Month: June 2019

Government organizes Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsavs and various cultural activities every year throughout the country to promote culture: Shri Prahlad Singh Patel

open view news desk To promote the culture of our country, the Government of India has organized Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsavs (RSMs) in New Delhi (November, 2015 and October, 2016), Varanasi (December, 2016), Bengaluru & Tawang (March, 2017), Gujarat (October, 2017), Karnataka (January, 2018) and Madhya Pradesh (February, 2018). […]

FM: Action taken against 271 companies in last three years to safeguard investors

open view news desk In order to redress investors ‘grievances, action has been initiated against 95 companies in 2016-17, 101 companies in 2017-18 and 75 companies in 2018-19 under various provisions of the Companies Act. This was stated by the Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala […]

Call Centre Inaugurated in Mumbai DGFT

open view news desk A call centerhas been set up by the Mumbai office of theDirector General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to address doubts/queries/questions of exporters and importers. General information about foreign trade policy and international trade may also be asked. A specially trained dedicated staff is in […]

Coal Supply Rationalisation Scheme

open view news desk Ministry of Coal has issued the Policy for Linkage Rationalization for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) on 15.05.2018. The policy envisages to undertake a comprehensive review of existing sources of coal and consider the feasibility for rationalization of sources with a view to optimize the […]

Supply of Coal to Tamilnadu

open view news desk In the year 2018-19, Coal India Limited (CIL) had supplied 491.54 Million Tonnes (MT) coal to power plants which was 8.2% more than the coal supplied in 2017-18. Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) supplied 55.3 MT coal to power plants in 2018-19 which was […]

Minister Jal Shakti stresses need to make Water Conservation a Jan Andolan like Swachh Bharat

Swachh Mahotsav 2019 launched with Swachh Sundar Shauchalaya Awards open view news desk Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, today stressed the need to launch a huge jan andolan for water conservation along lines of the Swachh Bharat Mission to address agricultural, industrial and domestic water […]

Sensex falls over 150 pts; IT stocks drag

Mumbai, Jun 25:  Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 150 points in early trade Tuesday tracking losses in IT stocks amid weak cues from other Asian markets. The 30-share index was trading 124.41 points, or 0.32 per cent, lower at 38,998.55 at 0930 hours. Similarly, the broader […]

PM, Shah salute people who resisted Emergency

New Delhi, Jun 25:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to all “those greats” who resisted the Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1975 and said democracy had prevailed over authoritarianism.  “India salutes all those greats who fiercely and […]

Kejriwal calls for resolution to never allow repetition of Emergency-like situation

New Delhi, Jun 25: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called for a resolution to never allow repetition of an Emergency-like situation in the country. “This very day 34 years ago India witnessed one of the biggest assault on its democracy with the imposition of emergency by the […]

Memes, cartoons and caustic Cantonese: the language of Hong Kong’s protests

Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush — Hong Kongers have displayed a characteristically riotous embrace of satire during their huge anti-government protests. Anger has punctuated much of the historic rallies roiling Hong Kong in the last two […]

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