Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is set to develop its most promising deep-water hydrocarbon block in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin with help of consultants. ONGC’s KG blocks had received interest from international players in the pa
After asking people to give their suggestions over a couple of months, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the new kids on the blocks who have taken the campaigning by storm, released its manifesto for Delhi on Wednesday (November 20) afternoon. Accord
Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) paper recycling unit, run as part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR), has earned ISO certificate for recycling of paper and its utilization. AAI is the first PSU to establish a paper recycling uni
Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) has urged public sector enterprises (PSEs) to consider ways and means to integrate effective preventive vigilance in the structure of the organizations. &ld
No alcoholics loitering around on the streets, no glum faces grieving about lack of amenities and unemployment and no public fights over filling up water from the common pipes. The residents of Kelabadi, a lower-middle class slum on the outskirts
Has the government violated the model code of conduct (MCC) in honouring Sachin Tendulkar with the Bharat Ratna right when the assembly election process is on in five states? That is the question an RTI activist has raised before the election comm
India’s first all women bank’s has now become a reality. In Mumbai, prime minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the first branch of Bharatiya Mahila Bank. The inauguration coincided with the birth anniversary of former PM Indira Gandhi.
As the India International Trade Fair (IITF) opens up for the public from November 19th, the IITF has introduced mobile applications that will provide all information that a citizen would like to know about the fair. Citizens can access in
A drowning person holds the straw for rescue. All the norms of the model code of conduct during elections were thrown to the wind when, perhaps, a sudden phone call from the Wankhede stadium got the prime minister to work overtime and prepare a dr
Nafisha, a 15 year old girl from Rasooolpura slum, Hyderabad tells her story of how people peep at them while they defecate and bath in open. The dignity of their life being hampered due to not having toilet was something that she and her friends
As politicians from across the spectrum raise the decibel level in the run-up to the elections – in fact, Chhattisgarh is voting in the second phase for its assembly polls even as we write – there is a stink they cannot escape.
Coal India’s decision to hike the charges for transporting coal from the minefields to the loading points could result in a hike of about 2 paise per unit in the price of power sold to households. According to a news report in The Ec
NTPC’s 2,100 MW Farakka thermal power station is the first plant in the country to receive its first batch of imported coal through a national waterway. According to a news report in The Hindu Business Line, the first fleet of barges
NTPC aims to collect Rs 1,750 crore through the tax free bonds which will open for investment in a fortnight. According to a news report in The Hindu Business Line, the company is yet to announce the interest rates on the bonds, they are l
The election commission (EC), along with the judiciary and the CAG, has done a fine job of keeping the political class under check. Its achievements, after negotiating all the landmines, have earned it the people’s trust. The EC ranked above
Bhushan Steel Limited’s (BSL) plant at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district of Odisha, where an explosion on November 13 claimed two lives and injured over 30 employees, was operating its second blast furnace in blatant violation of all safety
If you feel elections are a complete waste of public and private resources, you need to rethink. They provide the Indian voters an opportunity to review performance of their current representatives, give them another term or elect new ones
India International Trade Fair 2013, inaugurated on Friday at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, offers several enhanced facilities for the Indian and overseas visitors, especially a conductive environment for meaningful business generation in diffe
India International Trade Fair 2013, inaugurated on Friday at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, offers several enhanced facilities for the Indian and overseas visitors, especially a conductive environment for meaningful business generation in diffe
Here is the press release issued by CobraPost and Gulail on Friday. Governance Now has not verified the claims made in it. Th
