(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with leaders of the Pacific Island countries on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session here on Wednesday and demonstrated India’s commitment to advancing their development priorities, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. This was the first time the prime minister met leaders of the Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS) in a plurilateral format, it added. A release issued by the MEA said the meeting was attended by the heads of delegations of Fiji, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau,…
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(ET) The time for talking is over, the world needs to act now, PM Narendra Modi said at the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday. “We must accept that if we have to tackle the climate crisis, what we are doing today isn’t enough. What we need is a global behavioural change,” he added, urging world leaders to act immediately to protect the environment. The unexpected appearance of Donald Trump during Modi’s speech created a flutter. Trump dropped in just as Modi was speaking, listened intently, and applauded some of his remarks. He left soon after the next speaker, Germany’s Angela Merkel, finished. While Modi…
(Hindustan) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्य नाथ ने मंगलवार को सबेरे 11 बजे से कैबिनेट की बैठक बुलाई है। उच्च पदस्थ सूत्रों के अनुसार प्रदेश के सात शहरों को स्मार्ट सिटी के रूप में विकसित करने के लिए राज्य स्मार्ट सिटी मिशन की गाइड लाइंस को मंजूरी दी जाएगी। इन शहरों में मेरठ, गाजियाबाद, अयोध्या, फिरोजाबाद, गोरखपुर, मथुरा-वृंदावन और शाहजहांपुर शामिल हैं। कैबिनेट बैठक में मुख्यमंत्री और मंत्री अब अपना आयकर खुद भरेंगे, इससे संबंधित 1981 के अधिनियम में संशोधन किया जाएगा। अभी तक मुख्यमंत्री और मंत्रियों का आयकर सरकार अपने खजाने से भरती है। कैबिनेट बैठक में नोएडा इंटरनेशनल ग्रीन फील्ड…
(ET) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday held discussions with the OIL India Limited (OIL). OIL has 7 blocks of interest in Arunachal Pradesh mostly in the eastern parts, which also share boundaries with Assam. As parts of few of these blocks fall in reserve forest or wildlife sanctuaries, exploration in these parts are yet to start for want of requisite clearances. Senior Oil India Limited (OIL) officials – Pranjit Deka, Resident Chief Executive, Indrajit Baruah met the chief minister where OIL officials explained in detail activities of the petroleum company in Arunachal Pradesh, its plans and proposals and issues…
(LiveMint) India aims to sell two or three state-owned firms to local or foreign firms to raise up to Rs.60, 000 ($8.5 billion) by March 2020, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Monday. The government planned to sell Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, logistics firm Container Corp of India Ltd and debt-laden Air India before the end of the 2019/20 financial year, the official, who asked not to be named, told reporters. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had voiced reservations about the Finance Ministry’s past sales of stakes in one state entity to another, which was the case when refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp…
(PTI) The families of government employees dying after serving less than seven years will get enhanced pension now with the Centre amending rules. The move is likely to benefit the widows of Central Armed Police Forces personnel. Earlier, the government employees should have rendered at least seven years of service in case of death so that the family could get the enhanced family pension at 50 per cent of the last pay drawn. Now, even with less than seven years of service, families, in case of death, will get enhanced family pension. President Ram Nath Kovind approved the amendment to the…
(ET) The planned strike at Coal India is likely to hit power supply as plants with thousands of megawatts of generation capacity have fuel stocks only for a day or less.Worker at the coal behemoth are going on a tool-down strike on September 24 to protest against the government’s decision last month to allow 100% foreign direct investment in coal mining under the automatic route. According to a Coal India executive, while five unions have said it will be a one one-day strike, one union has called for a five-day strike from September 23, which prompted its affiliated members to start…
(PTI) Officers’ unions of public sector banks have deferred the proposed two-day strike following an assurance from Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar to look into their concerns.Four unions of bank officers had threatened to go on a two-day strike from September 26 to protest against the consolidation of 10 state-run lenders into four. “Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar was positive in formation of a committee consisting of all concerned to address the issues arising out of the proposed merger of 10 banks including preserving the identity of all the banks. An appeal was made to us to revisit our strike call in…
(FE) Like some of its global peers such as US-based Duke Energy or Italian multinational Enel, power producer and distributor Tata Power is looking to morph from a pure-play utility into a customer-focused business. CEO & MD Praveer Sinha expects renewables and the customer-oriented business — distribution, rooftop solar, micro-grid and solar pumps, home automation and EV charging — to contribute about half the company’s revenues in the next five years. Tata Power’s revenues of close to `30,000 crore in 2018-19 came equally from generation, T&D and renewables. It’s an asset-light B2C strategy focused on solutions and one that can throw up…
(AU) पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान ने सोमवार को अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप से मुलाकात की और कश्मीर मुद्दे पर मदद मांगी लेकिन इस बार भी उनकी झोली खाली ही रही। ट्रंप ने दोटूक कहा कि इस मुद्दे को पाकिस्तान और भारत को मिलकर सुलझाना चाहिए। साथ ही उन्हें नसीहत देते हुए कहा कि आपका पड़ोसी काफी दोस्ताना है। जम्मू-कश्मीर से अनुच्छेद-370 को हटाए जाने के बाद से इमरान दुनियाभर के देशों से मदद की गुहार लगा रहे हैं लेकिन उन्हें हर जगह से झटका ही लग रहा है। इस मुद्दे पर अमेरिकी मदद की आस लगाए ट्रंप से मिलने…