With finance ministry’s Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) giving in-principal approval to the proposal on December 19, the path has been cleared for the railways to roll out its reform in engaging private operators, ending its long monopoly in running passenger trains.
The country”s exports are expected to touch USD 330-340 billion during the ongoing fiscal on account of uncertain global situation and rising protectionism, exporters body FIEO said on Monday.
General Bipin Rawat, currently the Chief of Army Staff, has been named as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff a day before he was to retire from service, General Rawat is the first officer to hold the post of the Chief of Defence Staff, which was set up just days ago. The CDS will function as a single-point adivsor to the government on matters related to the military.
The arrested man has been identified as one Hamed Akbari, a resident of Rajakan area of Tehran, the capital of Iran, said AK Pankaj, DSP immigration posted at Raxaul.
In its first recruitment notice since the nullification of Articles 370 and 35A, the J&K high court has invited applications for 33 non-gazetted posts from candidates across the country. This is the first time in the Valley that eligibility for any government job isn’t limited to “permanent residents” of Kashmir and Ladakh
To strengthen its underwater fleet, the Indian Navy plans to build 24 submarines, including six nuclear attack submarines, a parliamentary panel was told. “Eighteen (conventional) + six SSN (nuclear attack submarines) are planned but the existing strength is 15 and one is available on lease,” it stated.
The unfinished business of nation-building being attempted was always guaranteed to be difficult since new perceptions and sensibilities have to be implanted and become the default norm. It will unavoidably challenge extant fissured self-identification and imperil them, nothing more assured to unsettle and provoke unrest.
“I think the most important outcome (of 2+2) was the signing of the ISA. I believe the ISA signing will make it possible to deepen the industry collaboration and to enable the release of more advanced technology and information to Indian industry that is working in partnership with US industry on a number of these projects,” Nisha Desai Biswal, president of US-India Business Council, said.
Indian Railways’ cargo carrying capacity is all set to receive a major boost after it conducted a trial run of double stack cargo train on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor(WDFC) on the 306 km long Rewari -Madar Section.
China is willing to work with the Indian side to promote friendly cooperation and make more positive contributions to the growth of bilateral relations in the new year, Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian told a news conference on Thursday.
