Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), a miniratna schedule ‘A’ defence PSU under the department of defence production, ministry of defence, signed an agreement for the financial year 2017-18 with the ministry.
The government has decided to launch the Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) for fertiliser subsidies on January 1, 2018. After oil and food, fertilisers account for the third-biggest share of India’s total subsidy bill of Rs 2,32
There is a proposal to include on the Delhi University MA Sociology syllabus some chapters from academician-activist Nandini Sundar`s book ‘The Burning Forest: India’s war in Bastar’, but it is facing resistance from teachers a
Guwahati airport is getting state-of-the-art surveillance air traffic control (ATC) radar system. The upcoming radar system is going to cover almost the entire north eastern sky. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken the
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Limited, a Navratna enterprise, touted as country’s leading financier in the power infrastructure sector, rang the opening bell at the London Stock Exchange on June 30. REC’s Gree
ONGC Videsh has signed agreements with Tullow Namibia Limited (Tullow), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc, for acquiring 30 percent participating interest in Namibia Petroleum Exploration License 0037 for blocks 2112A, 2012B and 21
India is the second-best performer in resource governance in the Asia-Pacific region after Australia, says the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI). RGI measures the quality of resource governanc
Ivan Thanthiran, a medium budget Tamil movie that was released on June 30, had a good opening at the Chennai box office. The film is estimated to have collected Rs 1.5 crore in its first three days. However, the movie’s director and
The national parties gave to its candidates more than double the amount that the regional parties handed over to their candidates, showed a detailed analysis carried out on the funds collected and expenditure incurred by political parties in the 2
Meena, a solemn, raspy-voiced woman in a black salwar-kameez, is gyrating to a Bollywood number with gusto. The vivid range of her expressions counterpoints her lanky frame. Life is limping back to normal for Meena at what she calls her new home:
The government has given the final touches to the electoral bonds scheme, which promises to reform political funding. The draft norms prepared by the union finance ministry say that each politica
Expenditure on Police accounts for only three percent of the central and state government budgets. State police forces had 24% vacancies (about 5.5 lakh vacancies), 7% in central forces in January 2016.
Social activist Harsh Mander said that he mourns Junaid`s death in the same way that he would mourn his own son’s death. Mander was speaking at a book discussion organised in Delhi on Monday for his latest book: Fatal Acciden
In a historic move, the government, after nearly two decades, ratified two of International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) core conventions on child labour – convention number 138 (minimum age of labour) and convention number 182, which b
The union government is keen to create an All India Medical Service, just like the IAS and IPS. A letter has been sent to all chief secretaries of the states and union territories to “offer your views on this
A small but sophisticated night vision device (NVD) that could track moving terrorists in the dark was the first gift from Israel to the Indian forces at a time when the latter was facing a huge challenge in the form of hordes of terrorists infilt
They may not have tweeted about it, as some did, or been vocal about it. But for the many guests who spent time at Rashtrapati Bhavan, as president Pranab Mukherjee’s guests, the experience was nevertheless overwhelming. Many
Five years ago, when the Congress had finalised Pranab Mukherjee as its choice for the 13th president of India, the news-hungry media was eager to know if he had agreed. One day, he gave in to the persistent queries, saying, “I am a diabetic
“If India has to grow rapidly, it cannot grow without exports. We still import a lot of raw material like laces, buttons, elastics etc, which makes production expensive for the (clothing) manufacturers,” noted NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Ka
Narendra Modi is all set to become the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel where he lands on July 4 and leaves for home on July 6. It will also be the first time that an Indian leader visiting the West Asian nation will not visit Palestine
