Day: February 5, 2019

Scholarships for Girls to encourage better education and career opportunities

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing ‘National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE)’. The objective of the scheme is to establish an enabling environment to reduce the drop outs and to promote the enrolment of girl child […]

Petition filed in SC challenging central law on land acquisition near disputed site in Ayodhya

New Delhi : A petition was filed in the Supreme Court Monday challenging the constitutional validity of 1993 Central law on land acquisition in Ayodhya near the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site. The plea contended that Parliament has no legislative competence to acquire land belonging to the state. […]

RCom tanks over 48%; other group shares crash too

New Delhi : Shares of Reliance Communications fell sharply on Monday, tumbling over 48 per cent, after the company decided to opt for insolvency proceedings following its failure to sell assets for paying back its lenders. The shares of Reliance Communications, after a weak opening, further crashed 48.27 per […]

Anti-Ragging Regulations by UGC for curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions

open view news desk In pursuance to the Judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India dated 8.5.2009 in Civil Appeal No. 887/2009, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has framed “UGC Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions, 2009” notified on 17th June, 2009. In order […]

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) meet on Disaster Risk Management begins tomorrow

open view news desk To help strengthen cooperation in disaster response The Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is organising a meeting of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Cluster Group on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) on […]

Rupee slips 48 paise to 71.73/USD in early trade

Mumbai :  The rupee Monday depreciated by 48 paise to 71.73 in early trade on the forex market ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s policy review meet and lower opening in domestic equity market. Forex traders said strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas weighed on […]

Honey-Trapping in Armed Forces

open view news desk The details of cases of honey trapping in the Armed Forces for the years 2015, 2016  &  2017  are as under:- Year Army Navy Air Force 2015 02 Nil 01 2016 Nil Nil Nil 2017 02 Nil Nil Service personnel and their families are […]

Sensex drops over 100 pts; bank, auto stocks fall

Mumbai :  The BSE benchmark Sensex Monday fell over 100 points tracking selloff in banking, auto and metal stocks amid mixed cues from global markets. The 30-share index was trading 109.53 points, or 0.30 per cent, lower at 36,359.90. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 31.75 points, or 0.29 […]

Blast at Central Ammunition Depot at Pulgaon

open view news desk Multi-tier system of Safety Audit and Quality Audit is already in existence for assuring quality of ammunition and compliance of safety norms in the process of manufacture.  In addition to this, for defect noticed at production stage, detailed investigation is carried out by Failure […]

15% direct tax collection growth target for FY20 ‘realistic’: Rev Secy

New Delhi :  The finance ministry has set a “realistic target” of 15 per cent growth in direct tax collection at Rs 13.80 lakh crore for next year, which is lower than 20 per cent increase estimated in the current fiscal, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said Monday. The […]

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