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India, Japan to enhance defence ties to bolster their strategic partnership

India and Japan on Thursday agreed to step up bilateral defence cooperation and engage in more military exercises, including holding the first joint fighter jet drills, as they emphasised that their special strategic ties played a crucial role in ensuring a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific, amidst China's aggressive behaviour in the region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada here on the first day of his official visit to Japan and the two leaders reviewed various aspects of bilateral defence cooperation and regional affairs. During the 90-minute-long meeting, the two ministers also agreed to hold military drills aimed at boosting co-ordination between the air forces of the two nations. "Reviewed various aspects of bilateral defence cooperation and regional affairs during the bilateral meeting with Japan's Minister of Defence, Mr Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo today. This year marks 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries,"

US Assistant Secretary Lu's India visit to deepen strategic ties: Official

The ongoing India visit of Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is to deepen strategic partnership with India, the State Department said has Wednesday. Lu is leading a US delegation to India from September 5th to 8th. This is to deepen the US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. This delegation will meet with Indian officials. They will discuss ways in which the US and India can expand our cooperation to support a free, open, connected, prosperous, and resilient Indo-Pacific, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a news conference. We also understand that Assistant Secretary Lu will engage in roundtable discussions with senior business executives about how India can realize its full economic potential over the next 25 years and became a central hub in global supply chains as well, he said in response to a question.

Accenture Ventures makes strategic investment in satellite startup Pixxel

Pixxel is building world's highest resolution hyperspectral imaging satellite constellation in order to offer AI-powered insights on climate issues at a fraction of the cost of traditional satellites

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's B Capital closes $250 mn fund

Ascent Fund II is B Capital's first dedicated early-stage fund. It invests in pre-seed through series A rounds globally, with an emphasis on the US and Asia, including India

Mindtree and Rubrik partner to launch a unified cyber-recovery platform

Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, announced that it has partnered with Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company, to launch unified cyber-recovery platform

HAL, Safran sign agreement to create JV to build helicopter engines

HAL and Safran's existing partnerships include the Shakti engine that can propel helicopters to altitudes above 20,000 ft where the Indian Army is deployed.

Japanese chip maker Renesas Electronics broadens tie-up with Tata group

Inks partnership with Tata Motors and Tejas Networks, plans innovation centre with TCS

TVS Motor partners Rapido to expand reach in mobility, hyper-local segments

TVS Motor Company on Wednesday said it has entered into a strategic partnership with on-demand delivery and mobility platform, Rapido for mobility and growth

EDMS firm InYantra forges alliance with Volex in $13 mn deal

inYantra specialises in assembling printed circuit boards (PCBs) and box builds; has been growing at a CAGR of 38% the last five years

Airtel looking to onboard strategic investor via equity allocation: Report

Bharti Airtel has notified the exchanges that its board will on January 28 consider a proposal for issuance of equity capital through a preferential issue

RNC Valuecon and Transique Corporate Advisors announces Strategic Partnership

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Eris Lifesciences forms JV with MJ Biopharm to enter insulin segment

Eris MJ Biopharm, the 70:30 joint venture (with Eris holding a 70 per cent stake), would primarily engage in marketing and distribution of human and analogue insulin

India, Bangladesh reaffirm commitment to strengthen their partnership

India and Bangladesh have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen the partnership and expanding multifaceted cooperation

Virgin Atlantic leans on TCS to power growth, transformation-led growth

TCS to onboard 70 employees of Virgin Atlantic into the company

Foreign secretary holds dialogue with French minister on strategic ties

They discussed the growing strategic ties between the two countries.

Shyam Saran: A lopsided strategic partnership

We should be honest enough to acknowledge our strategic partnership with the US may be valuable, but has clearly defined limits