Minister for petroleum and natural gas, skill development & entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has lauded the state run Indian Oil Corporation and IDCO (Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha) for signing a pact to establish a plastic p
An efficient monetary transmission is a sine qua non for the successful pursuit of its objectives by any central bank. Over the past two decades, it has been the endeavour of the Reserve Bank of India to strengthen the monetary transmission proces
The cabinet has approved the proposal for deputation of group A officers of department of telecommunications (DoT) and other ministries with telecommunication and information technology background to Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd.
When it comes to dealing with the disputed border regions of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian public favours an aggressive stance, said the Pew Research Center, a US based think-tank. A 63% majority believes the government should be us
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s growing popularity can in part be traced to public satisfaction with his handling of domestic issues, said Pew Research Centre in its latest report. At least seven-in-ten Indians approve of how h
Roughly two-thirds of Indians say a good way to govern the country would be experts, not elected officials, making decisions according to what they think is best for the nation. India is one of only seven countries among the 38 surveyed where more
The cabinet on Thursday approved the establishment of the National Anti-profiteering Authority under GST. The cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for the creation of the posts of chairman and techn
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the southern air command, Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew the multirole fighter jet Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas for 30 minutes from HAL airport. On this, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
India’s largest power generator - National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC), having installed capacity of 51,708 MW, has declared financial results for the second quarter and half-year of the current fiscal. In the first
A performance audit in Odisha on ‘Special interventions for development of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts in the State’ showed that special intervention programmes in the areas of development, security and rights recognit
In order to strengthen coal transportation and coal production, Coal India Limited (CIL) transported 250 rakes of goods train through the railways on November 14, the highest ever in November. Out of these rakes, 223 rakes were sent exclusiv
From those born in the 1970s to the ones born in the late 90s, from an 8th passed to one with a doctorate, from a security guard to a sales executive, the Delhi job fair held in Thyagraj stadium on November 7 and 8 saw jobseekers in all of them. A
Over six decades ago, in 1954, six friends were walking past Agra’s iconic hotel, The Grand Imperial, when they noticed ‘Rojgar ka Daftar’ written in bold letters on a building on the opposite side of the road. This was then a hi
India has decided to move to much cleaner BS VI auto fuel from BS IV auto fuel which is currently in use. This effectively means that it has skipped past BS V auto fuel. The government in consultation with stakeholders has now decid
Housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri has asked HUDCO to give more priority to affordable housing under the government’s ‘Housing for All by 2022’ initiative. Puri, while inaugurating the HUDCO Bui
Per capita disease burden measured as disability-adjusted life-years (DALY) rate has dropped by about a third in India over the past 26 years, said a Lancet study. The study “Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiologi
The centre has launched BHARAT-22 exchange traded fund (ETF), managed by ICICI Prudential mutual fund to target an initial amount of about Rs 8,000 crore. The new fund offer is open till November 17. The units of the scheme will be
If only fossils could talk. When a team of researchers recently unearthed a gigantic fossil of a sea creature that lived millions of years ago in Kutch, they took us back in time to when there were just two continents in the whole world – Go
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has inked an agreement with Fibre Home Pvt. Ltd to jointly manufacture telecom equipment and optical fibre cable in BSNL factories. BSNL has seven telecom factories with a large manpower and elab
A high level technical delegation representing the Canadian industries paid a visit to National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) in Bhubaneswar where they held talks. The delegation discussed technological know-how for better prod
