Category Archives: Trade
India Pavilion inaugurated at Cannes Film Festival 2018
The inaugural session of the Indian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 was held at Cannes, France. Hosted by noted actor Shri Sharad Kelkar, the Indian delegation present consisted of H.E. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to France, Shri Ashok Kumar Parmar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Govt. Of India, Shri Prasoon Joshi, Writer, … Read More
Govt signs loan agreement with ADB to modernize Technical Education
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of India today signed 80 million dollar loan to help modernize Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET institutions and improve the skills ecosystem in Himachal Pradesh. Joint Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs Sameer Kumar Khare signed the loan agreement from Indian side and Country… Read More
IRCTC introduces billing through Point of Sale in trains
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has introduced billing through Point of Sale (POS) hand-held machines in trains to check overcharging by vendors. IRCTC has been continuously taking passenger friendly steps to ensure smooth catering services. It said, this will help not only making passengers aware of relevant information… Read More
SAIL inaugurates country 1st corporate training institute on Science of Happiness
Shri P.K. Singh, Chairman, SAIL inaugurated a Happiness Space – Kshemalaya (literally, Abode of Wellbeing and Prosperity) – at Management Training Institute (MTI) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in Ranchi on March 7, 2018. Developed in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, Kshemalaya makes SAIL the first corporate house in the Country to embrace… Read More
Coal mining capacity increases in last 3.5 years | Piyush Goyal
Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has informed that the coal mining capacity of India has increased in the last three and a half years. Speaking in New Delhi , the Minister said, it has increased from a mere 11 million tonnes to 31 million tonnes. He pointed out that there has been an increase of nearly 20 million tonnes in mining capacity.
Shri Goyal expressed his … Read More
MoPNG | Facilitation Workshop under Open Acreage Licensing Programme, Mumbai
Over the recent past years MoPNG has undertaken a slew of initiatives to achieve Prime Minister’s vision for Energy Security and Sufficiency, in continuation to which OALP Bid Round I was launched in January 2018 under 55 bidder selected blocks, each carved out by prospective bidders themselves in promising basins with an area of 59,282 Sq. Kms were announced… Read More
ONGC drillship Sagar Bhushan at Cochin Shipyard faces explosion
A blast has been reported in ONGC drillship Sagar Bhushan at 9.15 am today at Cochin Shipyard where it has been dry docking since 7 December 2017. The drillship was undergoing mandatory Special Survey (Hull & Machinery) repairs in Cochin Shipyard as per class requirement. The cause of the incident is being ascertained.
Oncam launches 360-degree Evolution Stainless Steel camera series
Oncam, the leading provider of 360-degree video capture and business intelligence technology, broke new ground as its award-winning Evolution Stainless Steel camera earned the coveted Standard 169 accreditation from NSF International. The innovative and robust 360-degree camera from Oncam is the first and only surveillance camera of its kind to receive… Read More
GDP growth expected to be around 8 to 8.5 % in 2018-19
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, Rajiv Kumar has said that the country’s GDP growth is expected to be around 8 to 8(point)5 per cent in 2018-19 and what has been predicted by the Economic Survey is underestimate. Talking to media in New Delhi, Mr Kumar said , the investment cycle has picked up and will increase further.
He said, the quantum of corporate bonds … Read More
Suresh Prabhu invites WTO ministers for India meet
Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has invited his counterparts from WTO member countries for a mini-ministerial meeting in India.Shri Prabhu, who attended a ministerial dinner hosted by the WTO here on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) last night, said he personally invited all of them for the mini-ministerial to be hosted by India… Read More
India to become fastest growing large economy in 2018
India will become the fastest growing large economy in the world, eclipsing China, in 2018 and the country’s equity market will jump to become the fifth largest in the world, a report says. According to a Sanctum Wealth Management report, when the rest of the world offers low growth and insufficient structural change, India, by contrast, is seen as … Read More
