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New Delhi: The Government of India signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) here today for a $60 million loan that will help improve urban services, including water supply and urban transport infrastructure, in two key cities of Jammu and Kashmir. This loan from the ADB’s Ordinary Capital Resources …
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L&T Construction Wins Orders Valued Rs. 2521 Cr
Mumbai: The Building & Factories business of L&T Construction has bagged orders worth Rs. 2521 crores in the month of December’14 in both the domestic & international markets. L&T Oman LLC, a subsidiary of L&T, has won a prestigious order from the Ministry of Transport & Communications, Sultanate of Oman, …
Read More »Indian Govt. to take more steps to Facilitate ‘Make in India’
New Delhi: Government will undertake more steps to facilitate ease of doing business as part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Inaugurating the one-day National Workshop on Sectoral Perspectives & initiatives: Creating an enabling framework for stimulating investments for Make in India, Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that number …
Read More »Intensive consultations on Smart City started
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today chaired a high-level meeting with Government officials on the Smart City initiative. This is part of a series of consultations on Smart Cities. The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Urban Development to convene a workshop of all central and …
Read More »Air Passenger Traffic Shows Solid Growth in India
New Delhi: Minister of Civil Aviation Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said that the Government is examining stakeholders’ comments invited on the draft Civil Aviation Policy and holding detailed discussions with each segment of aviation industry such as airlines, helicopter and general aviation operators, cargo sector, airports sector etc. …
Read More »SMART Police Stations in each Indian State shortly
New Delhi: The Prime Minister of India had introduced the concept of SMART Police (S-Sensitive and Strict; M-Modern with mobility; A- Alert and Accountable; R- Reliable and Responsive; T- Trained and Techno-savvy) during the 49th Directors General/ Inspectors General Annual Conference at Guwahati. Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh as …
Read More »Target to achieve 1% share in global tourism within 1 yr in India
Five theme based-circuits i.e., Ganga , Krishna , Buddha , North East and Kerala circuits planned New Delhi: The Minister of State of Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma has said that the Government has set a target to achieve one percent share in …
Read More »Indian History Congress on ‘History and Historians’
New Delhi: Following is the text of inaugural address by the Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari at the 75th session of the Indian History Congress on ‘History and Historians’ organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi : “It is unusual, if not sacrilegious, to invite a person …
Read More »Strong amendments in Nuclear Test Ban Treaty must
By ANANT MISHRA [Former Youth Representative to United Nations] Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is basically a multinational treaty in which all the nations agree to permanently ban use of nuclear explosion from environmental to military and civilian purposes. It was advocated in the United Nations General Assembly on 12 August …
Read More »Microsoft CEO Calls on PM & IT Minister of India
New Delhi: CEO of the Microsoft Corporation Shri Satya Nadella met the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi. The Minister shared with Shri Nadella the initiative of Digital India taken by this government headed by the Prime …
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