The civil aviation industry in India has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries in the country during the last three years. With a 19 percent growth in domestic passenger traffic from about 6.1 crore in 2014 to 10 crore in 2016-17, India is now the third largest aviation market in the world, with […]
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Piyush Goyal launches ‘SEVA’ App to increase consumer connect!
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal launched the Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application (SEVA), developed in-house by Coal India Limited (CIL) for power sector consumers, here today. SEVA is a part of ‘Digital India’ initiative, which is aimed at increasing the Consumer Connect as well as the Transparency […]
GSLV Successfully Launches South Asia Satellite
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) successfully launched the 2230 kg South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) into its planned Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) today (May 05, 2017). Today’s launch of GSLV was its eleventh and took place from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota, the spaceport of India. […]
Air cargo set to grow at 9% in future
While delivering the key note address at the India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit 2017, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that the country has seen significant growth in domestic air traffic and infrastructure development. He said that his Ministry is taking steps to make air transport affordable to the common man […]
Real Estate Act comes into force from tomorrow; A new era begins, says the Government
Ending the nine-year-long wait, regulation of real estate sector involving over 76,000 companies across the country becomes a reality from tomorrow i.e May 1, 2017, with the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act,2016 coming into force. With all the 92 Sections of the Act coming into effect from tomorrow, developers shall get all the ongoing […]
Venkaiah Naidu: Affordable housing on private lands may get central assistance
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M.Venkaiah Naidu today asserted that the Government has done more for meeting the housing needs of urban poor during the last three years than what was done in the previous ten years proving that it is a ‘Government with a difference’ as desired by the people. Venkaiah Naidu […]
Arun Jaitley to leave on a five day official visit to United States
The Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley will leave on a five day official visit to USA tomorrow to participate in the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Finance Minister will leave tomorrow evening i.e., 19th April, 2017 and will arrive at Washington, USA on […]
Summer travel with Indian Railways to become smooth!
In an endeavor to provide smooth travel experience to the railway travelers, Indian Railways have taken various initiatives for improved passenger experience. Considering the peak season during summers, Indian Railways is poised to offer convenient travel to the passengers without upsetting their plans. To ensure optimal utilization of available accommodation, following initiatives have been undertaken […]
Hillarious tweets, angry reactions bring Snapchat to limelight
Gautam Rode, the hunk with over millions of fans has slammed Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel for saying that his app is only for rich people and that he didn’t want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain. Gautam Rode wrote: Around 158 million daily active Snapchat users in the world. Around 4 million […]
High Speed Railway Cooperation between India and France
Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu today held meeting with the Minister of State for Transport, Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of France, Alain Vidalies. The two of them were accompanied by their respective delegation and recalled the long-standing technical cooperation between French National Railways and the Indian Railways (IR) and reaffirmed their […]