News The government will start keeping a strategic oil reserve from this month, which would be located at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. India had no strategic oil reserve till now and the initiative would help it tide over any crisis on the oil front. The plan is to build a ...
Read More »Delhi- Jaipur Expressway to be completed in next three months
The Union minister had assured that the construction of the Expressway between Delhi and Jaipur will be over by next three months. In the same respect he added that the seaplane facility in the lakes of Rajasthan on the lines of Goa and Mumbai will be initiated soon. This will ...
Read More »Shell to open largest offshore delivery centre globally in Bengaluru
News: Shell, an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company is setting up its largest offshore delivery centre globally in Bengaluru. This unit will lead to generation of more than 5,000 jobs in the city. The company has decided to move its IT set-up in Malaysia, US and UK to Bengaluru. Shell has signed ...
Read More »India gets access to transit routes through Bangladesh
News: India’s long-pending request for transit rights have been met through several transport agreements and framework arrangements signed between PM Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. Agreement: The erstwhile Khaleda Zia regime had strong reservations against granting such rights to Delhi and as a result, access to landlocked Northeast ...
Read More »Qatar is pushed to reduce the LNG prices
News: Dharmendra Pradhan, has pushed for a reduction in liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices by Qatar, to be in sync with the decline in global rates over the past one year. India buys 7.5 million tonnes a year of LNG on a long-term 25-year contract. Qatar sells LNG at a ...
Read More »Rs 6,000 crore investment for a new port at Mumbai
News: India’s 13th major port will come up at Dahanu, on fully reclaimed land and the project envisaging an investment of upto Rs 6,000 crore is likely to be completed over in net three years. Key Features: The port would be located 4.5 nautical miles off the Dahanu coast in northern ...
Read More »Redevelopment Policy to be announced soon in Gujarat
Current Policy Updates: The Gujarat government is expected to announce a ‘redevelopment policy’ to initiate building of 1 lakh affordable houses in cities like Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Surat. The policy primarily aims to build new houses in place of old, again and dilapidated houses built around 15 to 25 ...
Read More »India to become the member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
India has enjoyed observer status at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation since 2005, and now has joined the organisation as a member. It believes membership of SCO will help expand its footprint in hydrocarbon-rich Central Asia, Russia and Eurasia. The formal announcement on India’s membership could come at the next SCO summit ...
Read More »Saving of $2 billion in four years through LED lights consumption
News: The government is planning to save $2 billion in four years by cutting down on energy usage by 10,000 MW during peak hours by promoting LED lights. Another important step towards power saving is to boost rooftop solar power production. Description: The plan is to cut down energy demand ...
Read More »Jamia Millia Islamia University to Start first ever Post-Graduate course on Northeast
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that meanwhile, starting from the forthcoming semester beginning August 2015, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi will start an “Option Paper” in ...
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