News: The largest transport network in the world has just decided to buy insurance cover for its passengers against possible baggage loss, and death. State-run New India Assurance is the frontrunner for a tie-up with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a unit of the Indian Railways which ...

News:  The Centre is likely to work out the contours of the reworked land acquisition bill by next week amid indications that it may be purged of all the politically unpopular provisions. Government may allow states to draft their own acquisition laws with the frame of reference being the central ...

News: Maharashtra CM has declared that the first draft of the Bill will be ready in a month’s time and will be available for suggestions and objections. Opinion of senior lawyers would be taken to make the proposed law foolproof. The special Act will make attack on journalists a non-bailable and cognisable offence. Source: ...

News: India wants to manufacture shipping containers instead of relying on imports as part of a plan aimed at promoting the ‘Make in India’ campaign. India will appoint consultants to conduct a study into the capacity available within the country to take up container manufacturing. It will also approach foreign ...

News: The recent amendment brought to the compensation guidelines in carrying out clinical trials in the country has cleared “major hurdles” for testing of new drugs, especially for those diseases for which cure is not yet available in India. The revised regulations are balanced and will address various issues, because of which sponsors have earlier been ...

News: Clearing the way for Indian private firms to enter the global defence supply chain on a large scale, the government has eased several bureaucratic hurdles in export regulations. The defence ministry has come up with a new set of rules for exports for both the private and public sector ...

News: The Election commission of India is keen on drafting a model code of conduct for the media to ensure some norms are adhered to during coverage of elections, a proposal which if implemented will mark the first formal code of its kind in the country. The election commissioners want ...

News: The government has eased several bureaucratic hurdles in export regulations and done away with a provision that demanded multiple assurances by foreign governments even for the sale of components and parts by Indian entities. The Manohar Parrikar-led defence ministry has come up with a new set of rules for ...

News: West Bengal government will pump in Rs 4,200 crore over the next two years for a dedicated feeder line and   It was part of Sech Bandhu project, which entails to install 46,000 new pump sets with electric connectivity. The project would not only help improve farm productivity with better power supply, but would ...

News: The Telangana government is set to release Rs 2,050 crore towards the farm loan waiver scheme and had already released Rs 2,045 crore earlier this fiscal year. The total amount under the scheme would be Rs 17,500 crore. Telangana Finance Minister E Rajender said that revenue receipts achieved for the ...