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.