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New Delhi, Dec 13 The cabinet Tuesday deferred a decision on the proposed food security bill as talks on the legislation remained inconclusive, with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar raising the issue of high subsidies involved in implementing the measure.
“Discussions...
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Dhaka, Dec 13 NTPC Limited, India’s largest State owned power generator, signed a Contract Agreement with Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Ltd (EGCB) today for providing Operation and Maintenance Services for 2×120 MW Gas based...
नई दिल्ली, 13 दिसम्बर, 2011। जवाहर लाल नेहरू राष्ट्रीय शहरी नवीनीकरण विकास मिशन की छठी वर्षगांठ पर नई...
New Delhi, Dec 13 The cabinet Tuesday approved the creation of a National Electricity Fund (NEF) to provide interest subsidy of Rs.8,466 crore for electricity distribution projects for a period of 14 years.
“The National Electricity Fund is being...
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 13 The Kerala government proposes to ask the defence ministry to buy coir geotextiles produced in the government and the cooperative sectors in the state.
“We will approach the defence ministry to buy geotextiles from the...
New Delhi, Dec 13 The petroleum and natural gas sector has contributed Rs.136,497 crore to the national exchequer and Rs.88,997 crore to the state coffers last fiscal, the government said Tuesday.
The sector’s contributions were through cess, royalty,...
Mumbai, Dec 13 The Indian rupee, which Tuesday slipped to a new low of 53.50 to a US dollar intra-day, recovered a bit, but weakness in the currency persisted as demand for the green-back from importers and banks rose amid global uncertainty.
A depreciating...
New Delhi, Dec 13 The nation Tuesday paid homage to the martyrs of the Parliament House terrorist strike 10 years ago that led to a flare-up on the India-Pakistan borders, while families of the victims demanded expeditious execution of Afzal Guru, the...
New Delhi, Dec 13 Israel Tuesday pitched for greater collaboration with India in fields of education, technology and academic research.
“Education and R&D are the comparative advantage of both Israel and India. Collaboration in these fields...
New Delhi, Dec 13 The country is paying a heavy price for inadequate sanitation, with its impact on the economy estimated at Rs.2.44 trillion a year, parliament was informed Tuesday.
This amount is equivalent to 6.4 percent of the country’s GDP...
Shimla, Dec 13 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a Rs.171.22 crore loan to Himachal Pradesh for creation of rural infrastructure, an official statement said here Tuesday.
The amount would be spent for the...
Tehran, Dec 13 Iran has dismissed a request from the US that Tehran return a spy drone that crashed in the country.
Iran announced Dec 4 it had downed an RQ-170 Sentinel drone of the US in the Tabas desert in the country’s eastern region. Tehran...
London, Dec 13 A low-carb diet is better than a standard, calorie-restricted one for cutting down weight and lowering blood levels of cancer-promoting hormone insulin, a British study has found.
Researchers at Genesis Prevention Centre at University Hospital...
Ottawa, Dec 13 Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol, thereby saving about $14 billion in penalties, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Monday.
Kent blamed the “incompetent Liberal government” of former prime minister Jean Chretien...
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) In the midst of a tense standoff with Islamabad, a Congressional panel has agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan unless it helps in the fight against homemade bombs in Afghanistan.
The freeze on US aid was agreed...
New Delhi, Dec 13 The Congress core group met here to discuss the Lokpal bill ahead of a meeting of (UPA) leaders Tuesday evening, party sources said.
The one-hour meeting at the parliament house office of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at noon was attended...
New Delhi, Dec 13 Blaming the weakness in the global economy for the recent slowdown in India’s industrial output and economic growth, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday the government was not suffering from any policy paralysis and...
If Fire In Govt Hospital…..
WILL MANTRIS TOO BE ARRESTED?
By Poonam I Kaushish
New Delhi, Dec 13: “What’s the use of coming now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,” angrily shouted Pradeep...
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