Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Union Shipping Minister flags off first container ship from Kolkata Po...

It’s a historic move in Indian maritime sector and economic development of North East Region: Mandaviya Delhi, 16 JUL 2020 Big breakthrough in the development and connectivity of North East India! New route will reduce time and logistics cost for cargo movement. Historical day in Maritime relations of India and Bangladesh. North Eastern Regio...

Department of Biotechnology supported COVID 19 Vaccine -ZyCoV-D, desig...

Department of Biotechnology supported COVID 19 Vaccine -ZyCoV-D, designed and developed by Zydus,begins Adaptive Phase I/II clinical trials The study will assess the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the vaccine Delhi, 16 JUL 2020 Vaccine Discovery Programme supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India under the Nati...

India invites the US Investors to seize the huge opportunity in India’...

Minister participates in the Executive Industry Roundtable, along with the US Secretary of Energy Delhi, 16 JUL 2020 In the run up to the 2nd Ministerial meeting of the India and US Strategic Energy Partnership, scheduled on 17 July 2020, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel  Dharmendra Pradhan, on Wednesday, along with US Secretary ...

India’s first trans-shipment hub – Vallarpadam Terminal of Cochi...

Delhi 15 JUL 2020 Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has reviewed the development activities of Vallarpadam Terminal of Cochin Port. It is envisaged as first trans-shipment port of India, managed by DP World. Shri Mandaviya directed officials to chalk out the strategy to tackle the various challenges and actualize the v...

India Records all time high Export of Coir and Coir Products

Delhi 15 JUL 2020 The export, of coir and coir products from India worth Rs. 2757.90 crore for the year 2019-20, registers an all-time high record, which is around Rs. 30 crore higher than that of the last year i.e. 2018-19 which stood at Rs. 2728.04 crore. 9,88,996 MT of coir and coir products were exported during the year 2019-20 from the countr...

Sandalwood farming is 10 times more profitable than 15 years of invest...

Gandhinagar, 14 July 2020 The number of farmers is increasing to cultivating sandalwood in Gujarat. Sandalwood cultivation is increasing among those who do not have to cultivate every year and do not have fertile or less fertile land. After 15 years, the yield is miles. Till then farmers will have to invest. But if sandalwood is grown around a s...

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, TO BUY ₹ 730 CRORE IN JIO

Mumbai, July 13, 2020 Reliance Industries and Jio mobile phone, announced 12 July 2020 that Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, an industry leader in wireless technologies, has committed to invest up to rs.730 crore in Jio Platforms at an equity value of rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of rs5.16 lakh crore....

Allocate 138 land plots at GIDC, Chhatar Mittanna, Tankara

Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will allocate plots to 138 industrialists of Gujarat at GIDC, Chhatar Mittanna, Tankara of Morbi by an e-draw through video-conferencing from Gandhinagar, on Monday. Besides this, the Chief Minister will also make e-launching of CETP plants for disposal of waste and treatment water used by the industries at...

In any season, the king of vegetables eats 22 kg of brinjal, saving th...

Ahmedabad, 12 July 2020 Brinjal plant is the king of vegetables. It is cultivated for about twelve months. But its cultivation is more during monsoon. Its rapid growth in Gujarat means that people like to grow and eat its vegetables. Among green vegetables, it is the cheapest vegetable after tomato. Brinjal is widely grown as a vegetable in Gujara...

Yellowing is killing peanut farmers, Gujarat

Which may cause a decline in production of Groundnuts Gandhinagar, 12 July 2020 Gujarat, Saurashtra's economic lifeline is cutting groundnut and lifeline of 10 lakh farmers. Peanut is turning yellow this monsoon. Farmers who have already transplanted peanuts before monsoon are getting more yellowing of groundnut. This is due to the heavy rainfa...

Rupani speaks in tariff, why does not speak of injustice to coal in Gu...

Gandhinagar, 10 July 2020 The Rupani government allowed power companies to levy higher tariff charges in 2018 in view of rising coal prices. It has been canceled on 9 July 2020. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the falling coal prices. So now finger is being raised on Rupani. Why is permission given, and why is coal short supply by Mo...

Reliance sells 49% for 1 billion, no longer Reliance to be known as RB...

BP and Reliance Industries Ltd. have announced the launch of Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML). Following an initial agreement in 2019, BP and RIL have paid R 1 billion to acquire a 49 per cent stake in the joint venture, of which RIL has a 51 per cent stake. The Geo-BP brand BP's extensive global experience in different types of fuels, lubric...

The FCI is ready to give enough food to the poor but the state governm...

Free foodgrains will be provided to the poor and migrants deprived of foodgrain coupons till 31st August 2020. The state governments are not ready to take foodgrains even though they have enough foodgrains to provide free rations to 81 crore people under the Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. Therefore, the central government has instructed all the states t...

Asia’s biggest solar project in Gujarat or MP? Modi will inaugu...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Asia's largest solar plant through video conferencing at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning. The capacity of this plant is 750 MW of solar project. The plant is spread over 1590 acres in Gurha, 25 km from Rewa district headquarters. In January this year, 750 MW of power generation started from here...

Government at aid to India’s three of four public sector insuran...

The Union Cabinet has approved the capital infusion for an overall value of Rs.12,450 crore; (including Rs. 2,500 crore infused in FY 2019-20) in the three Public Sector General Insurance Companies (PSGICs) namely Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OlCL), National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) and United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL) ...