News The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015. The changes will facilitate farmers to get better compensation and rehabilitation and resettlement benefits in lieu ...

News The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the constructions of trunk infrastructure components and landscaping for Phase-1 of the Shendra Bidkin Industrial Area (SBIA) spreading across 8.39 sq km in Maharashtra and Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujrat covering the activation area of 22.5 sq. km   in ...

Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences has said it is time now for Indian scientists to translate research in labs into solutions for the common man as a part of ‘Make in India’. He said that research into Ayurgenomics would get full government ...

News  Bureaucratic reshuffle in Niti Aayog leads to appointment of Alok Kumar and Jitendra Kumar as the advisers. Other appointments Anna Roy has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services . She is currently working as a director in the same department. An IAS officer Sanjay Prasad ...

News: Pinaka Mark-II missile, launched with a multi barrier rocket launcher, was successfully test-fired today from Army’s Chandan firing range near Pokhran, after getting a software upgrade. The target was situated in Keru, distanced at 55km from the source. The area weapon has been developed by the DRDO for destroying/neutralising ...

With a lot of firms, Indian and Foreign, getting ready to invest in the Smart City Project, a few have already made strategical moves. Current Developments: Tasweek Real Estate Development, based in Abu Dhabi, recently partnered with MAMS Holdings Group in India. This move helped them access expertise on the ...

Under the “Make in India” initiative new production line for manufacturing  currency paper was inaugurated by Finance minister Mr. Arun jaitley at Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The annual capacity of this production line is 6000 tonnes per annum. Another production line will be established in Mysore, Karnataka by the year end which ...

News The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry on Friday appointed Veena Jain as director general (news) in Doordarshan will be  reporting directly to the ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Jain, an additional secretary rank official, will also hold charge as officer on special duty overseeing the ministry’s new media wing ...

News Failure to answer questions from the tax department can entail a penalty of up to Rs two lakh from the next financial year under the new black money law, which has got the assent of the President. The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax ...

News Three major centres of Indian Space Research Organisation, including Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, will have new Directors from tomorrow. Dr K Sivan, Distinguished Scientist and currently Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram, will take over as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ...