Two government-run arms makers have thrown open their firing ranges for use by private companies to test their equipment in a first-of-its-kind initiative under the “Make in India” programme. The firing ranges at Ordnance Factory Trichy in Tamil Nadu and the Rifle Factory Ishapore in West Bengal have made the “We are open” move to […]
Expressing serious concern over ongoing illegal trade of forest resources, Assam Forest Minister Parimal Shuklabaidya on Tuesday set a 15 day deadline for officers to end the corrupt practice and put in place a system to plug the revenue loss. The Minister’s warnings came days after he made some sudden night patrols on the areas […]
After banks, the government may capitalise public sector general insurers this year to improve their finances and get them ready for the next wave of restructuring. Sources in the Finance Ministry said that management consultancy firm Ernst & Young (EY) has been shortlisted to advise on restructuring of three general insurers and based on its […]
The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) is working on a new technology in aquaculture to help double the income of Indian farmers, an official said on Monday. The institute has recently established a ‘Backyard Re-circulatory Aquaculture System’ developed by Cochin University of Science and Technology. The system, an intensive fish culture […]
Government may seek more time from market regulator SEBI for public sector enterprises and state-owned banks to comply with changes in the minimum public shareholding norms for listed companies proposed in the budget, Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said. The Budget 2019-20 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed raising the current threshold […]
The first Budget of to realise the dream of ‘New India’ making it a $ 5 trillion economy in the next few years, but mobilising funds remains a challenge for it in the wake of global headwinds and domestic slowdown. “Our economy was at approximately $ 1.85 trillion when we formed the government in 2014. […]
BY APARAJITA GUPTA Bhangarh (Rajasthan) How many of us believe in ghosts? Do they actually exist? Can they be felt? Believers will reply in affirmative and non-believers will perish the thought. But everybody would like to take a trip to THE den of the ghosts and such was the trip to Bhangarh, considered India’s “most […]
Mumbai For the second time in six years, Mumbai’s much-adored and globally-famed dabbawalas, or tiffin-box carriers, have been immortalised in a special comic book simply titled “Dabbawala”, brought out by restaurant chain SodaBottleOpenerWala. The comic book, penned and illustrated by artist Abhijeet Kini, was released at a function held at the SodaBottleOpenerWala’s outlet in Palladium, […]
New Delhi Pictures of Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani’s over 200-diamond encrusted Hermès Himalaya Birkin bag, worth over Rs 2.6 crore, has gone viral on the social media. In the images posted on the social media, Nita Ambani is seen wearing a white ensemble and carrying the Hermès Himalaya Birkin Bag. Bollywood divas Karisma Kapoor […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condemned party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya’s son Akash Vijayvargiya for attacking a government employee with a bat, saying “beta kisi ka bhi ho, aise logo ki party see nikal dena chahiye” (regardless of whose son he is, such people should be sacked from the party). Modi’s remarks came during the […]