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Gustavo de Arístegui Puts a Stern No to the Illegal Commissions Made During Technology and Knowledge Transfer

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Delhi- Make In India’ initiative presents the European country with an additional opportunity to strengthen its economic ties with India. Ambassador of Spain in India, Gustavo De Arístegui , took one step further and is of the view that they want to not only transfer tech, but develop it together. Spanish companies are pitching in sectors like infrastructure, transport and energy, areas in which Spain has proven prowess. Spanish investment in India has been over $1.3 billion. India’s total investment in Spain is valued at around 605 million euros. Seeking to give a strategic cast to bilateral ties, the two countries have inked a defense pact that entails, among other things, exchanging defense-related experience, information, encouraging visits of personnel, collaboration in the defense industry and other similar areas of cooperation. Gustavo de Aristegui Gustavo de Arístegui is excited and had done the planning very carefully. It is not only about transferring technology and buil...

Islamic State threat moves online, expands across Africa: Senior counter-terrorism expert

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 Two decades after the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks Al-Qaida and Islamic State – also known as Da’esh – continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security, adapting to new technologies and moving into some of the world’s most fragile regions, the top UN counter-terrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday.  A herder leads his livestock away from fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIL in southern Mosul, Iraq. UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on the threats posed by terrorist groups, saying that Da’esh continues to exploit the disruption, grievances and development setbacks caused by the pandemic to regroup, recruit new followers and intensify its activities – both online and on the ground.     Ever-evolving threat   “Today, we face transnational terrorist threats like Da’esh and Al-Qaida ...