Govt approves Rs 4,645 cr for various mitigation projects in 9 statesAmit Shah-led high-level committee approved disaster mitigation, recovery, and reconstruction projects worth Rs 4,645.60 crore across nine ...
01 Oct, 2025, 10.12 PM IST
Small-town edge: How 5G, OTT is driving demand for data centres beyond big citiesGrowing penetration of over-the-top (OTT) streaming and online gaming in tier-2 and tier-3 locations, along with 5G adoption and artificial...
18 Feb, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
Union health minister reviews COVID-19 sampling, testing strategyThere should be no comprise in the quality of testing kits procured by the government or private labs, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan direct...
31 Mar, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
Major ports cargo traffic up 5.31% to 403 million tonnes in April-OctoberThe growth in the cargo traffic was mainly attributed to increase in handling of coal, mainly coking coal, containers and petroleum, oil an...
11 Nov, 2018, 11.28 AM IST
Draft policy on drug demand reduction withdrawn from Cabinet to include new survey dataThe draft policy also proposed regulation of over the counter sale of sedatives and pain killers with the involvement of departments concer...
14 Oct, 2018, 05.03 PM IST
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesThe environment ministry targets 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in the next five years for at lea...
13 Mar, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesConcept note of this plan, accessed by Greenpeace India under RTI, talks about tackling pollution from various sources. It identifies power...
13 Mar, 2018, 08.00 AM IST
Winter’s here, but more cities see improvement in air quality: CPCBCPCB data shows 52% of the 482 stations have recorded an improvement or no change in annual average levels of PM 10 between 2013 and 2016.
01 Dec, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
IMC2017: Government approves installation of towers in all army cantonment areasThe minister also announced that the government will be finalising a new electronic policy, IoT policy, software-product policy, cloud poli...
27 Sep, 2017, 03.15 PM IST
Centre for double-decker buses on inter-state routesThe Centre has drawn up a plan to induce state road transport undertakings (SRTUs) to introduce double-decker luxury buses on long distance...
20 Sep, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
Railways to use radio-frequency tags to track wagons, coachesUsing RFID devices, it will be easier for the railways to know the exact position of wagons, locomotives and coaches.
01 May, 2017, 10.27 AM IST
India - Vietnam: 45 years, partners in PeaceIndia is currently offering 50 ITEC slots every year to Vietnamese defence personnel. Indian ships regularly make friendly port calls to Vi...
18 Jan, 2017, 08.31 AM IST
Cargo traffic at 12 major ports up 3%ndia's top 12 major ports saw an increase in cargo traffic by 3.18% to 447.05 million tonnes (MT) during the first nine months of the curre...
21 Jan, 2016, 04.34 PM IST
OPPO in talks with Foxconn to assemble phonesChinese smartphone maker OPPO is in talks with Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, the maker of Apple's iPhones, to assemble de...
03 Sep, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Railways to launch glass-domed coaches on scenic routesTourists on Vishakhapatnam-Araku Valley route will be the first in the country to enjoy glass-domed coaches that will allow them to take in...
13 Sep, 2014, 04.56 AM IST
IndiGo, Jet Airways charged highest fares in July; Kingfisher is new low-costIndiGo's average fare on Delhi-Patna has been at Rs 5,654. Similarly, for Delhi-Vishakhapatnam, IndiGo's average ticket price stands at Rs ...
30 Aug, 2012, 06.59 AM IST
- Rollout of Rs 44,500-cr worth steel projects behind schedule
Retendering of contracts, problems in procuring equipment and raw materials blamed for slow progress.
04 May, 2009, 02.27 AM IST