(PTI) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Secretary for Commerce Wilbur Ross on Thursday held discussions to increase bilateral trade between the countries. “Had a fruitful discussion with the US Secretary of Commerce @SecretaryRoss to further boost our strong trade relations and close economic partnership between the two nations,” Goyal said in a tweet. The meeting assumes significance as India and the US are negotiating a bilateral trade deal to boost two-way commerce.Recently, Goyal and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer held trade deal talks in Washington.US President Donald Trump on September 24 said that his country will soon…
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(TOI) People can heave a sigh of relief as India Meteorological Department has not issued any fresh warning for heavy rainfall in the state over the next four days. However, the IMD has forecast fairly widespread rainfall in the state on October 3 and 4. Till evening, there were 25 deaths in rain-related incidents across the state.
(Hindustan) जम्मू-कश्मीर को विशेष दर्जा देने वाले अनुच्छेद 370 के ज्यादातर प्रावधानों को हटाने के केंद्र सरकार के फैसले की कानूनी वैधता से जुड़ी चुनौतियों पर उच्चतम न्यायालय के पांच न्यायाधीशों की संविधान पीठ आज यानी मंगलवार से सुनवाई करने वाली है। प्रधान न्यायाधीश (सीजेआई) रंजन गोगोई ने अनुच्छेद 370 के अधिकतर प्रावधानों को हटाने के केंद्र सरकार के फैसले को चुनौती देने वाली कई याचिकाओं पर सुनवाई के लिए शनिवार को एक संविधान पीठ गठित की थी। पीठ के सदस्यों में न्यायमूर्ति एन वी रमण, न्यायमूर्ति एस के कौल, न्यायमूर्ति आर सुभाष रेड्डी, न्यायमूर्ति बीआर गवई और न्यायमूर्ति सूर्य…
(PTI) Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) on Monday said it has bagged orders worth Rs 775 crore in transmission and distribution segment. According to a company statement, KPTL and its international subsidiary have secured the orders from the government and private clients. “These new orders will help us to strengthen our T&D order book particularly in India and Bangladesh. Our total order inflows in FY19-20 has crossed Rs 4,300 crore and additionally we have a L1 position of approximately Rs 2,000 crore,” KPTL’s MD and CEO Manish Mohnot said. KPTL is engaged in power transmission & distribution (T&D), oil &…
(DJ) केन्द्रीय मंत्री भारत सरकार व चन्दौली के सांसद डॉ. महेन्द्रनाथ पाण्डेय खालिसपुर (कपिलधारा) से दो अक्टूबर को गांधी जयंती पर पदयात्रा की शुरुआत करेंगे। पदयात्रा की तैयारी के लिए पार्टी कार्यकर्ताओं की ओर से एक बैठक संदहा में आयोजित हुई। पदयात्रा के सयोजक पवन कुमार चौबे ने बताया कि केंद्रीय मंत्री 2 अक्टूबर को राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी की 150 वीं जयंती के अवसर पर अपने लोकसभा के शिवपुर विधानसभा के खलिशपुर (कपिलधारा) स्थित कपिल कुंड से स्वच्छता अभियान चलाकर पदयात्रा शुरू करेंगे। सोमवार को सूबे के कैबिनेट मंत्री अनिल राजभर ने भी कार्यक्रमों का जायजा लिया व कार्यक्रम को सफल…
(TH) By January 2020, pretty much all kind of waste generated at Bhubaneswar’s railway station, carriage and coaching depot will be converted into light diesel oil that can be used in furnaces and gas that can be used to keep the waste-to-energy plant running. This will be done using a patented technology developed by Indian Railways’ Bhubaneswar-located Carriage Repair Workshop, called Polycrack. The world’s first such process, Polycrack converts multiple feedstocks into hydrocarbon liquid fuels, gas, carbon and water, according to Manas Poddar, chief workshop manager, Mancheswar workshop, Bhubaneswar, Indian Railways.
(FE) Innovation and start-ups will play a crucial role for India to become a $5-trillion economy by 2024, said Prime minister Narendra Modi. He said India is already among the top three start-up-friendly ecosystems and during the last five years, the government had given great emphasis to encourage innovation and incubation. Speaking at the Singapore–India Hackathon Event at IIT Madras, Modi said programmes like Atal Innovation Mission, PM Research Fellowships and Start-up India Abhiyan are the foundation for 21st century India. “ We are now trying to give exposure to modern technology like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to our…
(Tribune) In a first of its kind experiment in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will use plastic and polythene dumped in godowns of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for laying road on the 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which is undergoing four-laning. About 400 metric tonnes (MT) of polythene seized by the SPCB and other agencies after the State High Court banned the use and manufacture of polythene in 2008 has not been disposed of and the agencies have chalked out a plan to utilise it. Environmentally fragile J&K is facing a daunting task of…
(Hindustan) केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह के बंगाल दौरे पर एक बार फिर से बीजेपी और टीएमसी के बीच सियासी घमासान छिड़ने के आसार दिख रहे हैं। केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह मंगलवार को पश्चिम बंगाल की राजधानी में विवादित राष्ट्रीय नागरिक पंजी (एनआरसी) और नागरिकता (संशोधन) विधेयक 2019 पर संगोष्ठी को संबोधित करेंगे जिस पर सभी की निगाहें हैं। भाजपा सूत्रों ने सोमवार को बताया कि शाह एक अक्टूबर को कोलकाता आएंगे और एक सामुदायिक दुर्गा पूजा का उद्घाटन करने के अलावा एक संगोष्ठी को भी संबोधित करेंगे। अमित शाह भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष भी हैं। वह इस साल केंद्रीय…
(ET) A sudden spurt in power consumption in the state coupled with shortfall in supply of coal from Mahanadi Coalfields and Singareni Collieries has crippled power supply to many districts in the state, with power outages in many districts lasting for about five to six hours due to sudden ‘trips’ at generation plants. Sources said that chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has called up his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekar Rao and requested him to double the coal supply from Singareni. “We are receiving just around 45,000 million metric tonnes of coal as against the requirement of 70,000 million metric tonnes, which has crippled generation,” confirmed state energy minister…