World Bank’s $152 million for UP healthcare

Lucknow, June 6  The World Bank will give $152 million for the Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project, officials said. The ambitious project is meant to help improve the healthcare system and run it efficiently in the sprawling state. An...

Air India to hire new pilots

New Delhi, June 6  National carrier Air India Wednesday said it will go ahead and hire new pilots to tackle a prolonged strike by a section of pilots that has crippled its international operations. “Air India has decided to recruit pilots from...

ONGC Best Corporate at D&B Corporate Awards

New Delhi, June 06 : Close on the heels of the Dun and Bradstreet Awards 2011 as the Best Maharatna PSU and the leading PSU in the Oil and Gas sector, it was time for recognition for ONGC once again. This time it was the Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Awards-2011...

Konkan Railway Introduces Monsoon Table

New Delhi, June 06 : As per the practice in vogue, this year also Monsoon Time Table is being implemented on Konkan Railway Route w.e.f 10th June to 31st Oct’12 to provide safe passage to its trains during monsoon season. Monsoon timings will come into...

RBI removes penalty on prepayment of home loans

Mumbai, June 6  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced removal of foreclosure charges/prepayment penalty on home loans with floating interest rates. In a notification, the central bank said that it had been observed that home loan borrowers across...

Chennai watches transit of Venus

Chennai, June 6  The passage of planet Venus across the face of Sun is once in a life time celestial event and many viewed it here, an official said Wednesday. “Over 5,000 people might have come and gone after seeing the celestial event here since...

States unwilling to join new IIT-JEE format

New Delhi, June 6  As the government moves ahead with its plan for a common engineering entrance test, a majority of states at a meeting of education ministers Tuesday refused to join the new IIT-JEE entrance format for institutions run by them. A proposed...

Coca-Cola India and World Vision to support rural schools in India

New York, June 6  Coca-Cola and World Vision, a humanitarian organization, have joined hands to revitalise 100 rural and semi-urban schools in India under the internationally recognised “Support My School” campaign. This partnership will...

Rajya Sabha Nomination: NOT MEDAL OR DECORATION…

Rajya Sabha Nomination NOT MEDAL OR DECORATION By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) New Delhi, June 06 : Recent  nominations of film actor Rekha and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar  to the Rajya Sabha have created  unusually  unpleasant...

The US Secretary of Defence, Leon E. Panetta meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on June 05, 2012.

The US Secretary of Defence, Leon E. Panetta meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on June 05, 2012. Related Posts:The President, Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the President of the Arab Republic...

Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan flagging off the “Science Express- Biodiversity Special” Train

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan flagging off the “Science Express- Biodiversity Special” Train on the occasion of World Environment Day, in...

India pitches for SCO’s membership, Afghan role

Kunming/Beijing, June 6 A day before the SCO summit opens in Beijing, India Tuesday renewed its pitch for full membership of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization and backed the grouping’s role in stabilizing Afghanistan. “Indeed,...