by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 7:16 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Sales of affordable quality generic medicines under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) stood at Rs 814.21 crore in the ongoing fiscal, leading to an estimated savings of about Rs 4,800 crore to the citizens, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.In a statement laid [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 7:02 pm | Corporate Action, Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) The government on Tuesday said irregularities in the appointment of chief strategic advisor in the NSE during the tenure of a former MD&CEO were observed and the appointment was made without following due process. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has informed that an ex-MD&CEO of NSE, had [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:57 pm | News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) The minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 for subscribers of the pension scheme run by retirement fund body EPFO is "grossly inadequate" and it is imperative for the labour ministry to pursue a proposal for raising the amount, a Parliamentary panel said on Tuesday. "...Rs 1000 per month pension which [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:52 pm | Corporate Action, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Leading South Korean consumer electronics and smartphone maker Samsung on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 1,588 crore in India to set up a new compressor manufacturing plant at its existing facility at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. The new facility will spread over 22 acres and have a capacity to [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:43 pm | Corporate Action, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) JK Tyre & Industries Ltd on Tuesday said it has appointed IIT-Madras professor R Krishna Kumar as technology advisor to the company's Chairman and Managing Director Raghupati Singhania and Managing Director Anshuman Singhania. Kumar, a renowned expert in vehicle dynamics and tyre technology, was also instrumental in setting up the [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:39 pm | Company Results, Corporate Action, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Realty firm Macrotech Developers on Tuesday said its arm Lodha Developers International Ltd, Mauritius has prepaid USD 170 million (approx. Rs 1,298 crore) of debt after recording better sales performances in its two projects in London. In a regulator filing, Macrotech informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary has redeemed "Notes of [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:22 pm | News
Singapore, Mar 15 (PTI) Singapore Airlines and its low-cost carrier Scoot will expand its Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) network from March 16 to connect to 66 cities in 27 countries, including India, a media report said on Tuesday.VTL allows quarantine-free travel to Singapore for fully vaccinated travellers."New VTL services will be added progressively to selected [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:05 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) India on Tuesday sent the fourth shipment of 2,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan via Pakistani land route as part of its humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. India despatched the first consignment of 2,500 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan through Pakistani on February 22 and it reached [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 6:02 pm | News
New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) Experts from the One Health sectors of health, animal husbandry, fisheries and environment called on the Government of India to actively engage the state governments to build capacity for formulating and implementing action plans on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Over 50 professionals and policy experts gathered at Delhi to discuss the [...]
by PTI News | Mar 15, 2022 | 5:59 pm | Corporate Action, News
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) The government on Tuesday said it has received Rs 4,353 crore as dividend tranches from seven public sector enterprises, including Coal India and PFC. "Government has respectively received about Rs 575 crore and Rs 2038 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Coal India Ltd as dividend tranches," [...]
