Month: March 2021

Adani Green Energy acquires 100% stake in Spinel Energy and Infrastructure

NEW DELHI: Adani Green Energy has acquired 100 per cent equity stake in Spinel Energy and Infrastructure from Hindustan Cleanenergy and Peridot Power Ventures. “Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has completed acquisition of 100 per cent of the share capital and all the securities of Spinel Energy & Infrastructure Ltd from Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited and […]

Gajendra Singh Sekhawat approves 465 crore as performance incentive fund for 7 states under Jal Jeevan Mission

NEW DELHI: Seven States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh qualified for performance incentive grantfor 2020-21 under Jal Jeevan Mission(JJM) – Har Ghar Jal to provide assured tap water supply to every rural home by 2024. For performance incentive grant, the criteria include physical and financial progress under JJM, functionality […]

Rajasthan government to roll out health insurance coverage scheme on May 1

JAIPUR: Rajasthan will roll out its ambitious universal health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, the registration process for which will start from April 1, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. Under the scheme, announced in the state budget for 2021-22 by Gehlot, every family will get an insurance cover of Rs five lakh […]

India supplied more Covid-19 vaccines globally than vaccinated its own people

By Yoshita Singh UNITED NATIONS: India has supplied more COVID-19 vaccines globally than vaccinated its own people, the country has told the UN General Assembly and cautioned that vaccine inequity will defeat the collective global resolve to contain the coronavirus as the disparity in the accessibility of vaccines will affect the poorest nations the most. […]

Saurabh Garg appointed UIDAI CEO, Sanjeev Kumar to be Airports Authority of India chief

NEW DELHI: Senior bureaucrat Saurbah Garg has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Thursday. Garg is at present serving in his cadre state Odisha. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer. The Appointments Committee of […]

GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo signs pact with StaTwig for vaccine shipments

NEW DELHI: GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) on Thursday said it has signed an initial pact with Singapore-based startup StaTwigto roll out a new tech solution for tracking and monitoring vaccine shipments at the airport’s cargo terminal. The airport serves as a major pharma hub for air cargo and is one of the primary gateways […]

Uttar Pradesh approves scheme offering affordable rental housing for urban poor

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government will start a scheme offering affordable rental housing for poor people living in cities and a proposal to this effect was approved by the state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, an official release issued here on Friday said. Under the Affordable Rental Housing and Complexes (ARHC) scheme, […]

ED raids ex United Bank of India CMD Archana Bhargava

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has searched two premises of former United Bank of India (UBI) CMD Archana Bhargava in connection with a money laundering investigation. It said the action against the banker, also a former executive director of Canara Bank, was undertaken in Delhi under provisions of the Prevention […]

Gaurs Group to complete 10,964 Amrapali units, NBCC awards tender worth 2124 crores

NEW DELHI: NCR-based developers Gaurs group said that it has been awarded four tenders from state-run NBCC worth Rs 2,124 crore for stuck Amrapali Projects – Verona Heights, Heartbeat City and Amrapali Centurian Park with a total inventory of 10,964 flats. “Having invested in construction over the years, we are increasing our presence in the […]

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