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UK Judge Rejects Nirav Modi's Plea To Suppress Witness Statements: Report

India News | ANI | Wednesday November 4, 2020

District judge Samuel Goozee has rejected an appeal by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi to dismiss documents submitted by the Government of India in their case against him in the PNB fraud case.

Tata Motors Feels Government's Support In GST Cut Will Help PV Industry: Report

Seshan Vijayraghvan (With inputs from PTI) | Monday October 26, 2020

The home-grown automaker, Tata Motors has recently stated that any kind of support from the Government of India towards GST reduction would help the passenger vehicle segment immensely.

54,366 Fresh Coronavirus Cases In India, Total Cases At 77.61 Lakh

India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday October 23, 2020

India has seen a marginal improvement in its COVID-19 numbers in the past 24 hours, with both the number of positive cases as well as fatalities falling a little. It remained second in the global ranking of total cases, though, with over 7.7 lakh cases, behind the US's 8.4 lakh. Over 1.1 lakh people have died of the disease across the country si...

Asian Development Bank To Provide $346 Million Loan For Power Supply Project In Rural Maharashtra

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 20, 2020

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on Monday signed a USD 346 million loan pact to help provide efficient and reliable power supply to rural agriculture customers in Maharashtra.

Government Allows Export Of Krishnapuram And Bangalore Rose Onions

India News | ANI | Friday October 9, 2020

The government of India on Friday allowed the export of Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions up to 10,000 metric tons each, till March 31, next year.

Kerala Man, Trained By ISIS In Iraq, Guilty Of "Waging War Against India"

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 25, 2020

An Indian national, trained by ISIS in Iraq in 2015, was found guilty by a court in Kochi on Friday for hatching a criminal conspiracy to wage war against the Governments of India and Iraq.

5 Chinese Charged In Mega Hacking Scheme, Indian Government Networks Hit: US

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 17, 2020

The US Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacking over a 100 companies and institutions across the world, including Government of India networks, stealing valuable software data and business intelligence.

Toyota Seeks Viable Tax Structure From Government Of India

Edited By Kingshuk Dutta | Tuesday September 15, 2020

In a recent interview, S Viswanathan, vice-chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said that the high tax regime in the country is detrimental and makes difficult to scale up operations. However, in a statement, Toyota says it remains committed to India but seeks a viable tax structure.

Government Mulls Installing EV Chargers At Nearly 69,000 Fuel Pumps: Report

Seshan Vijayraghvan (With inputs from PTI) | Monday September 7, 2020

The Government of India is reportedly mulling over the idea of installing charging kiosk for electric vehicles (EV) at all fuel stations across India.

Announcement For Scrappage Policy To Be Made Soon: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

Edited By Seshan Vijayraghvan | Friday September 4, 2020

Speaking at the 60th Annual Convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said the Government of India will soon announce the scrappage policy.

"My Message To The Prime Minister - Be Honest": Farooq Abdullah To NDTV

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain | Friday August 21, 2020

Just before the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave no indication of the move during a meeting, Farooq Abdullah said today. "Nobody can trust the government of India anymore. There is not a day when they don't lie," said the National Conference MP in his first interview since h...

DST Allocates Rs 100 Crore To IIT Jodhpur To Set Up ‘iHub Drishti’

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Tuesday August 18, 2020

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs 115 crore to Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur) to set up iHub Drishti, under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).

DST Sanctions Rs 170 Crore To IIT Delhi For Collaborative Robotics

Education | Edited by Aarzoo Snigdha | Friday August 14, 2020

The Department of Science of Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs 170 crores to IIT Delhi under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Cobotics.

New Education Policy "More Important Than Rafale Aircraft": Shiv Sena

India News | ANI | Friday July 31, 2020

The New Education Policy 2020 unveiled by the Government of India is more important than the procurement of Rafale fighter planes but there are concerns on its proper implementation, Shiv Sena said in its mouthpiece Saamana on Thursday.

Licence For Stocking, Sale Of Hand Sanitiser No Longer Required: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 29, 2020

The Union Health Ministry has done away with the requirement of a licence for stocking and sale of hand sanitiser to make it more widely available for the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.