Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship announces the appointment of Mr. A.M. Naik as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). One of the most influential business leaders in the country, Mr. Naik brings over 50 years of meritorious experience in the infrastructure, engineering and construction sectors. The appointment of Mr. Naik as Chairman of NSDC underscores the importance attached by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi to skill development. As the Prime Minister has repeatedly stressed ‘skilling brings a sense of self confidence to the poor. Matching job creation with industry demand is the key to end…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(ET) Coal India’s employees have largely stayed away from buying shares reserved for them in the Centre’s offer for sale. Shares were under subscribed by more than 90%, though they were offered to employees at a discount. Had the issue been fully subscribed, it would have fetched the government around Rs 251 crore. Instead, it is now likely to fetch close to Rs 25 crore only. Despite two recent rounds of stake sale — one for financial institutions and retail investors and another for employees — the Centre may not have succeeded in bringing down its holding below 75%. It…
(AU) नोटबंदी के बाद बाजार में आए नए नोट दो साल बाद ही चलन से बाहर होने लगे हैं। आलम यह है कि 2,000 और 500 रुपये के नए नोटों के साथ इसी साल जनवरी में जारी भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) के गवर्नर उर्जित पटेल के हस्ताक्षर वाले चॉकलेटी ब्राउन रंग के 10 रुपये के नोट पर भी यह खतरा मंडराने लगा है। इसी के मद्देनजर वाणिज्यिक बैंकों ने इन नोटों को जारी नहीं करने योग्य (नॉन इश्यूबल) की श्रेणी में डालकर चलन से बाहर करना शुरू कर दिया है। एक अग्रणी सरकारी बैंक के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने अमर उजाला…
(AU) पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान बुधवार को करतारपुर कॉरिडोर का शिलान्यास करेंगे। इस कार्यक्रम में हिस्सा लेने पंजाब के कैबिनेट मंत्री नवजोत सिंह सिद्धू मंगलवार को यहां पहुंच गए। वहीं केंद्रीय मंत्री हरसिमरत कौर बादल और हरदीप पुरी बुधवार को पहुंचेंगे। लाहौर पहुंचे सिद्धू ने कहा कि जब भी करतारपुर कॉरिडोर का इतिहास लिखा जाएगा, पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान को याद किया जाएगा और प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को सराहा जाएगा। यह जिंदगियों को जोड़ने वाला फैसला है। यह दोनों पंजाब प्रांत के लोगों के सोचने का अंदाज बदल देगा और दोनों देशों के रिश्तों में भी बदलाव ला…
(News18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit, said Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal. Addressing a conference in Islamabad, Faisal recalled that Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first address had said that if India took one step forward, Pakistan would take two. Prime Minister Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the SAARC summit, Faisal was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper. Sources in the know say New Delhi is keeping its options open. The invitation comes after Pakistan invited Sushma Swaraj, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh…
(NDTV) The BJP has been dominant in Madhya Pradesh since 1990. Amid reports of public anger, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has been in power since 2005, says his achievements — growth rate of 10 per cent, agricultural growth rate of 20 per cent and a five-fold rise in per capita income – will help him get a fourth term.Mr Chouhan today said it is “pro-incumbency and anti-incumbency” which is at work in the state. Projected as the face of the party in the state, Mr Chouhan has been criss-crossing the state over the last weeks in a campaign that…
India’s premier National Research Laboratory CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH) today announced a new partnership with Merck, a leading German science and technology company, to establish a ‘High End Skill Development Centre’ in CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh. Equipped with the next generation technologies, like gene editing & single-molecule biomarker detection, the centre will help accelerate healthcare research and train Indian students and researchers in latest life science technologies and make them industry ready. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, Merck in collaboration with CSIR-IMTECH will use their expertise in Life Science to build a centre which will help researchers and students develop advanced…
(Hindustan) भाजपा के वरिष्ठ नेता और केंद्रीय मंत्री जुएल ओराम ने मंगलवार को कहा कि पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान ओडिशा में पार्टी के मुख्यमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार होंगे। दिल्ली में पार्टी अध्यक्ष अमित शाह की उपस्थिति में ओडिशा कैडर की आईएएस अधिकारी अपराजिता सारंगी के भगवा पार्टी में शामिल होने के बाद ओराम ने संवाददाताओं से बातचीत के दौरान यह जानकारी दी। ओराम ने कहा, “धर्मेंद्र प्रधान ओडिशा में भाजपा के मुख्यमंत्री पद के दावेदार होंगे। हम उनके नेतृत्व में आगामी विधानसभा और लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ेंगे। हमारा लक्ष्य नवीन पटनायक को सत्ता से बेदखल करना और राज्य…
Dr Alka Mittal has joined as Director (HR) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited today. A post graduate in Economics, MBA (HRM) and Doctorate in Commerce and Business Studies, she joined ONGC as a Graduate Trainee in 1985 and brings with her an extremely rich experience spanning over three decades. She is on the Board of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL) as ONGC nominee Director since August 2015.Prior to joining as Director (HR), Dr Mittal held the post of Chief Skill Development (CSD) of the Company. In her capacity as CSD she streamlined the activities and brought in uniformity in…
(Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday inaugurated the country’s first Hyper Converged Infrastructure State Data Centre here, saying it will facilitate the completion of projects in a time-bound manner. All information related to government departments will now be available at one place. “The establishment of a data centre like this one will definitely benefit the state. Information on all government departments will now be available at one place. It will also help in speeding up our activities and save energy,” Rawat said after inaugurating the facility at IT Park on the Sahastradhara Road. “We had to develop…