Jaipur- Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma flagged off a fleet of new buses on Thursday on the occasion of Rajasthan Day to strengthen the state’s public transport system. A total of 207 buses have been added to the Rajasthan Roadways fleet to provide more accessible and modern transportation facilities to the public. The flag-off ceremony…
New Delhi- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said that HDFC Bank is a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (D-SIB) with sound financials, professionally run board and competent management team, after the resignation of part-time chairman Atanu Chakraborty over alleged “ethical differences” in one of the biggest private lenders. The Central Bank said in…
New Delhi- Pakistan has limited petroleum reserves, with crude oil stocks sufficient for just 11 days, raising concerns over energy security amid disruptions caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict, a report has said. Briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum, the secretary petroleum said the country currently has diesel reserves for 21 days, petrol…
New Delhi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s release of over Rs 18,640 crore as the 22nd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme this month has enabled over 9.32 crore farmers to receive financial assistance, out of whom 2.15 crore are women farmers. The total money disbursed since the launch of the scheme…
New Delhi- Net direct tax collections went up 7.19 per cent (on-year) to Rs 22.80 lakh crore (up to March 17), according to the latest provisional data released by the Income Tax Department on Wednesday. It includes net corporate tax of Rs 10.91 lakh crore, non-corporate tax of Rs 11.32 lakh crore and securities transaction…
Bengaluru- Karnataka aims to increase renewable energy production to 25,000 MW in the next five years and is implementing supportive policies to achieve this target, Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) Gaurav Gupta said on Wednesday. Releasing a book titled How Can India Make Its Renewable Future a Responsible One at an event organised by the Karnataka…
Gandhinagar- Gujarat has reduced the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in livestock to 3 per cent while achieving herd immunity of around 80 per cent in 2025, state officials said, attributing the progress to sustained mass vaccination drives. The development comes as India works towards the target of becoming FMD-free by 2030 under…
Chandigarh- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday urged public representatives to actively promote natural farming, stressing that certain issues must rise above partisan politics. “It is the collective responsibility of all stakeholders not only to adopt natural farming in their own lives but also to encourage and educate farmers about its benefits,” he…
Patna- On the second day of the ‘Samridhi Yatra’, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday visited Jamui district, where he laid the foundation stone and inaugurated a series of development projects worth Rs 914 crore. During the visit, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stones for 189 development schemes worth Rs 312 crore and…
Ahmedabad- A rapid first-year ramp-up at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka underscores the expanding global footprint of India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), highlighting both the growing importance of the Indian Ocean region in global trade flows and its emerging role in the blue economy. In a milestone that signals…
