by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:54 pm | News
New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran Friday effected a major reshuffle in the top management of recently-acquired airline, with Nipun Aggarwal appointed as Chief Commercial Officer and Suresh Dutt Tripathi as Chief Human Resources Officer.Aggarwal, who is also Senior Vice President at Tata Sons, replaces Air India veteran Meenakshi Malik, while [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:49 pm | News
New Delhi (India), April 15: As Chaitra Navratri wraps up, Nivedita Saha, artist, author and founder of Art Studio Meraki, will be a part of 3 conversations on the Audio-Social Learning App Mentza, from the 16th to 20th of April in Dubai. The 20-minute conversations or circles (as Mentza calls them) that Saha will be [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:46 pm | News
Jammu, Apr 15 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir has failed to submit 2,205 utilisation certificates (UCs) for an amount of over Rs 10,441 crore as on March 31, 2020, the Comptroller and Auditor and General of India (CAG) has said, noting that officials should be held accountable for the lapse. It said the non-submission of the [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:39 pm | News
New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Private lender IDBI Bank has proposed a nearly 10-fold hike in the salary of its managing director and CEO Rakesh Sharma who had been instrumental in bringing the bank out of the RBI's restrictive prompt corrective action (PCA) framework. The bank has sought the approval of its shareholders through a [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:38 pm | News
New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) The government has invited EoIs from interested parties for setting up a manufacturing zone on pilot basis for the power and renewable energy sector. The last date to submit the proposal is June 8, 2022, according to a notification on the website of Ministry of Power. [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:34 pm | News
Kolkata, Apr 15 (PTI) A leading mobile retailers' body has claimed that “unethical and monopolistic business practices” of online sales platforms are ‘jeopardising’ the future of 1.5 lakh brick and mortar smartphone retailers across the country and that it will seek govt intervention.In such a situation, the survival of small retailers is at stake, the [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 5:08 pm | Commodities, News
Mumbai, Apr 15 (PTI) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday asked the domestic pharmaceutical industry to strengthen its generic medicine sector and ensure better linkage between input and output of products to become self-reliant. Speaking at an event hosted by the Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association to commemorate its Golden Jubilee celebrations here, [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 4:51 pm | News
Colombo, Apr 15 (PTI) Sri Lanka's state-owned petroleum corporation announced fuel rationing for vehicles with effect from Friday, as a historic economic crisis roils the country. According to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) statement, now motorcycles and other two-wheelers can purchase fuel upto worth Rs 1,000 per visit to a fuel station. Similarly, three-wheelers can [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 4:16 pm | Economy, News
Kathmandu, Apr 15 (PTI) The Nepal government has urged Nepalese nationals living abroad to open dollar accounts in banks in the country and make investments amidst the economic crisis in the Himalayan nation.Nepal's foreign reserves have been hit by a slump in tourism during the pandemic, a problem that has also hit Sri Lanka which [...]
by PTI News | Apr 15, 2022 | 3:56 pm | News
New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) The domestic foundry industry is aiming to double its market size to USD 32 billion and annual production capacity to 21 million tonnes (MT) over the next 5-7 years, industry body IIF said on Friday. The industry is also expected to attract investment of Rs 500 crore from domestic and [...]