(PTI) The Punjab government today signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and Airports Authority of India under the country’s flagship programme UDAN in the presence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said the tripartite agreement was signed by Usha Padhee (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation on behalf of GoI), Tejveer Singh (Secretary Civil Aviation for Punjab Government) and G K Chaukiyal (Executive Director for AAI) here at the Chief Minister’s residence. Singh lauded the initiative, saying it will give a major boost to the local trade and industry, especially in Ludhiana,…
Author: Aruna Sharma
केन्द्रीय वित्त, रक्षा और कंपनी कार्य मंत्री श्री अरूण जेटली 18 जून, 2017 को नई दिल्ली में विज्ञान भवन में प्रस्तावित जीएसटी परिषद की 17वीं बैठक की अध्यक्षता करेंगे। एक दिन की बैठक में विभिन्न राज्यों और संघशासित प्रदेशों (निर्वाचित विधान सभा वाले) के वित्त मंत्री भी हिस्सा लेंगे, जो जीएसटी परिषद के सदस्य हैं। जीएसटी परिषद की 17वीं बैठक की कार्यसूची के मुख्य विचारणीय विषयों में 11 जून, 2017 को हुई 16वीं बैठक में लिए गए निर्णयों की पुष्टि और जीएसटी नियमों के प्रारूप का अनुमोदन शामिल है। इसमें निम्नांकित से सम्बद्ध फार्मों का भी अनुमोदन किया जायेगा :…
(FE) India’s oil imports from Iran have fallen to their lowest since June 2016, shipping data shows, in possible retaliation for Tehran not awarding a gas field development to Indian companies. India, Iran’s top oil client after China, shipped in 487,600 barrels per day (bpd) in May, about 9 percent less compared with April and nearly 40 percent less than a peak registered in October, according to ship tracking data obtained from sources and data compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Research & Forecasts. Most Western-led sanctions against Tehran’s nuclear programme were lifted in January last year, and India’s Iranian crude…
(FE) Both the ruling NDA and Opposition parties have so far failed to come up with the names of their respective candidates for the Presidential Election 2017. However, several names have been doing the rounds. The Election Commission of India opened the process of filing nomination for the election of the fourteenth President of India on Wednesday. The last date of filing nomination is June 28, while the election will be held on July 17 and results will be announced on July 20. As President Pranab Mukherjee’s term is set to end in July, the BJP-led Centre and Congress-led Opposition…
(AT) उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ आज दरभंगा दौरे पर हैं. मंच से भाषण देते हुए उन्होंने बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार पर जमकर निशाना साधा. इस दौरान सबसे खास बात जो नजर आई वह यह थी कि योगी आदित्यनाथ दरभंगा में बुलेट प्रूफ शीशे के पीछे नजर आए. योगी ने कहा, “नीतीश जी आपने बहुत काम करने की बात की होगी. कभी तीन तलाक के खिलाफ आपकी आवाज क्यों नहीं निकली. आश्चर्य होता है कि जब मैं जनता दर्शन के कार्यक्रम में जाता हूं. 30-40 मुस्लिम महिलाएं आती हैं और एक ही गुहार लगाती हैं.” उन्होंने आगे कहा,…
(FE) RIL will further invest Rs 40,000 crore with its partner BP Plc towards the development of its flagship gas production block KG D6 in Krishna Godavari basin, off India’s east coast, chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Thursday. With this new investment, Reliance Industries expects to bring in 30-35 billion cubic meters of natural gas production and sustain it over the next 7-8 years, Mukesh Ambani said. The new government policies facilitated fresh investments in the aging KG-D6 block, Mukesh Ambani said. The joint venture, in which Reliance Industries holds 60% operating stake and BP Plc has 30% equity stake,…
NITI Aayog has initiated a unique and novel initiative to catalyse transformational change in key Social Sectors. Under SATH (Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital), NITI Aayog and its knowledge partners will provide strategic, technical and implementation support to three states for each sector. A Committee comprising of Member, NITI Aayog , Sh Bibek Debroy, CEO, Amitabh Kant, Advisers of NITI Aayog and representatives of Health and Education Ministry spent two days assessing and vetting presentations by 14 States for each of the two social sectors. The States showcased the initiatives undertaken by them thus far, their willingness to accelerate…
(TH) With the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation keen on acquiring Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, the Centre will have every reason to be pleased. For one thing, the sale of its 51 per cent stake in HPCL will rake in ₹30,000 crore. It will also set in motion the process of creating an integrated oil company which was announced in the Budget earlier this year. Yet, to assume that the new relationship between ONGC and HPCL will be all hunky-dory is wishful thinking. Both organisations have different work cultures and this will be a huge challenge when it comes to dealing with…
(FE) After a review of autonomous bodies, the government has decided to ‘corporatise’ three important institutes, namely the Delhi Public Library, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) and the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). The government is also mulling the merger of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) with either Jamia Millia Islamia or Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The Centre is planning to do this as part of a review of 679 existing autonomous institutions. The review of these independent institutions, which are formed under the Societies Registration Act, began in January of this year, according…
(AU) लंदन की एक बिल्डिंग में भीषण आग लग गई है। 27 मंजिला ग्रेनफेल टावर में आग इस कदर लगी है कि करीब 40 दमकल की गाड़ियां मौके पर मौजूद हैं और 200 कर्मी बचाव कार्य में लगे हुए हैं। मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक अभी तक दो लोगों को नुकसान पहुंचा है, जिन्हें नजदीक के अस्पताल में भर्ती करवा दिया गया है। बताया जा रहा है कि 127 फ्लैट्स बिल्डिंग में दूसरी मंजिल पर स्थानीय समय अनुसार सुबह करीब 1.16 बजे आग लगी थी। हालात ये हो गए हैं कि पूरी बिल्डिंग आग की चपेट में आ गई है। 1974…