Month: April 2019

Cabinet approves creation of one post of Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India

open view news desk The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to create one post of Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General (Coordination, Communication and Information System) in Pay Level-17 (by abolishing one STS level post) in the Office of the Comptroller […]

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Bolivia on Cooperation in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy

open view news desk The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bolivia in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy. The MoU was signed in Bolivia in March, 2019 Impact: […]

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Cambodia on Cooperation in the field of Communications

open view news desk The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex post-facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Cambodia on Cooperation in the field of Communications. The MoU was signed in Cambodia in March, 2019. Impact: The MoU will […]

Low-carbon, green and climate resilient urban infrastructure is the need of the hour: Vice President

  open view news desk Creation of green infra, solar & water conservation must form part of town planning; Promote Public Transport, reduce dependency on fossil fuel: VP tells town planners Calls upon Asian countries to promote clean and green technologies Inaugurates 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Congress […]

Prajnesh rises to career-high ranking of 80

New Delhi :  Continuing his good run, India’s Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved a career-high ranking of 80 in the latest ATP rankings released Monday. The 29-year-old from Chennai, who broke into the top 100 in February this year, improved two places to become the sixth highest in terms of singles […]

Woods wins Masters – what they’re saying

Augusta (US) : US President Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama were among those joining a chorus of congratulations Sunday to Tiger Woods after the US superstar ended an 11-year major title drought with a Masters victory. “Congratulations to @TigerWoods,” tweeted Trump, who played a round of golf […]

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom want ‘intimate’ wedding

Los Angeles :  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are planning their wedding and the couple wants to keep things “small and intimate”. A source told People magazine that they are keeping the details under wraps and are looking forward to starting their family soon. “They are the happiest couple. […]

Elisabeth Moss to star in ‘The Invisible Man’ reboot

Los Angeles :  Elisabeth Moss is officially on board “The Invisible Man” reboot, based on the classic 1897 sci-fi novel by HG Wells. “The Handsmaid’s Tale” star was in early talks for the Universal-Blumhouse production, Deadline reported. This would be Moss’ second collaboration with Blumhouse after Jordan Peele’s recent […]

Carl Weathers to star in ‘The Mandalorian’

London : “Rocky” alum Carl Weathers is set to star in “Star Wars” TV series, “The Mandalorian”. According to ContactMusic, the 71-year-old star will play Greif Marda, the head of a bounty hunter organisation that enlists the Mandalorian for a mission. “Narcos” star Pedro Pascal features in the title […]

Export of oilmeals rose 31 pc to Rs 6,222 cr in FY19

New Delhi : Export of oilmeals rose by 31 per cent to Rs 6,222 crore during the last fiscal year on higher volumes as well as price realisation, industry data showed. The country had exported oilmeals worth Rs 4,762 crore during the 2017-18 fiscal, according to the Solvent Extractors’ […]

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