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News: Ashwani Lohani, a Railway Service officer who is now the chief of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC), was appointed as CMD of Air India, the state-run carrier whose combined losses currently stood at Rs 30,000 crore. A qualified mechanical engineer, Lohani is a fellow of the Chartered Institute ...

News: Passengers entering India will now have to declare Indian currency exceeding Rs 25,000 and LCD, LED or Plasma televisions being brought by them in the new customs declaration forms said the Customs Baggage Declaration (Amendment) Regulations, 2015, notified by the Finance Ministry. The new rules have also reduced by 50 per ...

News: The government has scrapped the privatisation of four major airports, those at Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. While the airports at Chennai and Kolkata will continue to remain under the complete control of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), fresh bids for the Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports will be ...

News: As of today, India puts marshals on flights to SAARC nations and various destinations within the country. India puts sky marshals on a minimum of 1,200 flights a month. After the United States, Germany and Canada too want to sign agreements with India allowing them to have their own ...

News: The government may raise the minimum wages in the country by as much as 25% and also make them binding on all states, a move aimed at improving the lifestyle of the poor and giving an indirect boost to the rural economy. A senior government official said that the ...

News: India-born Sundar Pichai will be the new CEO of Google under a major restructuring at the technology giant. Founder Larry Page announced the formation of a new parent company Alphabet Inc which will replace Google as the publicly-traded entity and all shares of Google will automatically convert into the ...

News: A bill seeking to scrap a set of 295 obsolete Acts dealing with several issues including changes in marriage laws and cement hoarding was today passed by Lok Sabha which continued to witness boycott by Congress and several other opposition parties. The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015, pertains ...

News: A Bill to revise the liability limits of airplanes on compensation for death, injury and loss of baggage and cargo was introduced in Lok Sabha, under which the compensation for death in an air accident goes up to over Rs 1 crore from Rs 89 lakh.  It would enable the government ...

News Besides launching the Handloom day, the Prime Minister will also present Sant Kabir awards and National Awards for handloom weavers for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 on the occasion. Points PM stressed upon Fashion and design education in India also needs to be re-oriented Sale of khaadi has ...

News: The government is considering a proposal that will make it incumbent on households to hire domestic workers through a placement agency as part of an initiative aimed at ensuring basic rights and better conditions including paid leave and other benefits for an estimated 3 crore people in the unorganised sector. ...