News: Even as the Supreme Court mulls the legality of Aadhaar due to privacy issues, the Centre has directed all states to speed up registration of infants aged 0-5 for the project through a new, “document-free” application that can be loaded onto a tablet and used anywhere. There are an ...
Read More »PM Modi may offer Jammu and Kashmir Rs 1 lakh-crore financial aid
News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a financial package for Jammu & Kashmir on August 15 on Independence Day. “If everything goes well, the announcement will be made on August 15. It may well be over Rs 1 lakh crore,” said a senior member of the PDP-BJP ...
Read More »Posco, Uttam Galva to set up $3 billion steel plant in Maharashtra
News: South Korea’s Posco joined Uttam Galva group to set up an estimated $3 billion steel plant in Maharashtra. Shree Uttam Steel & Power Ltd is fully owned by the Miglani Family who are the co-promoters along with ArcelorMittal of Uttam Galva Steels Limited. The latter is one of the ...
Read More »Xiaomi looks to set up manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh
News: India is one the fastest growing smartphone markets globally. According to research firm CMR, 19.5 million smartphones were shipped in India in the March 2015 quarter. Xiaomi, which entered the Indian market last year, said it had sold one million units till end of 2014. Posting a picture of ...
Read More »Odisha chief minister to give free laptops to students next week
News: CM Naveen Patnaik, will be distributing free laptops to meritorious students of the 2014-15 academic year on Wednesday, at Berhampur. This scheme is modelled on similar earlier schemes in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Odisha scheme is under the Biju Yuva Shashaktikaran Yojana. The state government has ...
Read More »GPS Equipped Gujarat Buses Will Give Real Time Updates to Passengers
News: Gujarat State Regional Transport Corporation has planned to install Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in its express buses to provide real time updates to passengers. According to State Transport Minister, Vijay Rupani, GSRTC will be installing GPS in 2,200 express buses by the end of December this year. The facility ...
Read More »Maharashtra promotes afforestation through new green city policy
News: As per the National Forest Policy, 1988 the state should have a forest cover of over 33 per cent of its total landmass area. Maharashtra government has come out with a new Green City policy that lays emphasis on afforestation on private land and on those reserved for community purposes, protection and increasing ...
Read More »Karnataka to be flagship for Digital India drive; to roll out 376 services
News: Karnatka government will flagship the Digital India scheme. E-governance department is set to roll out 376 government services under the e-district programme within the next three months. The e-district platform will cover services pertaining to the revenue department, motor vehicles department, education, police, forest, industries, Backward Classes department and ...
Read More »IIT-Tirupati all set to start classes
News: A three-storey building on the sprawling campus of Krishna Teja Group of Educational Institutions on Renigunta Road has been allocated to IIT-T. “We are bringing some senior faculty members from IIT-Madras to train students here,” K.N. Satyanarayana, Professor in charge of IIT-Tirupati said. Source: TH
Read More »Centre Sanctions Widening of Raipur-Vizag NH-26
News: For easy access between Visakhapatnam and Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, the Central Government has taken up the four-laning of National Highway 43 (NH-43) which is now renumbered as NH-26. While Visakhapatnam would get fresh business opportunities, Chhattisgarh will get access to the port and the international airport in Andhra Pradesh. ...
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