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
RailTel, which handles the core expertise of signaling and a resilient optical fiber network across the country, has forayed into signaling business. The railway PSU’s subsidiary RailTel Enterprise Limited (REL) has sig
You may not realise it, but when you keep the engine idling at red lights and during traffic jams, you are significantly polluting the air. There are a host of factors which lead to poor quality of air and idling engines is certainl
Main hawa hoon, kahan watan mera? (I’m the wind...do I have a nation to call my own?) Thus goes a famous Urdu ghazal, written by the Indore-born Ameeq Hanafi and soulfully sung by the Hussain brothers of Jaipur. It is immensely popular acros
The latest leak of data about international tax offenders, ‘Paradise Papers’, has prompted former UK prime minister Gordon Brown to launch an online petition to the Group of 20, seeking an end to all tax havens. “E
India’s northeast is all set to get the country’s first "air dispensary", which will be in a helicopter. The ministry of development of northeast (DONER) has contributed Rs. 25 crore as part of the initial fund
Providing access to affordable and quality educational resources, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India Foundation has started a community library and resource centre in Gurgaon. The initiative is called `Saksharta se Safalta’ a
Ministry of mines’ enterprise, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has achieved net profit of Rs 235 crore, registering 82 percent growth in the second quarter ended September 2017 of the current fiscal. The ope
Niti Aayog had come up with suggestions on how to tackle air pollution, much before smog smothered Delhi and its neighbouring states. However, the recommendations were not implemented. The
When it comes to listing the benefits of neem leaves, properties like anti-bacterial and anti-fungal come immediately to the mind. But did you know that these humble leaves can help a child in getting admitted to a school, or help someone buy a re
