New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The government is considering developing an operating system as part of its efforts to push the design and innovation ecosystem in the electronics and IT sector, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that no funds have been allocated by the [...]
Thane, Mar 16 (PTI) Cyber fraudsters stole over Rs 1.51 crore after hacking into the server of a cooperative bank at Dombivli city in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. The server of the bank was hacked and the data was tampered with on March 12 by unidentified hackers who siphoned off Rs [...]
Washington, Mar 16 (PTI) India taking up Russia's offer of discounted crude oil would not be a violation of American sanctions on Moscow, the White House has said, as it also underlined that countries should also think about "where you want to stand" amidst Russia's invasion of Ukraine.US President Joe Biden last week announced a [...]
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said as per feedback received from the industry, exports of certain products such as pharmaceuticals, telecom instruments, tea, coffee, and marine goods from India are likely to be affected due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. He added that the Department of Commerce [...]
New York, Mar 16 (PTI) Public health leaders from across the world, including two of Indian-origin, have teamed up to urge the G20 to take an immediate action on global COVID-19 vaccine equity, saying only 10 per cent of the population in low-income countries have received one dose of vaccine as compared to nearly 80 [...]
Agartala, Mar 16 (PTI) The Tripura government has decided to hand over the abandoned tea gardens to new cooperatives in an effort to revive them, an official said on Wednesday.Six tea estates -- one each in Kalayanpur of Khowai district and Belonia of South district, and four in Unakoti district’s Kailashahar subdivision -- have been [...]
No public sector bank has faced any loss in the April-December period of the current fiscal year, and clocked a collective net profit of Rs 48,874 crore during this period, the government said in Parliament on Tuesday. "No PSB has suffered losses in the current financial year up to December 31, 2021. During the said [...]
Nagpur, Mar 15 (PTI) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to consider shifting a proposed 60 million metric tonnes-per annum refinery and petrochemicals complex project to Vidarbha from coastal Ratnagiri. The project, which was to come up in Ratnagiri district, is stalled due to opposition by local organizations and other [...]
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday accused the government of indulging in jugglery of railway finances and sought to know whether it intends to privatise the Indian Railways after Air India. BJP members gave out figures to assert that the national transporter is on the right track now [...]
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the government intends to decriminalise the Legal Metrology Act and asked his department as well as states to take a decision on this issue at the earliest in order to stop harassment of small shopkeepers. Addressing an event here to [...]
