Time of India
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- Time of India
Pradhan visits HAL facility in Koraput, CUO
1 2 Koraput: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan began his two-day visit to Koraput district on Saturday with a visit to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) engine and component manufacturing unit at Sunabeda. Emphasising its strategic importance in national defence, Pradhan called for development of a HAL-based MSME cluster to spur employment and entrepreneurship in the region. He urged HAL to collaborate with IIT Madras and Central University of Odisha (CUO) to offer diploma and undergraduate programmes in aerospace, defenc, and related sectors. "The objective is to develop a skilled workforce with domain expertise and promote innovation from the school level," he said. Pradhan also advised establishment of HAL-sponsored STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) laboratories in schools across Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur and Rayagada districts. "The laboratories would provide early exposure to scientific disciplines and lay the groundwork for future careers in technology," he said. Applauding HAL Koraput's contributions to the aviation sector — particularly its role in manufacturing components for MIG and Sukhoi aircraft — Pradhan said the unit has been instrumental in India's self-reliance in defence and aerospace. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like local network access control Expertinspector Learn More Undo In alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Vocal for Local' mission, the minister encouraged HAL to support the promotion of Koraput Coffee, Kotpad handloom and the region's tribal heritage to strengthen local identity and boost the rural economy. Later in the day, Pradhan visited CUO campus in Sunabeda, where he inaugurated hostels and staff quarters and laid the foundation stone for an infrastructure project aimed at transforming the institute. A total of Rs 750 crore has been sanctioned for campus development. To elevate the university to global standards, an MoU was signed between six centrally funded higher education institutes in Odisha — CUO, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIM Sambalpur, NIT Rourkela, IISER Berhampur and National Sanskrit University, Puri. Updating the status of academic staff, Pradhan said 70 posts have recently been filled and CUO aims to fill at least 130 out of sanctioned 153 teaching positions in the next year. He also announced that CUO will introduce new diploma and undergraduate courses in artificial intelligence, machine learning and agri-business from the next academic year.
The Print
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- The Print
Lessons for Trump from Licence Raj as US tariffs loom & Foxconn's blow to India's iPhone ambitions
'The example of the Licence Raj suggests that damage from trade restrictions goes far beyond just losing benefits such as cheaper imports and new export markets. Restrictions allow new distortions to proliferate: companies devote their efforts to tilting the playing field in their favour, officials discover new ways to benefit at the public's expense and smugglers profit from breaking the law. All this has an insidious effect on the economy, politics and society, which runs far beyond the sizeable damage resulting from lower economic growth,' it reads. Licence Raj refers to the economic policies of the Indian government from 1951 to 1990. New Delhi: Donald Trump and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru have next to nothing in common, but it'd be worth the US President's while to take note of the Licence Raj, as countries like India rush to negotiate trade deals with Trump before the US' global tariffs kick in on 9 July, according to The Economist. Sankalp Phartiyal, Debby Wu and Mark Gurman report in Bloomberg that, in a blow to India's iPhone ambitions, Foxconn has asked 'hundreds' of Chinese engineers and technicians to return from its iPhone factories in India. 'Foxconn's move follows the steps Beijing has taken to make it harder for technology, skilled labour and specialised equipment to leave China for manufacturing upstarts such as India. The South Asian nation and countries including Vietnam are trying to attract global tech companies, taking advantage of US-China tensions that are prompting firms to diversify their locations,' the report says. The Dalai Lama, ahead of his 90th birthday, outlined his succession plan amid a quest for modernisation and an 'authoritarian Beijing', report Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar in The New York Times. 'Traditionally, the search for a new Dalai Lama begins only after the current one dies. Tibetan Buddhist leaders say they follow ancient customs of parsing mystical visions, clues left by the previous Dalai Lama and astrology to help narrow their search. In the past, search committees would travel around Tibet testing candidates to see if they showed any traits that could be deemed especially holy,' says the report. In The Guardian, Nishad Sanzagiri reviews Sam Dalrymple's Shattered Lands, which expands the lens through which the British empire is viewed. 'Among the most poignant moments in the book is a brief account of a Bible salesman from the Naga hills who volunteers to fight in the second world war. The Nagas are ethnically Tibeto-Burman peoples native to the borderlands of north-east India and north-west Myanmar, with distinct cultural traditions and a strong sense of nationhood that long predates these modern states. When asked if he is Indian or Burmese, the man replies, 'I am a Naga first, a Naga second, and a Naga last',' the review notes. BBC's Matthew Henry deconstructs newbie cricket captain Shubman Gill's performance in India's latest test series in England. 'The travelling India press pack is large and unrelenting and Gill struggled to sate them. The message was muddled. His batting in Birmingham 24 hours later was not,' he writes. (Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui) Also Read: 'No true escape' from the Indian heatwave & the 'allure' of the manufacturing bet
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
All eyes on India as Brics takes up US tariffs, Israel
NEW DELHI: While the Brics Declaration that will follow the two-day summit beginning Sunday is expected to factor in India's concerns on terrorism, it may also call upon India to take a stronger position on issues like US President Donald Trump's unilateral tariffs and Israel's actions in Gaza. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Brics countries were engaged in intense negotiations to finalise the declaration as PM Narendra Modi arrived in Rio for the summit on Sunday. A draft statement under discussion proposed condemnation of US tariffs and some of Israel's actions in Gaza, issues on which India has nuanced its position given its efforts to reach a trade deal with the US before Jan 9, Trump's deadline for suspension of tariffs, and its balancing act on relations with Israel and Palestine. Brics - which was expanded last year to include Egypt, Ethiopia, UAE, Indonesia, Iran and Saudi Arabia as full members - has been an important platform for India to focus on issues like multilateral reforms, counterterrorism, sustainable development goals and people-to-people exchanges. Modi is expected to strongly raise the issue of cross-border terrorism in his address to further sensitise the international community about the role of Pakistan in promoting terrorism, as evident from the recent Pahalgam attack. The Brics Declaration will be followed closely for what it has to say on tariffs and the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. According to a Bloomberg report from Rio, going by a draft statement under discussion, Brics heads of govt are likely to adopt a position at odds with the Trump administration on tariffs and aspects of the conflict in the Middle East. The statement, however, doesn't name the Trump administration or the US on the tariff issue as not all countries apparently were comfortable with it. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now There's also a proposal for the leaders to express serious concern about the situation in Palestinian territory, citing the resumption of Israeli attacks and the obstruction of the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The language, according to the report, includes a condemnation of the use of starvation as a method of warfare - a reference to charges levelled at Israel. While it's not clear how much of the draft statement will appear in the final text that will be adopted on July 7, a proposal for full withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip is also being deliberated. This may be a little off-putting for India which abstained from a UNGA vote recently for immediate ceasefire in Gaza. However, while India recently backed out of a statement by the SCO condemning Israel's attacks on Iran, it has been more flexible with Brics.
