Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday received a boost to his ‘Make
in India’ initiative when aircraft manufacturer Airbus disclosed plans to raise
its Indian outsourcing to $2 billion and its keenness to manufacture in India.
On day two of his France visit, Mr. Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister
to visit the World War I memorial in the northern city of Lille to pay homage
to 10,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting Germany alongside France in the war
between 1914-18.
Ø The Indian pharmaceutical sector would soon be showcasing ‘candidate
drugs’ for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes, Union Minister for Science and
Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said. With further R&D,
important breakthroughs could be on the horizon for these diseases, he said
following a visit to the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, a
wing of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Addressing
scientists, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was committed to making India
one of the world’s leading destinations for end-to-end drug discovery and
innovation by 2020.
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