India to host 'Heart of Asia' meet on Wednesday
Source: PTI India will host a major conference on Wednesday aimed at bringing peace and stability to war-ravaged Afghanistan and speeding up its reconstruction with a focus on boosting investment and enhancing connectivity to the country. The 'Heart of Asia' (HoA) conference, to be attended by officials of a number of countries including Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, is likely to deliberate on a host of issues such a combating challenge of extremism and terrorism. The key elements of HoA process have been to devise a sustained, incremental approach to implementation of the confidence building measures (CBM) in Afghanistan and the officials are set to deliberate on them during the conference. Energy, infrastructure and investment deals to shore up economic growth of Afghanistan ...
India, US launch a new 'clean energy' initiative, sign MoU
Source: PIB, Government of India India and the United States of America signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation to establish the PACESetter Fund. The fund will support the Promoting Energy Access Through Clean Energy (PEACE) track of the U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) and to accelerate the commercialization of off-grid clean energy through early-stage grant funding grants. It will also help to develop and test innovative products, systems, and business models. The MoU was signed by Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy from Indian side and by Richard Verma, United States Ambassador to the Republic of India from USA side on June 30, 2015 at New Delhi. The Government of India and the United ...
