2021-06-09 14:05:15 GMT2021-06-09 22:05:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, June 9 (Xinhua) The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI), a business lobby, plans to promote imports of advanced Chinese machinery in order to boost the country s industrial sector, an official said Wednesday.
Kariuki Theuri, chairman of economic diplomacy committee with KNCCI, told journalists in Nairobi that Kenya heavily depends on foreign manufactured goods due to a lack of competitiveness of domestic industries. We will encourage imports of modern machinery from China in order to improve local capacity to produce world class products, Theuri said when Jubilee Allianz and KNCCI launched insurance products aimed at the small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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10 Jun 2021, 02:18 GMT+10
NEW DELHI India s federal government Wednesday approved allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian railways for public safety and security services at stations and in trains across the country. With this spectrum, Indian railways has envisaged to provide LTE (Long Term Evolution) based Mobile Train Radio Communication on its route. The project will be completed in the next five years, reads a statement issued by the federal ministry of railways. In addition to this, Indian railways has approved TCAS (Train Collision Avoidance System), an indigenously developed ATP (Automatic Train Protection) System, which will help in avoiding train collisions thereby reducing accidents and ensuring passenger safety.
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