New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta provided financial assistance for the LPG cylinders to more than 15 lakh eligible ration cardholder families at an event held at Talkatora Stadium on Tuesday.
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) As part of the nationwide Khet Bachao Abhiyan to promote natural farming, the Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture, Ram Nath Thakur, on Tuesday participated in a programme organised by the ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology (ICAR-NINFET) at Subhasnagar in Swarupnagar block of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
Paris, Nov 10 (IANS) India and France on Tuesday held the 3rd Strategic Space Dialogue and the inaugural meeting of the India-France Economic Security and Critical Technologies Dialogue in Paris, co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Martin Briens, Secretary General of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Indian Embassy in France said.
New Delhi, Nov 10: An assessment of Narendra Modi's 25 years in public office, published by The Economist in October, raised a familiar criticism. India has grown rapidly but has failed to achieve the structural transformation necessary to become a major manufacturing economy. The Economist’s comparison with China's Fujian province, particularly the movement of workers out of agriculture, risks measuring India's economic transformation too narrowly, overlooking changes in productive capabilities, infrastructure, technology and the country's position in a fragmenting global economy.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal's upcoming visit to Egypt, accompanied by a high-level business delegation, is expected to boost bilateral trade and investment ties while creating wider regional opportunities for Indian businesses, an industry chamber said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) India registered an increase in both the overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Worker Population Ratio (WPR) in the July-September quarter of the current financial year, compared to the same period of previous fiscal, reflecting the rise in employment during the quarter, according to figures released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Passenger vehicle companies' shares offer a more favourable risk-reward profile than two-wheeler manufacturers as tightening rural credit conditions and growing stress in farm-dependent regions could weigh on demand for entry-level vehicles over the coming quarters, according to a report.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Coal Ministry on Tuesday announced the conclusion of Round 2 of Rs 37,500 crore ‘Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects', with two applications received from NTPC Limited.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia met the Internet Service Providers Stakeholder Advisory Committee on Tuesday to deliberate on key policy issues concerning right of way (RoW) and energy-related challenges impacting telecom infrastructure expansion.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) India will emerge as a key source of skilled talent for the global economy as it is projected to remain the only major economy with a surplus workforce through 2030 even as 85 million jobs worldwide could remain unfilled by then because of skill shortages, a new report has said.
