Jio says Airtel, Vodafone Idea partners sabotaging network;Airtels says Jio’s allegations ‘baseless’,
NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) has said that there are “blatant efforts” to sabotage its network in the garb of farmers’ protest by the channel partners of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. In letters sent to Anshu Prakash, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and P.D. Vaghela, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI, […]
Ericsson CEO lobbying against Swedish ban on Huawei, ZTE: Report
STOCKHOLM/NEW DELHI: Borje Ekholm, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, has been lobbying the government to repeal a ban that prohibits Huawei and ZTE from participating in the country’s 5G construction, according to local newspaper Dagens Nyheter. In a series of text messages to Swedish Foreign Trade Minister Anna Hallberg, the CEO […]
India-UK flights to restart from January 6, UK-India services from January 8
NEW DELHI: India’s Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday flights from India to UK will resume from January 6, while services from that country to here would resume from January 8 onwards. “Resumption of flights between India & UK: India to UK from 6 Jan 2021. UK to India from 8 Jan 2021. […]
India drafts law to raise legal age of smoking to 21 years
By Sanjeev Sharma NEW DELHI: The government of India (Centre) has prepared a bill to raise the age for allowing sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to 21 years from the current 18 years. The government has drafted the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply […]
Covid-19 vax: Dry run in India’s 125 districts, 285 sites
NEW DELHI: As India gears up to launch the world’s largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, on Saturday conducted a dry run at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to the assess ability and readiness of authorities to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions […]
India’s Kashmir region seeks $4 billion in investments, to provide security
By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI: India’s federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir plans to attract investments worth up to $4 billion in the next two to three years and would provide security to businesses setting up shop in the insurgency-hit region, its chief said on Saturday. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was India’s only Muslim-majority state […]
Goa Shipyard to build 12 patrol boats for Pangong deployment
PANAJI: Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has bagged the Rs 65-crore contract to build 12 anti-ramming patrol boats that would be deployed at Pangong Lake in Ladakh to thwart Chinese aggression. The PSU is expected to roll out the patrol boats by May 2021, by when snow would have melted at the lake and a face-off […]
‘In public interest’: Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin recommended for emergency approval
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Saturday said that the expert panel of India’s drug regulator has recommended granting permission for restricted emergency use of the indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ in “public interest as an abundant precaution.” The Subject Expert Committee of Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation had met on January 1 and […]
Jammu and Kashmir administration signs MoU with NAFED
NEW DELHI: In Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory Administration has signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce. With this the MoU, NAFED to cover 5,500 Hectares at a cost of Rs 1,700 crore in the […]
Reliance petroleum: SEBI imposes a fine of Rs 15 crore on Mukesh Ambani
NEW DELHI: Commodity market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday imposed penalties on Reliance Industries Ltd, its Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani as well as two other entities for allegedly indulging in manipulative trading in the shares of erstwhile Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) back in November 2007. Fines of Rs […]
Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur today via video conferencing. Governor and Chief Minister of Odisha, along with Union Ministers Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi were also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said […]
Flash Flood Guidance Services launched; first of its kind for South Asian countries
NEW DELHI: Earth System Science deals with the Earth system’s five components—Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Lithosphere, and Biosphere, and their complex interactions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) holistically addresses all the aspects relating the Earth System Science for providing weather, climate, ocean, coastal state, hydrological and seismological services. The services include forecasts, warnings and detection […]
ADB, India sign $10 million loan to support project preparation to expand horticulture in Himachal Pradesh
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 30th December 2020 signed a $10 million project readiness financing (PRF) to help finance piloting activities, and design and capacity building for an ensuing project that aims to expand horticulture production and farm household income in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh. The […]
ADB, India sign $231 million loan to enhance power generation capacity in Assam
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 30th December 2020 signed a $ 231 million loan to augment electricity generation capacity in the state of Assam through construction of a 120 megawatts (MW) hydroelectric power plant that will enhance availability of electricity for households. This is the third tranche […]
Suneet Sharma takes over the charge of new Chairman & CEO of Railway Board
NEW DELHI: Suneet Sharma has taken over the charge of new Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India. The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Suneet Sharma as Chairman & CEO of Railway Board. Prior to this, Shri […]
Surgeon Vice Admiral Rajat Datta takes over as Director General Armed Forces Medical Services
NEW DELHI: Surgeon Vice Admiral Rajat Datta assumed the charge of Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services on 01 Jan 2021. Prior to assuming the present appointment, the Flag Officer held the post of DGMS (Navy) and Comdt, Army Hospital (R&R) Delhi Cantt & Col Comdt. He is an alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, […]