Modi government-farmer talks to continue;Narendra Singh Tomar asks unions to be flexible
NEW DELHI: Three central ministers and farmers unions on Friday committed to continue holding direct talks to resolve the over-one-month-long deadlock over three agriculture laws, with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urging farmer leaders to be flexible in their approach as has been done by the Narendra Modi government. The ninth round of talks between […]
India and Japan to work on 5G, telecom security, submarine optical fiber cable & smart cities
NEW DELHI: India and Japan signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technologies today. MoU was signed by Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and the Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda Ryota and it was exchanged through a video conference […]
Rajnath Singh unveils India’s first indigenously designed & developed driverless Metro Car
NEW DELHI: Raksha Mantri (India’s Defence Minister) Rajnath Singh, unveiled state-of-the-art ‘Driverless Metro Car’ for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) at a function held at BEML’s Bangalore Complex on 15 January 2021. Indigenously designed & developed state-of-the-art Driverless Metro trains are being manufactured at BEML Bangaluru Complex. Speaking on the occasion Singh, said MMRDA […]
Indian startup ecosystem has made big progress in last five years: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: The two day ‘Prarambh’, Startup India International Summit begin in New Delhi today, with members of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) countries participating in the inaugural event. The Summit is being organizing by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, M/o Commerce & Industry, as a […]
Advisory on rooftop solar scheme
NEW DELHI: To generate solar power by installing solar panels on the roof of the houses, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India is implementing Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme (Phase-II). Under this scheme Ministry is providing 40% subsidy for the first 3 kW and 20% subsidy beyond 3 kW and upto 10 kW. […]
Kargwal launches ‘Centrepoint’ lifestyle realty project in Umbergaon
NEW DELHI: Mumbai based real-estate developer Kargwal Constructions Private Limited (KCPL) launched a premium yet accessible mixed use lifestyle realty project ‘Centrepoint’ in Umbergaon, Gujarat. The project offering a new-age consumer shopping and living lifestyle experience with first-of-its-kind design and amenities in Gandhiwadi, Umbergaon, is planned to be a compact albeit major hub for commercial, […]
Embassy REIT raises Rs 2,600 crore via debentures to refinance existing debt
NEW DELHI: Embassy Office Parks REIT on Friday said it has raised Rs 2,600 crore through issue of non-convertible debentures to refinance an existing debt of its IT park ‘Embassy TechVillage’ in Bengaluru. In a regulatory filing at BSE, the company said it has “successfully priced and allotted by way of a private placement, Rs […]
Central Vista project: Construction work of new Parliament building begins
NEW DELHI: The construction work of the new Parliament building started on Friday, over a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project under the government’s ambitious Central Vista redevelopment plan. The new Parliament building will have a triangular shape and is expected to be completed by the 75th anniversary […]
Rahul Gandhi seeks public support for campaign in favour of farmers
NEW DELHI: Asking people to join the farmers’ “satyagraha” against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke out in support of the ongoing protests and against rising fuel prices in the country. The Congress is observing the day as Kisan Adhikar Divas and will take out protest marches in all state capitals. […]
Joe Biden unveils $1.9 trillion plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and BILL BARROW WILMINGTON:President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout. Called the “American Rescue Plan,” the legislative proposal would meet Biden’s goal of […]
Benjamin Netanyahu challenger Gideon Saar pledges change with Joe Biden
By JOSEF FEDERMAN TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top challenger in upcoming elections is promising a tough line toward Iran and the Palestinians, yet expressed confidence he has the tools to avoid what appears to be a collision course with the incoming Biden administration. In an interview, Gideon Saar voiced harsh criticism of […]
North Korea holds huge military parade as Kim Jong Un vows nuclear might
By KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL:North Korea rolled out developmental ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines and other military hardware in a parade that punctuated leader Kim Jong Un’s defiant calls to expand his nuclear weapons program. State media said Kim took center stage in Thursday night’s parade celebrating a major ruling party meeting where […]
Farm bills have potential to represent significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India:IMF
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: The IMF believes the farm bills passed by the Indian government have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms, but a social safety net is needed to protect those who might be adversely impacted during the transition to the new system, a spokesperson of the global […]
Aurangabad civic body clears bank loans of Rs 100 crore
AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has cleared Rs 140 crore in dues, almost half of the pending payments, of contractors and paid back entire bank loans worth nearly Rs 100 crore in the last one year, civic commissioner Astik Kumar Pandey said on Friday. The AMC had loans from various banks of nearly Rs […]
Prioritise spending, boost infrastructure, sell PSUs: Raghuram Rajan on Budget
NEW DELHI: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan says the government should take advantage of the peaks in the Indian equity markets right now and sell stakes in PSUs while prioritising spending to get the economy back on track. The upcoming Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 should look to […]
Group of experts slams critics of India’s Covid-19 vaccine approval process
NEW DELHI: A group of doctors and scientists on Thursday hit out at the critics of the government’s approval to two COVID-19 vaccines, especially the one produced indigenously by Bharat Biotech, alleging that their “reprehensible” utterances are causing huge credibility crisis for the Indian scientific community. In a statement signed by 45 medical professionals and […]