To support various CSR innovative projects across the country, Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), India have signed an agreement of Rs 32.84 crore. The projects will be implemente
The partition happened due to the wrong policies of the Congress party, said prime minister Narendra Modi who called for building a new India. In the reply to the Motion of Thanks to the president’s address, Modi on Wednesday
A Model Contract Farming Act is now at the final stage to help farmers enter into pre-season price agreement on their produce, parliament was informed. Union minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the government has set a goal for &ls
Gyanwati, a Baiga tribeswoman, recently made the 15 km journey from her village Jhulup to a house in Bhanpur Kheda that has a large, framed picture of Lord Hanuman. It was an act of penance to a god she started believing in only five years ago. Sh
Forum for the Future, one of the world’s leading sustainability non-profits, has called on leaders to better understand the dynamic trends that are shaping the future, in order to create strategies that effectively navigate today’s com
The air quality in Indian cities is poor and children are worst affected in states such as Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra and Delhi, said a Greenpeace report. Airpocalypse-II, a Greenpeace India report, analyses PM10 a
Putting all speculations to rest, the government has approved selling off its entire public stake in the Dredging Corporation of India (DCIL). The move aims to upgrade technology, improve capability, infuse capital to buy necessary dredgers
In a bid to create a sustainable defence aerospace ecosystem, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has roped in private partners to design & develop (D&D) of products and technologies. To encourage private participations, HAL has
Even as the government has exceeded the target of raising disinvestment proceeds of Rs 72,500 crore in the current fiscal, the question of enhancing the CPSE’s efficiency largely remains unanswered. Government’s move of
It’s Monday afternoon. The otherwise spick and span organic waste converter (OWC) room in the backyard of Mindspace IT Park in Airoli, Navi Mumbai, is emitting a strong odour – like that from leftovers. People carrying big plasti
As many as five articles of the Constitution may have to be amended so as to pave the way for holding assembly polls along with the general election. While giving its views after getting advice on the matter from the Election Commis
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International airport in Guwahati is scheduled to get a swanky new integrated terminal building by 2021. Aviation minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju laid the foundation stone for the new integrated terminal building,
Achieving an important milestone towards the completion of its modernisation and expansion programme, SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has blown in the blast furnace (BF) number 8 –Mahamaya successfully. It is the first s
India might actually be able to reduce its fiscal deficit to 3 percent by 2019-2020, said a top official. “Fiscal Deficit at 3.3% for 2018-19, backed with statutory commitment to bring it down to 3% by 20-21 (might actually be
GAIL (India) has placed an order of Rs 440 crore for laying of 350 km of pipeline from Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh to Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh. This is a part of the spurline of around 665 km from Vijaipur to Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh).
Commemorating 25 years of India-ASEAN relationship, Airports Authority of India has signed an agreement with Lao air traffic management, department of civil aviation, Lao PDR for providing SkyRev360, a comprehensive e-data gathering, invoicing and
The union budget will boost investments, accelerate innovation and generate new career opportunities, felt experts who noted that the focus on Artificial Intelligence is a timely move. Union minister Arun Jaitley presented the budge
Country’s largest power producer NTPC has listed its USD 6 billion (around Rs 40,000 crore) medium-term note (MTN) programme on India International Exchange at IFSC, GIFT City (India INX). With this, NTPC has become India&rsqu
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami laid the foundation stone of 1320 MW Udangudi supercritical thermal power project in Chennai, valued at Rs 7,359 crore. The project has been awarded to Bharat Heavy Electricals L
