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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »Corruption witnessed in Indian Railways can be captured and posted on COMS portal
News: Railways Minister has said if anyone witnesses any case of corruption over India Railways, they can click a picture of the scene and post it on the Indian railways portal COMS. Immediate action will be taken by Indian Railways against the complaint. Link to the app is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cris.org Source: ET
Read More »Innovator of zero-electricity fridge to build smart homes
News: Wankaner’s clay craftsman Mansukhbhai Prajapati is a creator of the unique ‘Mitticool’ refrigerators that operate on zero electricity. He is now working on creating low cost, eco-friendly houses where the cooling and lighting will be completely natural. Mitticool Clay Creation earned Rs 50 lakh last year by selling products ...
Read More »India accepted as a full member of SCO
News: The Beijing-based Shanghai Cooperation Organisation currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. India made an application last year for full membership of the grouping whose focus is on connectivity, counter-terrorism cooperation, bolstering cooperation in energy sector, enhancing trade and dealing with drug trafficking. India, which ...
Read More »ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C28
News: Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial launch capability reached a new high on Friday night when it successfully lunched five satellites built by UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) at Sriharikota. The rocket successfully launched three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites, an auxiliary earth observation micro satellite (CBNT-1) and ...
Read More »Maharashtra plans to shell out $16 billion over 6 years to revamp infrastructure
News: CM Devendra Fadnavis said he had accelerated the plans, which includes a new Mumbai airport, scheduled to see its first flight in 2019. The project includes a road bridge, as well as a new city on a 600 square km plot around the airport which is the size of ...
Read More »Gadkari launches projects worth Rs 269 crore in Paradip Port Trust
News: The Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the South Oil Jetty of ten million tonnes capacity, built at a cost of Rs 222 crore, for smooth movement of liquid cargo from Paradip Port. Installation of the new oil jetty would lead to enhancement of Paradip Port’s ...
Read More »Foreign Tourist arrivals grew by 1.8 per cent in June 2015
News: The government launched the e-Tourist Visa scheme in November last year for nationals of 43 countries and in May, the government extended the scheme to 31 more countries. India has jumped 13 ranks in the World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, 2015. The country received 5.13 lakh Foreign ...
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