Around 5,000 survivors of sexual violence along with their family members from across the country have embarked on a 10,000 kms Dignity March from Mumbai. The 65-day-long march will cover 200 districts across 24 states/union territories across the
The centre has said 384 CPSEs have spent Rs 10,806.92 crore for carrying out corporate social responsibility activities and projects between 2015-16 and 2017-18 FY. According to data, 106 CPSEs incurred an expenditure
Prime minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of Paradip Hyderabad pipeline product project (PHPL) by IOCL and Bokaro-Angul section of Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro-Dhamra gas pipeline project (PM Urja Ganga) being executed by GAIL on Dec
Radha doesn’t know who her parents are. She has been homeless – and living on the streets of Delhi –ever since she remembers. But that hasn’t prevented her from becoming a leader, one who trains other homeless women and h
Prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new airport complex at Bamrauli airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district on December 16. Modi applauded the efforts of the airports authority of India (AAI) to complet
A few errant individuals pelted stones on one of the coaches of Train 18 prototype that was undergoing a trial run between Delhi-Agra section on Thursday. The prototype of Train 18 has created another record by clocking 181 kmph on the said route.
The Indian mining sector is in doldrums on account of several policies as well as administrative and legal issues. These include mining bans in various states through supreme court orders, a low level of exploration activity, increasing imports,
Sometimes it is challenging to be an average law-abiding citizen in India. The real pain lies especially in citizen-government interactions. From corruption to inefficiency, availing public services is not a cakewalk in the country.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently laid the foundation stone of new integrated terminal building of Vijayawada airport. Vijayawada airport’s terminal building will be spread across 35,000 sq metres an
Soon after flying at six kms altitude, HAL’s light utility helicopter (LUH) project gathered momentum as the third prototype made its maiden flight on December 14. HAL said the flight was flawless and the prototy
State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited recently organised a roadshow in Pune aware on public on SATAT (sustainable alternative towards af
Equipped with BHEL-supplied nuclear power equipment, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd’s Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) has set a world record for 941 days of continuous operation, surpassing the earlier world record of 940 days held
In 1865 the thirteenth amendment to the US constitution abolished slavery and the buying and selling of humans, and soon the transatlantic slave trade declined. But a century and a half since, slavery persists across the globe in giant proportio
Steel giant, SAIL has clocked its best ever hot metal production in a single day at 55,282 tonnes on December 13. The previous best production of SAIL stood at 54,786 tonnes achieved on November 24 this year.
To describe the Chhattisgarh assembly election result as defeat for the BJP will be a euphemism. It is a total rout in every sense of the term. And if Raman Singh met this fate after three full terms on trot, we must have reasons to assume that hi
At the fifth World Internet Conference, held in November in China, the world was introduced to the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered news anchor. That’s not all. Self-driving cars, AI assisted robotic surgery and law firms using A
NBCC has handed over the NABARD regional office building project to NABARD in Kolkata. Built and delivered in a record time of 24 months, the building was unveiled by NABARD chairman Harsh Kumar Bhanwala. The Rs 60 cro
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) light utility helicopter (LUH) has succeeded in achieving a key milestone of flying at six km altitude in Bengaluru. A three-ton class new generation helicopter is designed a
The much talked-about Train 18 of the Indian Railways, which recently breached 180 kmph speed limit in the trials, has 20 percent of its components being imported from foreign countries. Although the train is seen as the finest example o
Riding on the Digital India wave, the directorate general of shipping is contemplating to unveil a dedicated shipping portal to bring transparency, curb corruption by unscrupulous agents involved in maritime industry and speed up the process of
