Ministries

News The Centre has relaxed guidelines for wheat procurement from Haryana on a request from the state government, after unseasonal rains and hailstorms in March damaged crop and hurt grain quality. Under the eased guidelines, the limit of shrivelled and broken grains in wheat for procurement has been increased to ...

News China, which is yet to fully endorse India’s permanent membership of the UN Security Council, today said it supports India’s “desire” to play a bigger role in the UN and will strive to work out a “package plan” to reform the powerful organ of the world body. China is ...

News India’s security concerns were today conveyed to Ri Su Yong, Foreign Minister of North Korea which has close military ties with Pakistan. The meeting, which comes nearly a month ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Seoul, also provided an opportunity to the Indian side to re-assess its ...

News India will double its investment in the Mozambique’s Rovuma gas field by spending another $6 billion by 2019, said oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan who has  returned from a visit to the African nation. State-run firms ONGC Videsh, Oil India and Bharat Petroleum have already invested that much in the ...

News In view of serious concerns about women security, the Centre said it was trying to ensure deployment of police women in all police stations across the country rather than having all-women police stations. He stressed the need for Central government taking the lead in collaborating with all concerned stakeholders ...

News Passengers can book cab and porter at his destination station before the train arrives at that station through railways online ‘concierge services’. The facility, which can be availed as a combo of both cab and porter or only cab services, is at present available at 22 stations, including Tirupati, ...

News Prime minister Narendra Modi’s foreign tour of eight days to France, Germany and Canada  advances a ‘Link West’ agenda to complement the ‘Act East’ policy and presents India as a balanced player that is strategically attentive in all geographic directions. The credit rating agency Moody’s has upgraded India from ...

News Raising the pitch for India’s permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the days of “begging” for it are gone and India has the “right” to be in the powerful world body considering its exceptional contribution to global peace. He also asked the world ...

News Industrial production growth accelerated to a three-month high of 5% in February compared with 2.6% in the previous month on the back of strong manufacturing, data released by the statistics office showed. Growth for November was also revised to 5.2% from 3.9% estimated initially, pointing to an upward turn ...

News Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked Apple Inc to set up a research & development facility in India, even as the iconic brand increases focus on the country. Prasad suggested that the Cupertino-based company deepen its presence in the country. “Apple has a very strong presence ...