(NDTV) The government has paved the way for the manufacture of 83 indigenous Tejas Mk-1A Light Combat aircraft by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in a deal which is likely to be worth close to Rs. 60,000 crores. This would be among the largest ever deals the government has sanctioned for the domestic arms sector and is a huge boost for the government’s ‘Make in India’ defence manufacturing programme. It is also the biggest endorsement yet for the Tejas fighter which has been in the process of development for more than three decades and entered Squadron Service with the Indian Air Force just last…
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(DJ) गुजरात के राज्यपाल ओपी कोहली ने 13वीं विधानसभा को भंग कर दिया। विधानसभा भंग होने के साथ ही भाजपा के नेतृत्व में नई सरकार के गठन का रास्ता साफ हो गया है। राज्य विधानसभा सचिवालय की ओर से बुधवार को जारी अधिसूचना में कहा गया है, ‘गुजरात के राज्यपाल ओपी कोहली ने 13वीं गुजरात विधानसभा को भंग कर दिया है।’ अधिकारियों के मुताबिक, निर्वतमान मुख्यमंत्री विजय रूपाणी नई सरकार का गठन होने तक कार्यवाहक के रूप में काम करते रहेंगे। मौजूदा विधानसभा का कार्यकाल 22 जनवरी 2018 तक था। गुजरात की 14वींविधानसभा में एक दर्जन से अधिक महिलाएं भी पहुंची हैं।…
(AU) रिजर्व बैंक ने कहा है कि वह 2000 रुपये के नोट या तो वापस ले सकता है या उसकी छपाई बंद कर सकता है। स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया की रिपोर्ट में आरबीआई के हवाले से कहा गया है कि 2000 रुपये के नोट के लेनदेन में परेशानी को देखते हुए आरबीआई ने सावधानी बरतते हुए या तो उसकी छपाई बंद कर दी हो या बाजार में तरलता की स्थिति सामान्य होने के बाद सप्लाई कम कर दी हो। एसबीआई की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक हाल ही में लोकसभा में पेश आरबीआई की सालाना रिपोर्ट के आंकड़ों के मिलान के बाद यह तथ्य सामने…
(NDTV) Petrol rates were hiked by 8 paise per litre and diesel prices were increased by 10-16 paise per litre in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata today (December 20). With Wednesday’s revision, effective 6 am December 20, petrol price is at Rs. 69.35 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 72.11 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 77.25 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 71.87 per litre in Chennai, according to Indian Oil Corporation’s website – iocl.com. Diesel rates were at Rs. 58.75 per litre, Rs. 61.41 per litre, Rs. 62.03 per litre and Rs. 61.88 per litre, respectively.
(AU) ट्रिपल तलाक मामले में आज लोकसभा में बिल पेश हो सकता है। मुस्लिम महिला विवाह अधिकार संरक्षण विधेयक को पिछले हफ्ते ही कैबिनेट में मंजूरी दी थी। भाजपा सरकार ने इस बिल को पास कराने के लिए पूरी तैयारी कर ली है। इसके लिए भाजपा ने अपने सभी सांसदों को इस मौके पर संसद में ही मौजूद रहने को भी कहा है। बता दें कि ट्रिपल तलाक विधेयक का मसौदा तैयार करने से पहले मुस्लिम संगठनों से राय नहीं ली गई थी। सरकार ने लोकसभा में यह जानकारी दी। सरकार से पूछा गया था कि तीन तलाक पर मसौदा कानून तैयार करने…
(ET) State-owned oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has written to the oil ministry proposing its integration with gas-transmission utility GAIL or upstream firm Oil India Ltd (OIL), petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. “Oil and Gas Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) had written to the Ministry in this regard. BPCL had written for integration with GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) and Oil India Limited (OIL) as option 1 and 2 respectively. However, Government has not taken any decision in this regard,” Pradhan said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget…
Programmes to reduce Power Losses below 15% by March 2019 in all States on track Mandatory installation of Prepaid/Smart Meters to prevent corruption and increase compliance in Bill payments States to ensure Cross Subsidization in Power Sector remains below 20% Separation of Carriage & Content in Power Distribution to be brought about through an amendment to Electricity Act Intro: Government of India is providing funds to the States under ongoing Central Government schemes of over Rs. 85000 crores, for strengthening their power infrastructure. As the Country is power surplus presently, States are now in a position to provide 24×7 power…
(HT) India’s capital market regulator is talking with the government and central bank about how to regulate cryptocurrencies, its chairman said on Wednesday.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), plus officials from the ministry of finance, ministry of electronics and information technology and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), are on a panel tasked with determining the legal oversight for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, chairman Ajay Tyagi said. “There has to be a process or law, only then can you take action,” Tyagi told reporters on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry conference in Mumbai. India currently has…
(Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister TS Rawat has said that the Uttar Pradesh government has adopted a positive attitude for the transfer of assets for which the talks are under way at various levels.“We have been successful in putting across our point of view on the transfer of assets, which have been pending for the last 17 years. We have managed to solve the issue of transfer of 36 irrigation canals with Uttar Pradesh and these have been transferred,” said TS Rawat, while speaking with reporters.He further said that the talks on the transfer of Alaknanda resort too have reached the…
REC World Headquarters building project in Gurugram has been presented with the ‘Winner of the Year’ award during the 9th GRIHA summit (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) on 19th December 2017 at New Delhi. REC won the award in Integrated Water Management and Energy Management category. The REC World Headquarters building is being built on an urban site of 4.2 acre. It is designed to be a bio–climatic building which responds to the effects of climate condition on the building form to evolve its shape. The built up space is designed like a plaza containing playful mix of open,…