India has submitted following TBT notifications to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
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G/TBT/N/IND/201 & G/TBT/N/IND/203: Thermoplastic materials.
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G/TBT/N/IND/202: Halogenated hydrocarbons.
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G/TBT/N/IND/204: Plastics in general.
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G/TBT/N/IND/205 & G/TBT/N/IND/206: Organic chemicals
G/TBT/N/IND/44/Add.10: Telecommunications.
MeitY launches new initiatives to increase IPv6 adoption in India
Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) launched three new initiatives--IP Guru, NIXI Academy, and NIXI-IP-Index to help Indian entities migrate and adopt Internet Protocol version IPv6. The IP Guru group will hire an agency that will work with end customers to provide them with the necessary technical support to adopt IPv6. For this initiative, MeitY has joined hands with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), and the community to promote IPv6, and comprises members from government and private organizations. The NIXI Academy, on the other hand, is focused on providing education about technologies like IPv6 to people from technical/non-technical backgrounds. |
Indian Telecom Standard Body Submits 6G Vision to UN Body ITU
Indian telecom standards body TSDSI has submitted a vision for 6G to UN body ITU Radiocommunication sector that finalises global standard for wireless communications. Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) in its submission said it should be a technology that aids the development of a ubiquitous intelligent mobile connected society, bridge the digital divide with affordability, support technologies for personalisation and localisation of services as well as focus on data protection management. In a document 'TSDSI submits 6G Vision to ITU-R', the body said that TSDSI is contributing towards the above IMT 2030 work. TSDSI said that as part of its 6G journey, it will 'steer research in India to serve the above goals' and 'continue engagement with global standard bodies for harmonisation of efforts'.