SME Times News Bureau | 19 Apr, 2019
The Union Cabinet recently apprised
about an MoU signed in May, 2018 between India and Brazil.
The MoU has been
signed to strengthen the ties between India and Brazil to work out the future
agenda for the collaboration for innovation in Science & Technology
diplomacy to evolve a concrete strategic plan in the area of biotechnology
education, training and research.
The broad areas of
collaboration are: Biomedicine and health, especially biotech
based products, Agriculture
breeding practices, Biofuel
and bio-energy, Nanotechnology
and Bioinstrumentation and Biodiversity
and Taxonomy.
In another development, the Union Cabinet has
given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
India and Bolivia in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy.
The MoU was signed in Bolivia in March, 2019.
The MoU will provide a framework for cooperation,
and will be mutually beneficial between the two countries for promotion of
traditional systems of medicine and homoeopathy.
It will lead to promotion and propagation of
Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy in Bolivia, and will boost the
importance of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) systems of
Medicine in Bolivia.
The MoU will further facilitate exchange of
experts for training for the practitioners and Scientists undertaking
collaborative research, which will lead to new innovations in drug development
and practice in Traditional Systems of Medicine.
