CBSE files police complaint over cyber attacks on post-result portalThe Central Board of Secondary Education has filed a formal complaint with Delhi Police regarding coordinated cyber attacks on its post-res...
05 Jun, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
The spy who hired me: Chinese agents hunt for secrets on LinkedInChinese intelligence is now using professional networking sites and job portals to find and recruit people with access to sensitive data. T...
04 Jun, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
'Mantri Pradhan' 'shamelessly digging' his heels in office; whose patronage has ensured his survival: CongressCongress criticizes Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan regarding the CBSE OSM system controversy. The party alleges incompetence and cor...
03 Jun, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
India should increase investment in R&D to 2 per cent of GDP: Niti AayogNiti Aayog has urged India to boost research and development investment to two percent of GDP within five years. The report suggests restor...
18 May, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
From queues to QR codes: A state in India may have found the fix for India’s fertiliser distribution woesWhile the Madhya Pradesh government projects it as a major reform to streamline fertiliser distribution, industry stakeholders say it’s sti...
18 May, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
India's R&D punches above its weight, but grant delays and red tape hold back researchersIndia is an innovation 'overperformer' but its research systems lag behind. Improving 'ease of doing R&D' is crucial. This requires faster ...
11 May, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
Lulu Group heads to Ladakh to export 1500 MT Ladakhi apricots across foreign marketsLadakh is set to export a significant amount of its famed apricots this season. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with Lulu Int...
16 Apr, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
India is conducting exercise for mapping import relianceIndia is undertaking a significant exercise to identify gaps in its manufacturing sector. The government is mapping commonly procured goods...
25 Feb, 2026, 01.07 AM IST
Work contracts on GeM mulled, platform to become world’s largest govt procurement portalGeM, led by CEO Prashant Kumar Singh, aims to surpass South Korea’s KONEPS by integrating construction contracts. FY24 procurement hit Rs 4...
11 Jul, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Procurement through GeM portal surpasses Rs 2 lakh crore in FY23The government e marketplace (GeM) portal’s procurement in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, stood at Rs 2,00,401 crore, surpassing Rs ...
01 Apr, 2023, 01.58 PM IST
Government eMarketplace gets ₹1 L Cr orders in FY22The commerce and industry ministry launched GeM on August 9, 2016, replacing Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal to create an open...
25 Mar, 2022, 12.48 AM IST
BHEL's procurement via GeM jumps to Rs 1,500 cr during April-SeptemberBy driving its procurement through GeM, the company is ensuring transparency and compliance with various government directives like General...
29 Sep, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
GeM, Rail e-procurement integration by year-end; eyes on Rs 1 lakh crore valueThe commerce and industry ministry launched the GeM on August 9, 2016 to create an open and transparent procurement platform of commonly us...
08 Aug, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
GeM exploring ways to bring works on portal; seeks stakeholders' views on approach paper"Big contractors which provide these works are not there on the GeM portal. So we have come out with an approach paper for stakeholder cons...
13 Dec, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
Government to open up national procurement portal to private companies for bulk buyingThe portal has already integrated the GeM Pool Account with seven public sector banks for timely payments to vendors and is in the process ...
07 Nov, 2019, 07.23 PM IST
Government e-Marketplace may be run by a private tech companyThe government's central purchase arm is in the process of floating a tender to appoint a managed service provider to run the scaled up ver...
08 Feb, 2017, 12.11 PM IST
Government to launch web portal for power procurement by discomsThe portal will be made operational and managed by state-run MSTC Ltd, which conducted auctions for coal blocks, gas subsidy for stranded p...
06 Apr, 2016, 10.02 PM IST