India Subcontinent

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today declared the beginning of the end of financial untouchability in India, with the opening of an estimated 1.5 crore bank accounts across the country, in an exercise unprecedented in scale in economic history. Formally launching the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana …

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has tweeted in Japanese for the first time, to talk to the people of Japan directly in Japanese. A team of Japanese volunteers helped with the translation. Following is the English translation of the tweets: “On 30th August I will begin my …

Mumbai: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) hosted the first national consultation on public-private partnerships to promote forest conservation. Speaking at the event, U.S. Consul General in Mumbai Mr. Tom Vajda said, “Because of the key role forestry plays in climate …

New Delhi: The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) has announced that .IN Registry has launched the Bharat domain name (भारत written in Devanagari script). It was launched by Minister for Communications and Information and Law and Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad today at a function held here. Speaking at …

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) tomorrow at a function in the national capital. On this occasion, an exhibition on Technology and Financial Literacy will be organized. The Prime Minister will visit this exhibition. A film on ‘Financial Inclusion’ …

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel today extended invitation to more than 1,000 industrialists, diplomats, captains of Indian Industry and other Indian states to partner and participate in the 7th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2015 going to be held between 11th -13th January, 2015 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. …

New Delhi: PepsiCo Chairman Ms. Indra Nooyi met the Food Processing Industries Minister,Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal in the capital today. Discussions were held on a wide range of topics concerning Food Processing Sector. Ms. Nooyi said that her company has already invested substantially in India’s Food Processing sector and they …

New Delhi: The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley stressed on the capital increase in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to maintain a leading role in development financing in Asia. Shri Jaitley was making the opening remarks when Mr. Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank (ADB) called on him in …

New Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Nitin Gadkari today called for practical approach to achieve the goal of sanitation for all by 2019. Speaking at a National Conference on Sanitation and Drinking Water here, the Minister said, the current allocation of Rs10,000 per …

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today received Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Nick Clegg. Mr. Clegg was accompanied by UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey. During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Clegg conveyed UK’s strong desire to further strengthen …