The Central Government has approved a special package for employment generation in leather and footwear sector. The package involves implementation of Central Sector Scheme – Indian Footwear, Leather & Accessories Development Programme (IFLADP) with an approved expenditure of Rs. 2600 Crore for 2017-20. The scheme aims at development of infrastructure for the leather sector, address […]
India and Australia are coming closer. Foreign Secretary Vijay K. Gokhale and Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra held the second ‘2+2’ Foreign Secretaries and Defence Secretaries dialogue with their Australian counterparts, Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Frances Adamson, and Secretary of Department of Defence Greg Moriarty in Canberra today. All aspects of bilateral […]
Prime Minister of Italy, Prof. Giuseppe Conte, will pay an official visit to India on October 30, 2018 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will be accompanied by a delegation that will participate in the 24th edition of the DST-CII India-Italy Technology Summit 2018. This will be Prime Minister Giuseppe […]
The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of September, 2018 is Rs. 94,442 crore of which CGST is Rs. 15,318 crore, SGST is Rs. 21,061 crore, IGST is Rs. 50,070 crore (including Rs. 25,308 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,993 crore (including Rs. 769 crore collected on imports). The total […]
A High Level Meeting between Coast Guards of India and Vietnam was held at Coast Guard Headquarters in New Delhi on October 1st 2018 under the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2015. Director General Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Rajendra Singh led the Indian side while Commandant, Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) Major […]
Badarka village of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district saw 20 members of a Muslim family converting to Hinduism on Monday. ANI News reported that the family decided to embrace Hinduism after they were allegedly being denied justice in a case in which a family member lost his life. The family members said that the injustice meted […]
In Bangladesh’s Bogra, a headmaster of a school has been arrested for distributing beef khichari among Hindu students during a Mother’s conference. The accused named Abdul Hannan is the principal of Pirgacha AF Girls High School and also a Shakahria union BNP leader (opposition leader Khalida Zia’s party) after the news of the beef khichari […]
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff is visiting Russia from 01 to 06 October 2018 on an official bilateral visit. During the visit, the Chief of the Army Staff led delegation is scheduled to meet Senior Military hierarchy of Russian Armed Forces and visit Key Military formations and establishments. General Bipin Rawat shall […]
UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) has allowed the facility of withdrawal of applications by candidates. The arrangement will be implemented beginning with Engineering Services Examination, 2019. This was announced by the Chairman of UPSC Arvind Saxena, while speaking on the occasion of the 92nd Foundation Day Celebrations in New Delhi today. The Chairman said that […]
At least 832 people have been killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency has informed. Several hundred are trapped in the rubble of structures that collapsed in Friday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake. The quake had triggered tsunami waves as high as 6m (20ft). Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President […]
