News: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate Kaushal Kendra, a state of the art skill development centre, located around 70 km from Thiruvananthapuram, built at a cost of Rs.1.5 crore and it has even attracted the attention of the central government. “This is the first such centre in the ...
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FGFA Fighter deal likely during Modi’s November visit to Russia
News: The final deal for the joint development and production of a fifth generation fighter aircraft could be signed during Modi’s visit to Russia in November. The agreement on the fighter aircraft has been stuck because of differences in the work share between Sukhoi and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL). India ...
Read More »Indo-Israeli Barak 8: Salient features of the missile system
News: Barak 8 is an upgraded version of the Barak system and is considered to be a major asset for Indian Navy because it adds a potent system designed to destroy any anti-ship missile launched by Pakistani or Chinese navy. The missile is being jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries, India’s ...
Read More »ISRO to launch GSLV-Mark II next month
News: ISRO has planned to launch GSLV-Mark II next month and three more navigational satellites before March 2016 said ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar. ISRO has completed 120 mission and 74 satellite launches including 45 commercial launches. On the status of Mangalyaan, he said there had been no communication between the satellite ...
Read More »Cairn India’s shareholders to get access to Vedanta assets
News: “Cairn India’s shareholders will get access to Vedanta Limited’s Tier I metals and mining assets, which are well invested, have low cost and long life,” said Vedanta Limited’s Chairman Navin Agarwal. Despite weak commodity prices and tepid industrial activity, the company recorded revenues of Rs 73,364 crore for the financial ...
Read More »Agartala to be an international internet hub
News: Agartala to become the third international internet gateway in the country after Mumbai and Chennai. Union Telecom Minister has launch the India-Bangladesh bandwidth connectivity programme in Agartala. An optical fibre cable from Agartala will be linked to a telecom cable company at Cox’s Bazar in south Bangladesh. The connectivity ...
Read More »Free trade warehousing zone, logistic park to come up in Visakhapatnam: Sravan Group
News: City-based Sravan Group, has decided to develop a world-class logistic park and free trade warehousing zone in Visakhapatnam. The logistic park and free trade warehousing zone will be developed keeping in view the efforts to make Visakhapatnam a container hub. The group will also develop a CFS in 100 ...
Read More »Government bans firms supplying imported jute bags
News: The Ministry of Textiles (MoT) has warned the companies supplying imported jute bags for government procurements will be blacklisted for two years and will face criminal proceedings. Even if a single jute bag being supplied to the government is found to be procured from abroad, action will be taken against owners and directors of the ...
Read More »After IITs, second-rung engineering colleges picking up on startup trend
Journey of an Entrepreneur Founder and CEO of Freshdesk, which recently raised about Rs 317 crore ($50 million) from Tiger Global Management, Accel Partners and Google Capital, the company’s fifth investment. This is how Mathrubootham, an engineering graduate from SASTRA University in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district and an MBA from the University ...
Read More »IRCTC to offer drinking water at Rs 5 per litre
News: IRCTC soon will be giving drinking water “Rail Neer” for Rs 5 per litre. The price will remain the same on the platform as well as on the trains. 1,200 railway stations across the country, plans to set up 5,000 water vending machines so that passengers can get water ...
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