(AU) महाराष्ट्र के नासिक में स्थित करेंसी नोट प्रेस (सीएनपी) और इंडिया सिक्योरिटी प्रेस (आईएसपी) ने सोमवार से चार दिनों के लिए अपने परिचालन को बंद कर दिया है। इसकी वजह है दोनों संस्थानों के 40 कर्मचारियों का पिछले दो हफ्ते में कोरोना पॉजिटिव पाया जाना। सीएनपी विभिन्न मूल्यों के 17 मिलियन नोटों को छापता है, जबकि आईएसपी राजस्व टिकटों, स्टांप पेपर, पासपोर्ट और वीजा की छपाई करता है। सीएनपी में 2,300 और आईएसपी में 1,700 स्थायी कर्मचारी हैं। चार दिनों के बंद के दौरान नोटों के 68 मिलियन के उत्पादन घाटे को रविवार को काम करके पूरा कर लिया…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India has talent and ability to become a toy hub for the entire world and called upon startups to work towards realising this potential while being “vocal about local toys”. He said the global toy industry is over Rs 7 lakh crore but India’s share is very small, as he stressed on the need to work to increase it. Modi called upon start-up entrepreneurs to ‘team up for toys’ and said it is time to get vocal for local toys. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, the prime minister also said people have…
(PTI) With the strike by LPG cylinder transporters continuing for the fourth day, PSU major Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Sunday said that nearly six lakh customers across the Northeastern region have been affected due to non-delivery of cooking gas. The North East Packed LPG Transporter Association (NEPLTA), the members of which transport cylinders from bottling plants to dealers, have launched an indefinite strike on August 27 protesting against several provisions of the latest contract renewal tender floated by IOC, which include lowering of existing rates. The company claimed that the NEPLTA is adamant on its demand and the first round of talks has failed, while the agitators alleged…
(ET) Saudi energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud announced on Sunday the discovery of two oil and gas fields in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The two fields, Hadat Al-Hajrah gas field in the Al-Jawf region and Abraq Al-Talul oil field in the northern border region, were discovered by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Xinhua news agency reported. Saudi Aramco will work on assessing the quantities of oil, gas and condensate in the two fields, as well as digging more wells to determine their area and size, the minister said.
(AU) केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह को सोमवार को दिल्ली स्थित अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान (एम्स) से छुट्टी मिल गई है। कल ही अस्पताल ने बयान जारी कर कहा था कि गृह मंत्री ठीक हो चुके हैं और उन्हें जल्द ही छुट्टी दे दी जाएगी। कोरोना संक्रमण से उबरने के बाद उन्हें 18 अगस्त को थकान और सिरदर्द की शिकायत के बाद अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया था। उनका लगभग 12 दिनों तक इलाज चला। बता दें कि कोरोना से ठीक होने के बाद उनकी तबीयत और बिगड़ गई थी, जिसके बाद उन्हें स्वास्थ्य संबंधी समस्याओं की वजह से 18…
(PTI) State-owned GAIL India Ltd is eyeing expansion in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and renewables to supplement growth in its core business of natural gas marketing and transportation, its chairman Manoj Jain has said. The nation’s largest gas marketer and shipper has adopted a revised strategic plan identifying priority business initiatives. “This strategic plan will help us to address our challenges in changing industry scenarios and provide new areas for growth with geographic expansion,” he said in the company’s latest annual report. GAIL transports over 70 per cent of all gas shipped in the country through its network of 12,426-km network of natural gas trunk pipelines.…
(ET) Petrol price crossed Rs 82 per litre-mark in the national capital on Sunday, as the price of the fuel rose across the four metro cities after a day’s pause. In Delhi, petrol was priced at Rs 82.03, higher by 9 paise from Rs 81.94 on Saturday. Price of the fuel in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata was at Rs 88.68, Rs 85, Rs 83.52 per litre, respectively, against the previous levels of Rs 88.58, Rs 84.91 and Rs 83.43 per litre. Diesel prices were unchanged across the four cities. In New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, the fuel was priced at Rs 73.56, Rs 80.11, Rs 78.86 and…
(HT) Bihar is the first state to go to polls during the Covid-19 pandemic and amid preparations being made by the Election Commission (EC) for holding elections two months from now, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the first sign of resistance to EC’s decision. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan dismissed a PIL filed by a Muzaffarpur resident Avinash Thakur seeking postponement of Assembly elections due in October this year. Pointing to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state and floods which have displaced lakhs of residents in 14 districts of north Bihar, the petition stated…
(HT) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate college and administration buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University through remote video conference at 12.30 on Saturday. The RLB Central Agriculture University is located in Jhansi and is a prominent institute of the Bundelkhand region. The University has started its first academic session in 2014-15 and is offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. It is currently operating from the Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi as the main buildings were getting ready.
(HT) The Uttar Pradesh government has confirmed that it will not grant permission for holding religious or public programmes till September 30 keeping in mind the coronavirus pandemic. According to additional chief secretary, home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi, on Thursday, chief minister Yogi Adityanth, in a meeting with the senior officers, said the district magistrates should not give permission for religious or public programmes till September 30. Awasthi said that the state government had also instructed officials to ensure that the restrictions including closure of markets on Saturday and Sunday are strictly implemented. The administration has also asked for carrying out an…