Arunachal: Befitting Reply to China! Railway Reaching Tawang Soon
Northeast Frontier Railway lays foundation stone for its camp office, rest house in district headquarters; proposed rail link to popular hill station gets a major boost
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GeM Partners with Central Bank of India for Payment Related Services
Integration for payments and various banking services is one of the priorities for GeM towards the goal of paperless, contactless and cashless system. GeM has already signed MoU with 18 Public Sector and Private Banks to enable this.
India’s First Private Train IRCTC Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Posts ₹ 70 Lakh Profit in 3 Weeks
Along with this, the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express has also earned revenue of around Rs 3.70 crore through the ticket sales
Expected to Reduce Travel by 30 Minutes, ‘Fish Belly-Shaped’ New Mumbai Flyover Now Open for Public
The elevated corridor, passing through BKC, Babubhai Compound, Central Railway (near Sion), Duncan Colony, Harbour Line (Chunabhatti station), Somaiya ground and lands at EEH, is expected to greatly reduce traffic jams.
Groundwork for Two New Reactors at Kudankulam Power Plant Nears Completion
“As the excavation is progressing ahead of its schedule, the much-awaited pouring of concrete for the fifth and sixth reactors will happen in June 2020,” highly-placed sources in the KKNPP told.
Austrian Company Aerocompact to Make Solar Racking in India – Make in India
The ‘intelligent’ racking solutions provider has joined hands with Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro Extrusion’s India arm to manufacture PV racking for rooftops. The manufacturing unit—located in Bengaluru—is eyeing at least 20 MW of business from India in the next six months.
India, Sweden to Engage in Clean, Innovative Technologies through Accelerator Programme
During a CII India-Sweden Innovations Accelerator Programme held here, a workshop and B2B meeting was hosted with Swedish cleantech and energy efficiency delegation.
India Ranks 4th In Prosperity Chart
Although there have been numerous conversations of economy slowing down, PayU’s findings reflect that over 77.25 per cent are comfortable with the current financial state of their households, and over 83.50 per cent of them expect it to improve over the period of next 12 months.
DRDO Opens Igniter Complex in Pune
HEMRL is a premier laboratory of DRDO and primarily engages in developing Rocket and Gun Propellants, Pyrotechnic Devices, High Explosive Systems and synthesis of high energy molecules. HEMRL has created a state of the art facility for design, processing and evaluation of ignition systems. The facility consists of process, assembly & storage buildings and a design centre. Remotely controlled sophisticated equipments such as Sieve Shaker, Planetary Mixer, Granulating Machine, Pelleting Machine etc are installed in the process buildings.
Khadi Gets Separate Unique HS Code, Export to Get a Boost
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said that this decision of government will open a new chapter in the field of Khadi export. Earlier, Khadi did not have its exclusive HS code. As a result, all the data regarding export of this signature fabric used to come as a normal fabric under the textile head. Now, we will be able to keep a constant eye not only on our export figures, but it will also help us in planning our export strategies.