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
NBCC (India) Limited has bagged a Rs 400-crore project awarded by the department of commerce, union ministry of commerce and industry to build India Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo 2020. The scope of work of the project includes co
Thirteen years after it was announced by the government of India, the dedicated freight corridor (DFC) project is still struggling to take off due to lackadaisical attitude of the Indian Railways. It is only after prime minist
We are a nation of stories. Besides our major epics, stories have sprouted around our numerous gods, each constituting a mini-epic. As a people, we read the stories of our gods, we have them read and interpreted, we have them performed in more reg
NALCO has once again repeated its stupendous performance by registering profit after tax of Rs 687 crore in the first quarter of 2018-19 FY, posting a growth of 167 percent. As compared to the corresponding quarter of the last year,
Minister of state for shipping, road transport and highways and chemical and Fertilizers Mansukh L Mandaviya recently said the government is considering the proposal of acquiring shares of Dredging Corporation of India by Visakhapatnam Port Trust,
For production of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has received orders from Indian Air Force for 40 aircraft (20 initial operational clearance (IOC) standard and 20 final operational clearance (FOC) standard).
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan handed over 5 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to Takrdiran of Delhi at the Parliament House. Mahajan lauded the collective efforts the oil marketing companies (OMC
Indian Railways’ PSU, Konkan Railway will soon begin the work on the 103 km Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi section. The decision was taken at a review meeting of Konkan Railway chaired by minister of commerce & industry and civil av
