IITH Director B.S. addressing the media at Kandi, in Sangareddy district, on Monday. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF SANGAREDDY Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam, which coincides with the third anniversary of National Education Policy 2020, on July 29, 2023, at ITPO, Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi. The two-day event is … Read more
The year 2022 turned out to be a difficult one with unprecedented inflation and economic turbulence. As the pandemic receded, the economy was expected to bloom. However, the road to recovery did not go as expected given the geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine which brought along with it high inflation. Yet on the brighter … Read more
Shares of Mishtann Foods jumped 3 per cent during Thursday’s trading session after the company announced its plan to set up a grain-based ethanol manufacturing facility in Gujarat. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government for the facility touted to be India’s biggest grain-based ethanol project. It is expected … Read more
NITI Aayog on Tuesday sought to dispel the fear that India is favouring a closed economy by promoting ‘Atmanirbhar’ mission, and said the country can achieve better results for its people by having a deeper engagement with the global supply and value chain. Inviting Japanese investors to set up companies in India on a larger … Read more
The government on Saturday decided to make changes to the existing nutrient based subsidy (NBS) policy to promote domestic production of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers amid a sharp rise in global prices. A decision in this regard was taken in a high-level meeting chaired by Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya. In … Read more
The ministry has also come up with several initiatives to boost domestic tourism following the devastation the sector has faced in the aftermath of Covid-19. (Photo: jharkhandtourism.gov.in) The Union Tourism Ministry has prepared a draft roadmap to develop rural tourism in India and has invited suggestions from various stakeholders, including all state governments and administrations … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (File Photo: PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a press conference today starting at 3 PM, is announcing some economic relief measures to boost sectors worst affected by the second wave of coronavirus. The government and RBI (Reserve Bank of India) have been working in tandem to support the economy since … Read more
Medtech industry has been one of the key contributors to the healthcare ecosystem even before the pandemic. The role of the medical devices industry in ensuring business continuity and important deliveries during the pandemic has been critical. Covid-19 has once again brought Indian medtech to the epicentre. The current pandemic has led the medical devices industry to … Read more
FICCI’s Overall Business Confidence Index has witnessed a decadal high of 74.2 in the current round on account of improvement in present conditions as well as expectations, the industry body said on Sunday. The Index had stood at 70.9 in the previous survey and 59 a year ago, noted the survey. It revealed recovery of … Read more
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed energy-efficient pest controlling devices for smaller agricultural tracts owned by marginal farmers. The research team has developed a self-propelled boom-type sprayer that can be operated using solar energy while safely guided through the crops in smaller tracts of land, the leading engineering institute said in … Read more