Prime Minister of India expresses concern on high import bill for edible oil, fertlisers
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Monday expressed concern over the huge edible oil and fertilisers import bill, which is putting pressure on the exchequer, saying it is time to work in mission mode to make India self-reliant and reduce import dependence. Modi said it was necessary to become ‘AatmaNirbhar’ or self-reliant […]
Action for moonlighting can ruin a career, co will show empathy: TCS COO
MUMBAI: Action against moonlighting can ruin a person’s career and hence, it is important to show empathy while dealing with the issue, a top official from TCS has said. Nothing prevents the country’s biggest IT services exporter from taking action against employees for moonlighting when it has evidence because it is a part of the […]
Justice DY Chandrachud appointed next Chief Justice of India effective November 9
NEW DELHI: Justice D Y Chandrachud was on Monday appointed the 50th Chief Justice of India, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said. He will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65. While Justice Lalit has a brief tenure of 74 […]
Ministry of Civil Aviation organises Conference of the Secretaries of Civil Aviation in New Delhi
NEW DELHI: Ministry of Civil Aviation has organised the Conference of the Secretaries of Civil Aviation of all the states and union territories. The inaugural session was chaired by Rajiv Bansal, secretory, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt of India, today in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The objective of the conference is to promote greater collaboration […]
Amit Shah releases textbooks in Hindi for MBBS students; hails Narendra Modi for speaking in Hindi on international platforms
NEW DELHI: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released textbooks in Hindi of three subjects for MBBS students as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in the Hindi language. Terming it as an important day in history, Shah said Madhya Pradesh has become the first state […]
Coal to be back again as gas becoming unaffordable: India’s Finance Minister
NEW DELHI: Given the global energy crisis, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that coal is going to be back again as gas has become unaffordable. Sitharaman, who attended the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, said the western world has seen countries moving to coal. The Western world […]
Rupee is not sliding, dollar is strengthening, says India’s Finance Minister in US
WASGINGTON: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the rupee has not weakened but it is the dollar that has strengthened, as she defended the 8 per cent slide in the value of Indian currency against the greenback this year. Speaking to reporters after attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and […]
Naveen Patnaik inaugurates IBM’s Client Innovation Center in Bhubeneswar
NEW DELHI: IBM today announced the opening of its new IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC) in Bhubaneswar, India. This is in line with the forays IBM has been making into emerging cities to get access to the diverse and rich talent available across the country. The Center will fast-track the digital transformation and economic growth […]
New Educational Policy aims to assimilate ancient with modern: Dharmendra Pradhan
MANGALURU: The new national educational policy (NEP) is the philosophical document of the 21st century that aims to assimilate ancient with the modern, said Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday. Addressing the 20th convocation of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) here, he said the Union government aims to […]
Reliance Industries Infrastructure records 11.4% drop in Q2 net profit
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd (RIIL) on Saturday reported an 11.4 per cent drop in the second quarter net profit on flattish revenue. Net profit of Rs 2.26 crore in July-September was 11.4 per cent lower than Rs 2.55 crore net profit in the same period last year, the company said in a statement. […]
L&T Infotech Q2 net profit jumps 23% to Rs 680 cr, revenue up by 28.39%
NEW DELHI: IT company Larsen and Toubro Infotech on Saturday posted an about 23 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 679.8 crore for the quarter ended September 2022. The company had registered a net profit of Rs 551.7 crore in the same period a year ago. The consolidated revenue from operations […]
D-Mart’s Q2 net profit up 64.13% to Rs 685.71 crore; sales up 36.6%
NEW DELHI: D-Mart retail chain owner Avenue Supermarts on Saturday reported a 64.13 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 685.71 crore in the July-September quarter of FY23 as the average basket values continue to be elevated. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 417.76 crore in the corresponding quarter […]
Amul, Mother Dairy hike prices of certain milk variants by Rs 2 per litre
NEW DELHI: Leading milk suppliers Amul and Mother Dairy have increased prices of full cream milk by Rs 2 per litre citing a rise in input costs. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk under the Amul brand, has hiked the prices of Amul Gold (full cream) and buffalo milk by Rs 2 […]
Narendra Modi to launch urea bags under ‘Bharat’, release 12th share of PM-KISAN funds
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the two-day event “PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022” on 17th October at around 11:30 AM at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The event brings together more than 13,500 farmers from across the country and around 1500 Agri Startups. More than 1 crore farmers, from various institutions […]
Infosys does not support dual employment; have fired violators in last 12 months: Salil Parekh
NEW DELHI: India’s second largest IT services company Infosys on Thursday made it clear that the company does not support moonlighting and said it has fired employees who were into dual employment over the last 12 months. Infosys, however, did not divulge the exact number of people who were “let go” on account of moonlighting. […]
Sarbananda Sonowal unveils multiple development projects worth Rs 169.75 crore in Goa
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ministry of Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated multiple projects for development of the inland waterways and marine sector in the Konkan region of Goa & Mangalore at Goa today. Three floating jetties along with a Solar powered Ferry were dedicated to the nation by the […]