Independence Day is both an occasion to celebrate and to remember the struggles of those who fought to give us this gift.India is celebrating its 72nd Independence Day today. Feel the pride of being the part of such a glorious nation.Team Khabarindia Wishes it’s reader a very Happy Independence Day. Happy 15th August!
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Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal, Chairman Railway Board, Shri Ashwani Lohani, other Railway Board Members and senior officials participated in the India-US Roundtable discussion. The roundtable discussion with a high-level delegation of leading US companies working in the area of railway construction, maintenance and Information Technology was held in the Ministry of Railways on 13th August, 2018. The US delegation comprising 13 companies was led by US Ambassador to India H.E. Kenneth I. Juster. High-ranking US Embassy officials from US Commerce Services and US Trade Development Agency (USTDA) also participated. Presentations made by the companies…
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari today launched three short films for generating public awareness towards road safety. Film actor Shri Akshay Kumar has featured in these films, which are directed by Shri R.Balki. In a function attended by MoS Shri Mansukh L Mandavia in New Delhi, Shri Gadkari announced the appointment of Shri Akshay Kumar as Road Safety Brand Ambassador. Appreciating Akshay Kumar’s concern for social activism, the Minister recalled his recent movies ‘Padman’and ‘Toilet : Ek Prem Katha’ which have gone a long way in passing…
(PTI) Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc of UK have spent over Rs 7,000 crore in prolonging output from the flagging D1 and D3 gas fields in the Bay of Bengal as they prepare new fields that will start production in mid-2020, sources in the consortium said. In perhaps one of its kind intervention in a deepsea field, RIL-BP has, through the use of a combination of complex techniques, kept the wells flowing at Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1 & D3) gas fields in the Krishna Godavari basin block KG-D6, they said. RIL-BP want to keep the system live till…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce the launch of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS) on a pilot basis in some states tomorrow on the occasion of Independence Day, with the full-scale roll-out of his pet project expected in September end, sources said. The ambitious Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) aims to provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families. The scheme will target poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational category of urban workers’ families, 8.03 crore in rural and 2.33 crore in urban areas, as per…
(DJ) राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद ने स्वतंत्रता दिवस की पूर्व संध्या पर देश को संबोधित करते हुए एकजुटता और अहिंसा का संदेश दिया। उन्होंने कहा कि यह भारत देश हम सबका है न कि सिर्फ सरकार का और एकजुट होकर ही हम इसे आगे ले जा सकते हैं। इसके साथ ही उन्होंने राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी के जरिए अहिंसा का संदेश भी दिया। अपने संबोधन की शुरुआत में उन्होंने कहा कि बुधवार को हमारी आज़ादी के 71 वर्ष पूरे हो रहे हैं। इस दौरान हम अपनी स्वाधीनता की वर्षगांठ मनाएंगे। इस मौके पर राष्ट्रपति कोविंद नेदेशवासियों को बधाई दी। राष्ट्रपति ने कहा कि…
(FE) The government on Tuesday invited bids to sell 100 percent stake in Pawan Hans, ET Now reported citing Cogencis news agency. ONGC will sell it 49 percent stake in the helicopter services provider, the report also said. The Centre and ONGC own Pawan Hans (PHL) in 51:49 ratio. The bidders will be shortlisted by October 3, the report said. The last date for queries with respect to stake sale is August 22, CNBC TV18 reported. Earlier this month, the ONGC board had for the second time in a month approved sale of 49 percent stake in the government-owned company,…
Q1FY19 Consolidated Revenue up by 19.56% YOY; Net Profit up 25.11% YOY Result’s Highlights Q1FY19 Consolidated Results (comparison with Q1FY18) – Total Income: Rs 1,898.13 crore in Q1FY19 vs Rs 1,587.55 crore in Q1FY18 – PAT: Rs 76.65 crore in Q1FY19 vs Rs 61.26 crore in Q1FY18 Key Highlights of the quarter: – Secured total orders worth Rs 4023.15 crore in Q1FY19 Navratna Public Sector enterprise NBCC (India) Ltd., under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), has reported a strong April-June quarter with a consolidated net profit growth of 25.11% from the same period of last year.…
Mr. Praveen Kumar Singh , Executive Director (Projects), PFC took over the role of Director (Commercial), PFC on 10th August 2018. Prior to taking charge, he had worked in various units of Projects Division in PFC for over 24 years. Earlier Mr Singh had also worked for BHEL & CII for over 9 years. Mr Singh did his B Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT-BHU and M Tech in Energy & Environment Management from IIT, Delhi. He also completed a “Global Energy MBA program” from Bayer College of Business, University of Houston, USA. Mr Singh has been representing PFC in…
HPCL’s branded petrol, “poWer” has been recognized as “India’s Most Trusted Brand of 2018” in the category of “Petrol” in “The Brand Trust Report 2018”. “The Brand Trust Report 2018” has been published by Mumbai based TRA Research after carrying out an elaborate primary research based on the proprietary 61-Attribute Trust Matrix developed in collaboration with Indian Statistical Institute. The research involved 18,000 hours of fieldwork and covered 2,488 consumer-influencers across 16 Indian cities. The study generated nearly 5 million data-points and 9,000 unique brands from which the top 1000 brands, grouped in 335 categories, have been listed in this…