Corona Virus
430 flights operated under Lifeline Udan
May 03: 430 flights have been operated under Lifeline Udan by Air India, Alliance Air, IAF and private carriers. 252 of these […]
Year: 2020
Agriculture & Commodities
Post- COVID situation provides opportunity to boost economy with support of Bamboo resources: Dr Jitendra Singh
May 03: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, […]
Health Care
Employees of EPFO contribute Rs 2.5 crore to PM CARES fund
May 03: The employees of Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) have also come forward to support the Government’s initiative in […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Stakeholders Must Adopt an Integrated Approach to Come over the Crisis: Shri Nitin Gadkari
May 03: Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari today interacted via video conferencing with […]
Agriculture & Commodities
MHA Control Room to be utilised for resolving complaints of Drivers and Transporters on passage of goods carriers
May 03: To ensure faster resolution of the complaints/issues of the drivers/transporters on the passage of goods carriers including empty […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Government asks states to speed up procurement of MFP Minor Forest Produce to support Tribals
May 03: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has advised all states to speed up procurement operations for Minor Forest Produce […]
Business
3 Point Agenda to support MSMEs by MSME Ministry
Arvind Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MSME in his opening talk set a 3 point agenda to support MSMEs which are currently in a distress due to COVID19. […]
Health Care
BEL acquires high-tech components to manufacture ventilators
BEL acquired a consignment of High Tech components from Singapore that will be used to manufacture of ventilators and patient monitoring systems in India […]
Corona Virus
Procuring medical equipments on priority; Emphasis on Make in India
1. Empowered Group-3 was created vide MHA’s order dated 29.03.2020 under convenorship of Dr.P D Waghela, Secretary, Pharmaceuticals and including […]
Corona Virus
Indian Coast Guard joins the nation to thank COVID-19 Warriors
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) stands in solidarity with efforts of the Government to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)proactively by […]
Business
Kashmir Saffron gets GI tag
Kashmir saffron, a spice from the Jammu and Kashmir Region of India has been awarded the geographical indication (GI) tag to protect its uniqueness and identity. […]
Corona Virus
India Salutes Corona Warriors
May 02: India has been successfully fighting Corona Virus with the help of COVID Warriors. IAF has been contributing towards the […]
Finance
RBI Governor meets CEOs Banks to discuss the current economic situation
Governor, Reserve Bank of India held meetings with the MD/CEOs of major public and private sector banks today in two separate sessions through video conference. […]
Corona Virus
UAE sends seven metric tons of medical supplies to India
UAE ends an aid plane containing seven metric tons of medical supplies to India to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 […]
Health Care
422 flights operated under Lifeline Udan to deliver essential medical cargo
May 02: 422 flights have been operated under Lifeline Udan by Air India, Alliance Air, IAF and private carriers. 244 […]
Agriculture & Commodities
PM Modi holds a meeting to discuss ways to boost agriculture sector
May 02: PM Narendra Modi held a meeting today to deliberate on the issues and reforms required in the Agriculture […]
Politics
Iran refutes US Religious Freedom Report
Iran has rejected an annual report by the US government on religious freedom as blatant interference in the internal affairs of the other countries […]
Corona Virus
COVID19 spreading from People to Animals and vice versa
The biggest threat to the world would be if coronavirus acquires the ability to spread between humans and animals. And when this appends then it will be the Apocalypse […]
Technology
India is placed 3rd among countries in R&D expenditure & scientific publications
May 01: India’s gross expenditure in R&D has tripled between 2008 & 2018 driven mainly by the Govt sector and […]
Technology
CSIR Launches Kisan Sabha App to Connect Farmers to Supply Chain and Freight Transportation Management System
In the present situation of COVID 19, farmers are looking for help in their harvest reaching the market, seed/ fertilizer […]
Business
Arvind Kumar Sharma assumes charge as MSME Secretary
May 01: Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma (IAS) today assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Starting […]
Corona Virus
Coronavirus lockdown extended by two weeks with effect from May 4, 2020
May 01: After a comprehensive review, and in view of the Lockdown measures have led to significant gains in the […]
Markets
Dow tanks after Trump hinted on imposing tariffs on China
The US Stockmarket today fell and opened lower after US President Donald Trump metninoned about possible new tariffs that may be imposed on China. […]
Investments
India is the right Investment Destination for the Netherlands
India is the right Investment Destination for the Netherlands with and recent changes in Tax Laws, NL- India DTAA, NRI Taxation […]
Business
Airtel donates 135,000,000 RWF to combat the COVID-19
Airtel donates 135,000,000 RWF to Honorable Minister of Health Rwanda to extend our support in battling COVID_19. […]
Business
Piyush Goyal calls upon Indian Missions abroad to play an important role in making India a preferred destination
Recovery path for India in the post-Covid era will be through trade and investment, says External Affairs minister May 01: […]
Business
Shri Piyush Goyal tells Foreign Mission that India is open to mutually benefitting collaborations with interested countries
Tough and appropriate role played by the PM of India is the best stimulus against the Covidcrisis and it has […]
Agriculture & Commodities
PM Modi holds a review meeting to discuss Civil Aviation Sector
May 01: PM Narendra Modi held a comprehensive meeting to review the strategies that could help in making India’s Civil […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi’s Yoga videos a success in Bulgaria
PM Modi’s Yoga videos were published on Bulgarian National Television and has become a big success with people […]
Foreign Relations
India Tunisia Trade Opportunities to increase
Indian Ambassador to Tunisa does a detailed discussion with EAM and Commerce Miniter on Increasing trade and investments […]
Foreign Relations
Iran has strongly condemns the German government’s blacklisting of the Lebanese Hezbollah
May 01: Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has strongly condemned the German […]
Technology
3.25 lac use Janaushadhi Sugam Mobile App to order medicines
Amid nationwide lockdown Over 325000 people are using Janaushadhi Sugam Mobile App to order medicines […]
Business
Automobile Industry Top Barons praise Prime Minister’s leadership in dealing with COVID
Steps to revive the sector, Livelihood’s and resource mobilization discussed at length : Shri Prakash Javadekar April 30: Union Minister […]
Business
Union Minister Gadkari launches Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation & Research Portal on MSMEs
Portal on MSME Bank of Ideas, Innovation and Research to prove of great transformational importance for existing and aspiring Micro, […]
Agriculture & Commodities
DPIIT Control Room playing a pivotal role in monitoring 89% of queries during the lockdown period
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, had set-up a Control […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) for March, 2020
1. The summary of the Index of Eight Core Industries (base: 2011-12) is given at the Annexure. 2. The Eight Core […]
Politics
USAid adds another USD 3million grant to India
US Ambassador to India Ken Juster today announced that the US Government through USAid will provide India another $3M to combat COVID19 […]
Foreign Relations
Prime Minister assured all possible support by Government of India for Myanmar citizens present in India
April 30: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of […]
Finance
Prime Minister holds a meeting to discuss strategies on boosting investment in India
PM Shri Narendra Modi today held a comprehensive meeting to discuss strategies to attract more foreign investments into India as […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Ministry of Shipping revamps its website
April 30: Ministry of Shipping has revamped its website shipmin.gov.in and launched today. The new website is based on open source technology and […]
Finance
RBI extends Fixed Rate Reverse Repo and MSF window
Reserve Bank had extended the window timings of Fixed Rate Reverse Repo and MSF operations. In view of the continuing […]
Foreign Relations
Syed Akbaruddin bows out of the UN with a Namaste
April 30: Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the United Nations completed his term with the United Nations […]
Foreign Relations
Bangladesh contributes USD 1.5 million towards SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund
April 29: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s […]
Foreign Relations
5 new Ambassador postings by MEA
5 New postings as Ambassadors by MEA. While 4 postings were as ambassadors of a country, one was as permanent representative of India in the United Nations […]
Business
MISSP to strengthen India – Swiss commercial relations
MISSP to provide a platform for strengthening India-Switzerland commercial relations […]
Business
Indian should take advantage of change in global supply-chains in post-Covid era: Piyush Goyal
Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Shri Piyush Goyal today, through Video Conferencing, held discussions with the Export Promotion […]
Finance
Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline presents its Final Report to Finance Minister
April 29: The Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) submitted its Final Report on NIP for FY 2019-25 to the Union […]
Business
Index of mineral production raises to 10 percent in Feb
April 29: The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February, 2020 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 123.7, […]
Health Care
CSIR-CSIO transfers Electrostatic Disinfection technology for commercialization
April 29: CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh, has designed and developed an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization […]
Health Care
JNCASR scientists develops “Berberine” based Alzheimer inhibitor
April 29: Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology […]