L&T emerges as lowest bidder in multiple projects
NEW DELHI: Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has emerged as the lowest bidder in multiple infrastructure projects, including ONGC, Nuclear Power Corporation and Chennai Metro Rail. On the ONGC NLRNC project, sources said L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for ONGC’s New Living […]
India leader on renewables, natural partner for Britain: Jan Thompson
NEW DELHI: India is a leader on renewables and a natural partner for Britain in the shared mission to create a greener planet and enable a clean and resilient recovery from Covid-19, British Acting High Commissioner to India Jan Thompson said on Friday. In a statement on the eve of the Climate Ambition Summit, Thompson […]
Registration of non-agricultural properties in Telangana again from December 14
NEW DELHI: Registration of non-agricultural properties in Telangana will resume from December 14 as Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Friday formally launched slot booking. The development came a day after High Court permitted the commencement of registrations with 100 per cent advance slot booking. Initially, only 24 slots can be booked per day at each […]
UAE’s Lulu group to set up food processing centre in Jammu and Kashmir
DUBAI: The UAE-based Lulu Group International has announced a plan to set up a food processing centre in Srinagar for sourcing a wide range of agri products from Jammu and Kashmir. The announcement was made by Lulu group chairman Yusuffali MA on Thursday during a meeting with a delegation from Jammu and Kashmir headed by […]
Under Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Sweden and India complement each other
NEW DELHI: India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today said that India and Sweden should work together to build a more resilient & strong partnership. Speaking at the CEO Forum of India-Sweden strategic business partnership, he said that the year 2020 has been a challenging year, but let us convert this crisis into an […]
Barack Obama reunion? Joe Biden fills Cabinet with former White House leaders
By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON:President-elect Joe Biden is getting the old gang back together. Increasingly deep into the process of selecting Cabinet members and other senior staff, the incoming Biden administration has a distinctly Obama feel. There’s Denis McDonough, former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff who Biden announced on Thursday would be nominated as the […]
In Arizona, Donald Trump’s false claims have torn open a GOP rift
By JONATHAN J. COOPER PHOENIX: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump’s presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders. He almost made it through. But when state law required Ducey to certify Arizona’s presidential election results and sign off on Trump’s defeat last week, four years of […]
EXPLAINER: What’s in store when the Electoral College meets
By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON:Voters cast their ballots for president more than a month ago, but the votes that officially matter will be cast Monday. That’s when the Electoral College meets. The Constitution gives the electors the power to choose the president, and when all the votes are counted Monday, President-elect Joe Biden […]
DCGI gives nod to India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine for human trial
NEW DELHI: India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from Indian Drug regulator Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial. The novel mRNA vaccine candidate, HGCO19 has been developed by Gennova, Pune and supported with seed grant under the Ind-CEPI mission of Department of Biotechnology of Ministry […]
Swiss developer selects four-company consortium to design passenger terminal for Noida airport
NEW DELHI: Swiss developer Zurich Airport International has selected a four-company consortium to design the passenger terminal for the greenfield Noida airport in Jewar, one of its top officials said on Thursday. “We conducted a design competition where we invited three international teams to make proposals on how they would design this airport, taking into […]
Telangana Chief Minister hints at possibility of state’s second international airport
HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday hinted at the possibility of second international airport near Siddipet in addition to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad on outskirts of Hyderabad. He said that Siddipet is a very dynamic place and is in very close vicinity to capital city. “In future, within boundaries […]