Delhiites have been facing difficulties in commuting due to shortage of buses in the national capital. So, Transport Minister has asked the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) to add 1,000 new orange buses, including 300 AC buses, to its fleet within the next six months after getting land for depots. ...

The government is planning to do away with the process of awarding contract to lowest bidder while acquiring high-tech defence assets and instead entering into “strategic partnership” with Indian private firms in six critical sectors including missiles. The Defence Ministry has set up a high powered committee headed by former ...

Delhi government will soon introduce ‘self-attestation’ and do away with the need of filing affidavits or getting various certificates attested by gazetted officers and MLAs as part of its efforts to bring a “paradigm” shift in governance. This move would bring relief to the general public who have to go through ...

Glaxo Smith Kline Pharma began work for setting up a Rs 1,000 crore pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Karnataka. Work on GSK India’s new Rs 1,000 crore pharmaceutical factory at Vemgal in Karnatka, has already started. It will be fully operational in 2017 and will make more than 8 billion tablets ...

Government has placed defence order of Rs 2 lakh crore under buy and Make in India category to boost local manufacturing sector. DIPP Joint Secretary Shubhra Singh said that among 25 sectors identified for Make in India campaign, defence and aerospace are being increasingly looked upon as one of the most promising ...

Two weeks ago, in a break with tradition, Prime Minister met the 30 top scientists in the country and discussed with them the problems and possibilities in their area of expertise. Indian prime ministers usually meet only a scientific advisory group, and the discussions are mainly restricted to broad areas ...

The International 123 Civil Nuclear Agreement which was firmed up by PM Modi and US President Barack Obama on the 25th of Jan 2015, has boosted the capacity of all Indian Nuclear Power Plant to touch 90% power generating capacity. An agreement with the Nuclear Suppliers Group in Sept 2008 ...

From Israeli sniper and assault rifles to European “underwater open-circuit diving equipment”, the Special Forces of the armed forces are slowly but surely inducting specialised weaponry and equipment for their clandestine warfare and counter-terrorism operations. Defence ministry has said the latest acquisition is the Rs 27 crore contract for 65 ...

It’s appraisal time for junior ministers in the Union government. Ministers of state who report to Cabinet ministers have started making presentations to PM Modi. The presentation includes telling the PM of what they have achieved and areas where they can improve. Some of the MoSes have confirmed about presentations ...

The Centre has asked its ministries, States and all educational institutions across the country to utilise the space available with them to install rid connected solar rooftop systems. The government has set a target of 40,000 MW of grid connected rooftop solar power generation capacity by 2022 under the National Solar ...