The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has saluted engineers on Engineers’ Day. The Prime Minister also paid tributes to Bharat Ratna, M. Visvesvaraya, on his birth anniversary. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan share pic of daughter August! “I salute all engineers on Engineers’ Day and appreciate their paramount role in the development of our nation.” PM […]
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Road accidents decrease by 4.1%, fatalities rise by 3.2%
Road accidents in the country have decreased by around 4.1% during 2016, with the year seeing 4,80,652 road accidents as against 5,01,423 in 2015. However, fatalities resulting from these accidents have risen by about 3.2% during the same period. Nearly 1,50,785 persons were killed in 2016 as against 1,46,133 in 2015. Releasing the Ministry’s annual […]
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan share pic of daughter August!
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan shared a picture of their daughter August and shared an adorable message of optimism. In his post, Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter August! We wrote her a letter about the world we hope she grows up in, and also hoping she doesn’t […]
To ease traffic NHAI steps up for FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection
In order to facilitate the availability of FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection, NHAI has taken two steps in consultation with RBI and NPCI. These include the online sale of FASTags and offline sale through Common Services Centre (CSC) near toll plazas. FASTag can also be purchased online from Issuer Banks websites / NHAI website / IHMCL […]
Climate Change: Rise in Average Temperatures
Average Temperature during last ten years (2007 to 2016) was 26.10 0C. Rise in the average temperature was 0.510C during this period. Spatial pattern of trend in mean annual temperature anomalies, for the period 1902-2012, suggests significant positive (increasing) trend (0.50 C in general with few pockets of 1.00 C) over most parts of the […]
NDMC Smart City projects given timelines
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has been asked by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs to ensure completion of smart city projects ahead of time so as to lead by example in smart city making across the country. Timelines for the same have been fixed at a two hour review of implementation of NDMC’s […]
10th Session of the India- Jordan Trade and Economic Joint Committee (TEJC)
The 10TH India-Jordan Trade and Economic Joint Committee (TEJC) Meeting was held in New Delhi on 4th and 5th July, 2017 under the co-chairs of Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry, Government of India, and Eng. Mr. Yarub Qudah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, the Government of the Hashemite […]
Hyundai Motor India Limited slapped with a penalty of 87 crore
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) found the Hyundai Motor India Limited to be in contravention to some its provisions which resulted into Resale Price Maintenance in sale of passenger cars manufactured by it. Such arrangements also included monitoring of the maximum permissible discount levels through a Discount Control Mechanism. Further, the commission found the […]
Passengers and tourists stranded in Qatar read this first
General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued a decision banning all Qatari airlines and aircraft from landing at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s airports immediately. It has also prevented all private and commercial airlines registered in the Kingdom from operating to Qatar (both direct and non-direct ) immediately. […]
Withdrawing from Paris Agreement bad for environment and the USA, warn bigwigs
Mark Zuckerberg has criticized the pullout from Paris Agreement saying that “withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement is bad for the environment, bad for the economy, and it puts our children’s future at risk.” But he fell way short in criticizing the Paris Agreement pullout by failing to name Donald Trump. He only underlined what […]