(PTI) Walking through the wild and taking a ride on a cold river in a makeshift boat were some of the things that Prime Minister Narendra Modi put up with as he teamed up with survivalist Bear Grylls to promote causes close to his heart — conservation and cleanliness. In Discovery channel’s, “Man Vs Wild with Bear Grylls and Prime Minister Modi”, he braved the rain and the cold in the jungles of Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, and as the host put it, the PM was a “great sport”. Grylls, who has had celebrity guests before on his show, including…
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(PTI) BJP President Amit Shah is expected to take active membership from Telangana, where the party has set its sights on capturing power in the 2023 Assembly elections, a senior leader said here on Monday. “He (Shah) has promised and assured to take active membership from Telangana and Hyderabad, that too from my residential address,” BJP Telangana unit president K Laxman told. Taking active membership is a symbolism which Shah is showcasing as he considers Telangana as the priority state to come to power in the next elections, according to BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao. Laxman said Shah is expected to take the…
(FE) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said the government’s decision to scrap the provisions of Article 370 is not to the liking of many people in the country and voices of Jammu and Kashmir residents must be heard for the idea of India to prevail. He also said India is passing through a “deep crisis” and it needs cooperation of like-minded people. “Its outcome is not to the liking of many people of our country. It is important that the voice of all these people be heard. It is only by raising our voice that we can ensure that in…
(ET) Housing industry representatives met finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to press for a special package to revive the realty sector. The Minister of State – Finance and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, along with government officials, also attended the two-hour meeting. The National Real Estate Development Council (Naredco), Forum For People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE) and the Confederation of Real Estate Associations of India (Credai) represented the represented the industry delegation. Sitharaman is believed to have given a patient hearing on issues ranging from the NBFC liquidity crisis, taxes, last-mile funding and stalled projects, according to realty developers and representatives of homebuyers’…
(PTI) Billionaire Mukesh Ambani announced the roll-out of ‘Jio Fiber’ from September 5, promising free voice calls for life from landlines, 100 mbps minimum broadband speed at subscription starting from Rs 700 a month and free HD TV set on a commitment to an annual plan. Speaking at the 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), Reliance Industries’ Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said Jio will also offer unlimited international calling pack from its landlines to the US and Canada at Rs 500 a month, and that default tariff plans will be one-fifth to one-tenth of existing market tariffs.”…voice calls from home to any…
(BS) India’s fuel demand rose 3.3% in July, marking its biggest year-on-year percentage gain since January, compared with the previous year. Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totaled 17.58 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed on Saturday.Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 8.8% higher from a year earlier at 2.52 million tonnes. Meanwhile, diesel sales climbed 3.3%, its highest year-on-year rise since January, to 6.83 million tonnes. Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 9% to 2.22 million tonnes, while naphtha sales fell 5.2% to 1.22 million tonnes. Sales of bitumen, used…
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(LiveMint) Flipkart has partnered with National Skill Development Corporation’s (NSDC) Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) to train 20,000 of its wish masters (delivery executives) across the country. This is the first ever partnership between an e-commerce company and LSC and is intended to certify the supply chain workforce in all aspects of product delivery and customer experience. In its commitment to provide a career progression to its workforce, Flipkart also envisions to have a robust training program along with LSC for its additional 30,000 strong supply chain workforce. As part of the training program, Flipkart in conjunction with LSC is conducting 8-hour training…
(AU) विधानसभा की 13 रिक्त सीटों पर होने वाले उप चुनाव और विधान परिषद में स्नातक और शिक्षक क्षेत्र की 11 सीटों के लिए अप्रैल-मई 2020 में प्रस्तावित चुनाव में भगवा परचम फहराने के लिए भाजपा ने कमर कसी है। विधान परिषद में बहुमत हासिल करने के लिए भाजपा शिक्षक एवं स्नातक क्षेत्र की 11 सीटों के चुनाव में पूरी ताकत के साथ मैदान में उतरेगी। मंगलवार को लखनऊ में होने वाली प्रदेश भाजपा बैठक में दोनों चुनावों की तैयारियों पर मंथन कर आगामी रणनीति तय की जाएगी। भाजपा प्रदेश मुख्यालय में मंगलवार को सुबह विधान परिषद में शिक्षक एवं…
(LiveMint) Reliance Industries and BP Plc will together invest Rs.35,000 crore for bringing to production three sets of natural gas fields in the Krishna Godavari basin block in the Bay of Bengal, Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said on Monday. The three projects will help reverse the falling gas output from what was once the biggest gas-producing block in the country. In July, the two partners had announced investment sanction for development of their deepest natural gas discovery in the KG-D6 block. “With an expected peak production of one billion cubic feet per day, equivalent to nearly 30 per cent…