New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Sanjeev Kumar Balyan on Monday asked the poultry industry to focus on research for reducing import dependence on vaccines and feed additives. Addressing a CII conference, Balyan recommended the reconstitution of the poultry advisory committee for connecting all stakeholders. He also [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) A Parliamentary panel on Monday asked the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) to explore alternative ways of funding, including contribution from state governments, to set up five new National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) in the country. The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers said it is [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) The Indian advertising sector is expected to grow with a CAGR of 12 per cent and should reach Rs 1 lakh crore revenue by 2024, said a joint report by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm EY. The Indian Media and Entertainment sector revenue grew 16.4 per cent to Rs [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) The boards of Equitas Holdings and its subsidiary Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFBL) have approved their merger plan, according to regulatory filings. The boards of directors of the two companies at their respective meetings approved the scheme of amalgamation between Equitas Holdings Ltd (transferor company) and Equitas Small Finance Bank [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance (SUD Life) will tap customers living in smaller towns and rural areas through a partnership with Vakrangee. SUD Life is a joint venture between Bank of India, Union Bank of India, and Dai-ichi Life Japan. The partnership with the fintech player, which is at the [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) A Parliamentary panel has recommended framing a new price control regime specific for medicines and medical devices for COVID-19 management and put them under price control with no annual increase in prices allowed till the pandemic is entirely over in the country. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers, [...]
Bank of India (BoI) on Monday said it has invested nearly Rs 109 crore in National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL). "We hereby inform that on March 21, 2022, bank has invested Rs 108.81 crore in National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL), under preferential share issue," the bank said in a regulatory filing. The bank's [...]
Dubai, Mar 21 (PTI) Indian animation and visual effects industry is now a back office of the world, making it the fastest growing sector this year with a growth around 57 per cent, according to FICCI-EY Report on Media and Entertainment released here Monday.The rise of the VFX segment further signals to its double growth [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) The Supreme Court-appointed panel was not in favour of total repeal of the three controversial farm laws and instead had suggested leaving procurement of crops at a specified price to the states and scrapping of Essential Commodities Act, one of the three members of the panel said on Monday while [...]
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) India buying more volumes of crude oil from Russia is still less than 1 per cent of the total oil imports while the volumes from the US will rise significantly, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, he [...]
