World

G20 Pre-Cursor Conference on Transforming Logistics

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Electronics and Information Technology today inaugurated the Day 2 of one of its kind Future of Work exhibition under the 3rd Education Working Group (EdWG) meeting. […]

Finance

PFC approves 633 crores loan for 5000 Passenger EVs

Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), a Maharatna company and the leading NBFC in the Indian power sector has sanctioned a loan of ₹633 crores to Gensol Engineering Ltd (GEL) for the purchase of 5000 passenger Electric Vehicles (EVs) and 1000 cargo EVs. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

2-Day Millet Mahotsav to being in Jodhpur

As part of the Millet Mahotsav series, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India organized a 2-day ‘Millets Fair-cum-Exhibition’ at the ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan from 20-21 April 2023. […]

Foreign Relations

Side-event of the 2nd G20 Health Working Group Meeting

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala delivered the inaugural address at a side-event of the 2nd G20 Health Working Group Meeting titled, “Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change and Health: One Earth, One Family, One Future”. […]

General

CSIR and Oil India Ltd (OIL) signs MoU

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi and Oil India Ltd. (OIL), a Navaratna NOC inked an umbrella Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue technological partnership in select domains across the Energy value chain. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Agriculture Ministry releases crop-specific SOPs for use of pesticides with drones

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar today released Crop Specific “Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the Application of Pesticides with Drones” in the public domain for the guidance of farmers and other stakeholders. […]

Finance

Customs Exchange Rate Notification No. 29/2023

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies into Indian currency or vice versa, with effect from 21st April 2023, for the purpose of importing and exporting goods. […]

Foreign Relations

Dr S. Jaishankar to visit Guyana, Panama, Colombia

External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S. Jaishankar will be paying an official visit to Guyana (April 21-23), Panama (April 24-25), Colombia (April 25-27) and Dominican Republic (April 27-29). This will be his first visit to these countries as EAM. […]

Foreign Relations

University of Jammu to host Y-20 Consultation on Peacebuilding

Prof. Umesh Rai, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu today briefed the media regarding the Y20 consultation on peacebuilding and reconciliation being hosted by the University from April 18-19, 2023.Prof. Umesh Rai, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu today briefed the media regarding the Y20 consultation on peacebuilding and reconciliation being hosted by the University from April 18-19, 2023. […]