Demagoguery is elemental to politics. But the use of lies, rather patent lies, as an instrument of politics is a new trend. In the age of social media lies peddled with confidence acquire features of truth for the masses. This manip
Two e-vehicle charging stations, one for fast charging (DC) and the other for slow charging (AC), were recently inaugurated by minister of heavy industries and public enterprises Anant Geete at Udyog Bhawan. Eight char
Steel minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has unveiled the corporate sports policy for ministry of steel’s central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) to provide a framework for promotion of sports. Singh said that s
Bangladesh Coast Guard’s director general Rear Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury recently paid a visit to Goa Shipyard Limited. GSL CMD Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Mital briefed the DG about various shipbuilding, ship
The ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare had recently organised a seminar, ‘Agriculture 2022: Doubling Farmers Income’, where over 300 top minds from the government, academia, industry, NGOs and most importantly representative
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)’s new CMD R Madhavan has vowed to maintain the numero uno position of the defence PSU in the aerospace industry and deliver world class products through increased indigenisation.
Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has clocked a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 540.43 crore in the first quarter (Q1) of current fiscal. SAIL’s turnover in Q1 2018-19 rose by 22.42 per cent over corresponding period of the last year to Rs 1
Aiming at drawing heavy investments in Odisha, a Textiles and Plastics Investors Conclave was inaugurated by union minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan in Surat. Organised by Indian Oil Corporation
To facilitate gas trading on hub or exchange traded platforms in India, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan recently unveiled an online portal to enable easy, efficient and transparent booking of common carrier capacity for n
After almost a decade of deliberations, the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, was passed by the Lok Sabha in July. It is a bill that has sparked debates among politicians and social activists. What&rs
In July, the Lok Sabha passed the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018. This umbrella legislation aims to combat all forms of trafficking, whatever the purpose. Minister for women and child development Ma
The chairman of the railway board Ashwani Lohani has directed officials to connect all 54 workshops, production units, residential colonies, training institutions and IRCTC base kitchens of the railways with natural gas pipeline by June 30, 2019 s
As many as 37 civil society organisations came together in a public meeting to condemn the raids and arrests of human rights and civil rights activists during a country wide simultaneous raids by Maharashtra police. They calle
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Maharashtra government, taking note of the arrest of five human-rights activists from different cities. Maharashtra police arrested include lawyer-activist Sudha
Airports authority of India (AAI) has begun the process of upgrading Jabalpur airport to provide better services to flyers of the region. Union minister of commerce & industry and civil aviation Suresh Prabhu recently laid the foundation stone
In a bid to design and produce electronic target system (ETS), a modern training aid for enhancing marksmanship of the defence and paramilitary forces in live field firing exercises, BEL has inked a technical pact with Council of Scientific and In
Keel of the third Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the new 5 CGOPVs project for the Indian Coast Guard was ceremoniously laid at Goa Shipyard Ltd recently. The project is a follow on of 06 CG OPV project completed in 2017
A Sudanese ministerial delegation recently paid a visit to ONGC Videsh office in New Delhi to discuss key issues on outstanding dues. The delegation apprised the ONGC Videsh that the government of Sudan is making sincere efforts to
Indian Oil’s revenue from operations stood at Rs 1,49,747 crore in Q1 2018-19 fiscal as compared to Rs. 1,28,183 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Profit for the first quarter of FY 2018-19 is Rs. 6,83
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited successfully demonstrated flight of a 10 kg rotary wing (Helicopter) unmanned aerial vehicle (RUAV) recently. The RUAV is capable of carrying payload of 2.5 kg and it comes with live stream video camera
