PTI President Droupadi Murmu on Monday will inaugurate a four-day global conference that will deliberate on gender inequality in agri-food systems. The international conference ‘From research to impact: just and resilient agri-food systems’, to be held in the national capital, is organised jointly by Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) Gender Impact Platform and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Briefing the media, Director of CGIAR Gender Impact Nicoline de Haan said: “Globally, gender inequality in agri-food systems remains a very significant challenge and current inequalities are being made worse by crises such as Covid-19 and climate change.” Overall,…
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PTI Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he wants to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Odisha and has requested the party to give him a chance. In an interview with PTI, Pradhan said the BJP’s agenda is to ensure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets to serve the nation for a third term. “I want to contest the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. I have already informed the party about my wish and have requested it to give me a chance. The BJP’s agenda is to ensure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets…
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation, multiple projects in sectors like road, rail, aviation, health and higher education worth about Rs 5000 crores in Jodhpur, Rajasthan today. The projects include laying the foundation stone for a 350-bed Trauma Centre and Critical Care Hospital Block at AIIMS, Jodhpur, 7 Critical Care Blocks under PM-ABHIM, and the development of New Terminal Building at Jodhpur Airport. He dedicated IIT Jodhpur campus, and infrastructure upgrades to the Central University of Rajasthan. He also laid the foundation stone of multiple road development projects and dedicated two…
(PTI) The steep discounts on Russia crude oil that India gorged on since the Ukraine war, have plunged but the shipping rates charged by Russia-arranged entities continues to remain ‘opaque’ and higher than normal, sources said. Russia bills Indian refiners at a price shade less than the USD 60 per barrel price cap imposed by the West but charges anything between USD 11 to USD 19 per barrel, twice the normal rate, for delivery from the Baltic and Black Sea to the west coast, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. The USD 11-19 per barrel shipping costs from…
(MC) Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Thursday as fears of a sluggish demand recovery in the world’s top crude importer China offset the prospect of tighter supply, with top exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia cutting output. Brent crude futures dipped 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $76.40 a barrel at 0400 GMT, after settling higher 0.5% the previous day. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 7 cents, or 0.1%, to $71.72 a barrel, after closing 2.9% higher in post-holiday trade on Wednesday to catch up with Brent’s gains earlier in the week. “Despite calls for supply cuts over past months, oil…
(MC) Over the past one month, shares of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) have risen 10-16 percent and around 18-33 percent during the past three months. IOCL said on July 4 that its board of directors is scheduled to meet on July 7 to consider fund raising through right issues to meet the capital expenditure plan for its various projects. Meanwhile, BPCL’s board of directors approved on June 28, a proposal for raising capital upto an amount not exceeding Rs 18,000 crore through rights issue. There is an expectation that HPCL will also come up…
Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi reviewed coal production performance of commercial and captive mines in a meeting with senior officials of the Ministry of Coalhere today.In a tweet, the Minister said thatproduction from captive and commercial coal mines have been steadily increasing over the years, registering 216 % growth during the last six years.In today’s meetingShri Joshi deliberated on ways to increase coal production by 39% in this fiscal from commercial and captive mines.The Ministeralso took stock of production from underground coal mines and emphasized on Underground Coal Mine Mission Plan to achieve 100…
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a ‘Chintan Shivir’ of Ministry of Defence in New Delhi on July 06, 2023, where several innovative proposals emerged to enhance indigenisation content in domestic defence manufacturing; provide better health & pension services & re-settlement to the ex-servicemen; more collaboration of DRDO with other research bodies; performance audit; bringing more efficiency in the functioning Ministry of Defence and future roadmap of different organisations. The Raksha Mantri sat through the day-long deliberations, which were spread over six sessions, covering important issues pertaining to Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Defence Production (DDP), MoD (Finance), Department…
(BS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has announced that the Chandrayaan-3 mission will launch to the Moon on July 14. The spacecraft will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2:35 pm, Isro announced after transporting the spacecraft encapsulated aboard the rocket to the launchpad. Chandrayaan-3 is the third installment of the Chandrayaan series and represents India’s second attempt to achieve a soft landing on the Moon’s surface. To date, only three countries have successfully landed spacecraft on the airless lunar world. Equipped with a lander and a rover, the spacecraft will embark on a nearly…
(FE) Growth prospects of any industry depends on clarity of the country’s legal regulatory framework and the tax policies surrounding it. While the former determines the ability to do business, the latter is crucial to decide the feasibility of it. India’s online gaming industry is not indifferent to this principle. Positive regulatory as well as tax changes have been made in the past few months to give impetus to the sunrise sector. The key one being the amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“Online Gaming Rules”)1 which now regulates gaming activities in…