Uttar Pradesh students to help improve products under OPOP scheme
NEW DELHI: The students of the technical and management institutions in Uttar Pradesh will now help improve the ‘One District, One Product’ (ODOP) scheme with the use of technology. The students will improve Aligarh’s locks by assimilation of technology and give management mantra to Kannauj perfumes and Bhadohi carpets for international marketing. The Department of […]
IAS officer Sivasankar moves Kerala High Court for bail in Enforcement Directorate
KOCHI: Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar on Friday moved the Kerala High Court seeking bail in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to money laundering charges in the gold smuggling racket. Sivasankar, arrested by the ED on October 28 and now in judicial custody, filed the bail petition two days after the Special Court for […]
Man held for duping 250 homebuyers of Rs 29 crore
NEW DELHI: The police have arrested a man who along with his associates allegedly duped 250 homebuyers of Rs 29 crores on the pretext of getting them flats under a scheme of the Delhi Development of Authority, police said on Friday. The accused Lokesh Gidwani, a resident of Noida, had been absconding after dismissal of […]
About Rs. 2 lakh crore to be invested for setting up 5000 Compressed bio-gas in India
NEW DELHI: To boost availability of affordable and clean transport fuels, a MoU was signed today between MoPNG and leading oil & gas marketing companies & technology providers to establish Compressed Bio-Gas CBG) plants across India under the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative, in the presence of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel […]
Hyderabad – Nashik SpiceJet Flight Flagged off under UDAN
NEW DELHI: Taking the next stride in boosting regional aerial connectivity in India under RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of the Government of India, the second direct flight commenced operations today from Hyderabad, Telangana to Nashik, Maharashtra. Chhagan Bhujbal, Guardian Minister, Nashik, Hemant Godse, Member of Parliament, Nashik, Surah Mandhare, […]
Narendra Modi, Bhutanese Prime Minister jointly launch RuPay card Phase-II
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering on Friday launched RuPay card Phase-II that will allow Bhutanese card holders to access the RuPay network in India. The prime ministers of the two countries had jointly launched Phase-I of the project during Modi’s state visit to Bhutan in August last […]
Vistara inaugurates flight services on Delhi-Doha route
NEW DELHI: Vistara has started operating flights between Delhi and Doha under an air bubble arrangement between India and Qatar, the full service airline said on Friday. The inaugural flight departed on Thursday from Delhi at 8 pm and landed in Doha at 9.45 pm (local time), it said in a statement. The airline will […]
Pfizer, BioNTech plan emergency move to use Covid-19 vaccine
NEW DELHI: Pfizer and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced they will submit a request today to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of their mRNA vaccine candidate, BNT162b2 against SARS-CoV-2, which will potentially enable use of the vaccine in high-risk populations in the U.S. by the middle to end […]
Time for tech solutions designed in India, but deployed for world: Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it is time for tech solutions that are designed in India but deployed for the world, and the country is uniquely positioned to leap ahead in the information era. “India as a country is uniquely positioned to leap ahead in the information era. We have the […]
L&T bags Rs 7,000 crore order to construct part of Bullet Train project
NEW DELHI: Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said it has bagged an order worth over Rs 7,000 crore to construct a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as the Bullet Train Project. The engineering and construction company, however, did not provide the exact value of the contract, but […]
Modi government to Supreme Court: Rs 5,270 crore credited in interest waiver plan under moratorium
NEW DELHI: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that Rs 5270 crore has been credited to 13.12 crore accounts in the interest waiver plan so far. The Narendra Modi government (Centre) has subsidized compound interest for a 6-month moratorium for all loans up to Rs 2 crore. Mehta submitted before a […]
India-World Bank sign 120 million USD agreement to implement Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project
NEW DELHI: The Government of India, the Government of Meghalaya and the World Bank signed a $120 million project to improve and modernise the transport sector of state of Meghalaya. This will help Meghalaya to harness its vast growth potential for high-value agriculture and tourism. The project will improve about 300 km of strategic road […]
India’s data centre industry draws $396 million investment in January-September 2020
NEW DELHI: The Indian data centre industry has attracted investments totalling around $396 million during January-September 2020, a report by Anarock and Mace said on Thursday. “The Indian data centre industry has attracted close to $977 million in PE and strategic investments since 2008, of which nearly 40 per cent or approximately $396 million were […]
Rs 72,480 crore deposited under ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ scheme
NEW DELHI: The government of India’s ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ direct tax dispute settlement scheme has garnered Rs 72,480 crore so far from the CPSUs and taxpayers against the disputed demand, Finance Ministry sources said. During a high level review meeting on the progress made so far on the scheme by the Income Tax Department, it […]
Amazon fires several employees in Prime Air drone project: Report
SAN FRANCISCO: E-commerce behemoth Amazon has fired several employees who were part of its Prime Air drone delivery project, Financial Times reported on Thursday. According to the report, the company has laid off “dozens” of employees working on the firm’s drone project while also seeking out manufacturing deals with third party vendors. The company is […]
India, NDB sign $500M agreement for NCR public transport project
NEW DELHI :The Government of India, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited and the New Development Bank(NDB) signed a loan agreement for lending USD 500 million for the ‘Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Project’to provide fast, reliable, safe and comfortable public transport system in the National Capital Region […]