India’s largest power generator NTPC has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Jabalpur Smart City Limited and Jabalpur City Transport Services Limited for the city’s foray in the e-mobility. The MoU was signed by Shri Ved Prakash, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Jabalpur & Managing Director, Jabalpur City Transport Services Limited, Shri Gajendra Singh Nagesh, CEO Smart City Jabalpur and Shri Praveen Saxena, General Manager, NTPC.
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(PTI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu on Thursday to hold discussions with Nepal’s political leaders on issues of “mutual interest”, the external affairs ministry announced on Monday night. Sushma Swaraj’s two-day visit, which comes ahead of the formation of a new government by a Communist alliance which is expected to be headed by CPN-UML chief and former prime minister K P Oli, is also seen as part of India’s efforts to improve relations with the new regime.”The upcoming visit will provide an opportunity to hold discussions with political leaders of Nepal on issues of mutual interest,…
The highlights of the Investment and Savings situation as brought out by Economic Survey 2017-18 tabled in Parliament today are as follows:- India’s unprecedented climb to historic high levels of investment and saving rates in the mid-2000s has been followed by a pronounced, albeit gradual, decline. This current episode of investment and saving slowdown is still ongoing. • The ratio of domestic saving to GDP reached 29.2 per cent in 2013 to a peak of 38.3 per cent in 2007, before falling back to 29 per cent in 2016. • The cumulative fall over 2007 and 2016 has been milder…
(DJ) संसद सत्र के दौरान सदन से गैरहाजिरी को लेकर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने पार्टी के सांसदों को एक बार फिर आगाह किया है। दोनों नेताओं ने पार्टी सांसदों को सदन में हाजिर होने की हिदायत दी है। ध्यान देने की बात है कि भाजपा सांसदों की गैरहाजिरी के कारण सरकार को सदन के भीतर कई बार असहज स्थिति का सामना करना पड़ा है। भाजपा संसदीय दल की कार्यकारिणी को संबोधित करते हुए प्रधानमंत्री और पार्टी अध्यक्ष ने सांसदों को कहा कि संसद के भीतर सरकार के एजेंडे जोरदार तरीके से रखने के लिए उनकी…
(LiveMint) The Indian economy is expected to expand at 7-7.5% in the next financial year, 2018-19, the Economic Survey 2017-18, presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament on the first day of the Budget session, said. The Survey, authored by chief economic adviser in the finance ministry Arvind Subramanian, said the economy is likely to grow at 6.75% in 2017-18 against 6.5% estimated by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The Survey underlines that due to the launch of the transformational goods and services tax (GST) reform on 1 July 2017, resolution of the long-festering twin-balance sheet problem by sending…
(DJ) लोकसभा चुनाव की तैयारियों के मद्देनजर भाजपा मिशन 2019 का आगाज हरियाणा से करेगी। प्रधानमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार घोषित होने के बाद 2013 में जिस तरह नरेंद्र मोदी ने रेवाड़ी से चुनाव अभियान की शुरुआत की थी, ठीक उसी तरह भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह हरियाणा से मिशन 2019 का बिगुल फूंकेंगे। भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह 15 फरवरी को बांगर-जाट बैल्ट जींद में राज्यस्तरीय रैली करने के बाद देश के चुनावी दौरे पर निकलेंगे। भाजपा सरकार और संगठन शाह की जींद रैली की तैयारियों को अंतिम रूप देने में जुट गए हैैं। भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह, मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर लाल, प्रभारी…
(Tribune) Dr Vikram Chandra Thakur, former director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), the only one from Uttarakhand this year to feature in the list of Padma Shri awardees that was announced on the eve of Republic Day.Dr Thakur is the second WIHG luminary after eminent geologist KS Valdiya, who was awarded with Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan in 2007 and 2015 respectively. Settled in Dehradun, Dr Thakur, who originally hails from Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh also has its roots in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, from where his forefathers migrated to Himachal Pradesh. An MSc from Panjab University, Chandigarh,…
(DJ) संसद का बजट सत्र आज से शुरू होगा। इस सत्र की शुरुआत राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद के संयुक्त संबोधन से होगी जिसके बाद वित्त मंत्री अरुण जेटली आर्थिक सर्वे पेश करेंगे। 1 फरवरी को संसद में केंद्र सरकार देश का आम बजट पेश करेगी। इस सत्र में बजट के अलावा तीन तलाकसमेत कई अहम बिलों पर चर्चा होगी। तीन तलाक से जुड़ा बिल लोकसभा में पास हो चुका है लेकिन राज्यसभा में विपक्ष ने इसकी राह रोक रखी है। माना जा रहा है कि संसद का बजट सत्र भी हंगामेदार हो सकता है। रविवार को पहले सरकार और फिर लोकसभा…
(Tribune) The ruling BJP in Uttarakhand today released a list of 45 leaders authorised to present the party’s view in panel debates on the electronic media.The list approved by state BJP president Ajay Bhatt includes a number of senior party leaders such as Munna Singh Chauhan, Vinod Chamoli, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Umesh Aggarwal, Ganesh Joshi, Nilam Sehgal, Madhu Bhatt and Dipti Rawat.Only leaders named in the list were authorised to represent the party’s views in panel debates on electronic media, said state BJP media in charge Devendra Bhasin, whose name is also on the list.
(TOI) A three-day international conference on nano materials for energy conversion and storage applications will begin on Monday at PDP university in Gandhinagar which will see solar energy experts from US, France, Australia and several leading Indian scientific institutions will deliberate and exchange ideas. The conference will raise awareness amongst participants to the new opportunities, challenges and risks posed by nanotechnology in the field of energy conversion and storage. The conference will highlight research work that shows how nanotechnology can be used to create thin-film solar cells. Some of the research that will be showcased during the seminar will show…