(The Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said his government would soon start air ambulance service as part of its efforts to provide better healthcare services to the people living in remote hilly areas of the state. After inaugurating the 66th National Conference of Anatomical Society of India at AIIMS, Rishikesh, he said the institute here had increased its capacity to 900 beds in just six years and introduced several facilities, reducing the pressure on AIIMS, Delhi, by 30 per cent. It has always been our effort to provide better treatment facilities to people in the remote areas.…
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(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Singapore on Wednesday for a two-day visit during which he will attend the East Asia Summit, an ASEAN-India informal meet, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) summit and hold a meeting with US vice president Mike Pence. Modi’s first engagement here would be to deliver the keynote address at the Singapore Fintech Summit, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet. “The Prime Minister landed in Singapore a short while ago. He will be joining a series of programmes through the day, beginning with the keynote address at the Singapore Fintech Festival,”…
(FE) After days of continuous cut, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) kept the prices of petrol and diesel unchanged on Wednesday. In Bengaluru, petrol can be availed at Rs 78.05 per litre and diesel at Rs 72.58 per litre today. In the national capital Delhi, petrol is being sold at Rs 77.43 per litre after a decrease of 13 paise on Tuesday whereas diesel is available at Rs 72.19 per litre following a decrease of 12 paise yesterday. In the financial capital Mumbai, petrol and diesel are selling at Rs 82.94 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.13) and Rs 75.64…
The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has invited the private investors to participate and make the most of the India growth story. Speaking at the roadshow for Discovered Small Field-II bids in Abu Dhabi on Monday, he said that in the last four years, we have made giant strides in oil and gas sector, however the best is yet to come. No country, international organization or company alone can go far without partnership and collaboration. Shri Pradhan said that India is presently the 3rd largest energy consumer in the world. Energy consumption…
(LiveMint) The Union government will not yield ground on its right to issue a directive to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), even as it claimed that contentious issues between the two should be resolved at the board meeting of the central bank on 19 November. “There is complete clarity in the government that it has the right to issue a directive. This clause exists for all Acts defining the role of the regulator,” a person familiar with the development said, asking not to be identified. Specifically, Section 7 (1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, says that the Union government…
(PTI) Reliance General Insurance, part of Anil Ambani-led Reliance, plans to file fresh papers with the Sebi to float an initial share-sale as the regulatory approval for the insurer’s IPO is set to lapse this month, merchant banking sources said. The company failed to tap primary markets as lack of investors’ appetite for the IPO, and volatile equity market conditions forced the insurer to postpone its plans. Sebi’s approval for IPOs is valid for one year, and it will expire on November 29 in the case of Reliance General Insurance Company, according to data available with markets watchdog. According to…
(AU) केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री अरुण जेटली ने भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) के पूर्व गवर्नर रघुराम राजन पर निशाना साधे हुए वस्तु व सेवा कर (जीएसटी) को ऐतिहासिक कर सुधार करार दिया। उन्होंने कहा कि जीएसटी से महज दो तिमाही के लिए ही विकास दर प्रभावित हुई थी। दरअसल, राजन ने कहा था कि जीएसटी लागू करने से सकल घरेलू उत्पाद (जीडीपी) बुरी तरह प्रभावित हुआ था। जेटली ने रविवार को राजन का नाम लिए बिना कहा कि जीएसटी की बदौलत ही विकास दर 7 फीसदी, फिर 7.7 फीसदी और पिछले तिमाही में 8.2 फीसदी तक पहुंची। यूनियन बैंक ऑफ इंडिया की…
(BS) Indian Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday called on UAE’s Minister for Human Resource Nasser Bin Thani Juma Al Hamli and discussed enhancing skills of Indians in the UAE. “Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship with Amb @navdeepsuri called on HE Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, UAE Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation and discussed enhancing skill development of Indians in UAE,” read a tweet posted by the Indian Embassy in the UAE. Highlighting the agenda of the meeting, Pradhan said that he discussed with the Minister for Human Resource the areas of cooperation in the field of skill development of Indian people working…
(FE) Stocks at Coal India mines plunged to a five-year low of 21 million tonne (mt) in October, as a sudden surge in demand for the fuel from the power sector has fast-tracked the dispatches over the last few weeks. If the low coal stocks at pitheads continues, the supplies could be disrupted, leading to power plant outages (low plant availability, in technical terms). The looming difficulty has accelerated coal imports in recent months (see chart) but a wide price differential between the domestic and imported coal is still putting a lid on imports. For comparable thermal grades, the imported coal…
(AU) भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव की 200 सीटों में से अपने 131 उम्मीदवारों की सूची जारी कर दी है। इस संबंध में आज दिल्ली में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की चुनाव आयोग समिति की बैठक हुई थी जिसकी अध्यक्षता अमित शाह ने की थी। बैठक में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, गृहमंत्री राजनाथ सिंह, वित्तमंत्री अरुण जेटली और भाजपा चुनाव समिति के अन्य सदस्य मौजूद थे। केंद्रीय मंत्री जेपी नड्डा ने दिल्ली में प्रेस कांफ्रेंस कर इसकी जानकारी दी। राजस्थान में 200 विधानसभा सीटें हैं। इस सूची में 12 महिलाएं, 32 युवा, 17 अनुसूचित जाति, 19 अनुसूचित जनजाति को टिकट दिया…