New Delhi: – The union cabinet of Ministers decided to announce ‘Production Linked Incentive’ (PIL) scheme to encourage domestic productivity. This scheme has a provision of ₹1.46 trillion (USD 20 billion). This scheme can prove beneficial for achieving the target of making India into a global manufacturing hub. It is also claimed that the scheme […]
New Delhi: – The union textile ministry has initiated the campaign ‘Local for Diwali’. Under the campaign, the union textile ministry has appealed to the citizens of India to purchase Indian handicrafts for Diwali. Only two days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a message to prioritise ‘Vocal for Local’ to strengthen the Indian economy. […]
Guwahati: – A ship loaded with cement bags reached Karimganj in Assam, from Bangladesh, by the river route. The Indian embassy in Bangladesh informed that this ship reached Assam, on the 9th of November, under the Protocol for Inland Water trade and Transit (PIWTT). The river route trials had been conducted in the month of […]
Jammu: There was firing from the Pakistan Army on Indian Army posts, in the Poonch sector of Jammu-Kashmir. It is claimed that the Pakistan military suffered major damages in the strong retaliation of the Indian Army. The morale of the Pakistani soldiers is down, given the Indian onslaught. As per reports, senior officials from the […]
New Delhi: – The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) of the Indian government has received the biggest order till date, and OFB will be supplying ammunition to the United States. OFB, the oldest defence manufacturing organisation in India, will be exporting 5.56X45 mm NATO M-193 Ball Bullets to the United States. Currently, 41 factories, 13 development […]
New Delhi: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the 20th conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Since the tension between India and China festered, following the Galwan conflict, this is the first time Prime Minister Modi and President Jinping have faced one another via SCO virtual meeting. But, following the convention to avoid […]
Srinagar: Surendra Panwar, Additional Director General (ADG) of Border Security Force (BSF) said that 300 terrorists are waiting for infiltration, on the launch-pads, across the Line of Control, in Kashmir. Pakistan is making frantic efforts to push these terrorists into the Indian territory before the onset of snowfall. But these efforts are being foiled. Two […]
New Delhi: – India supported the proposal to consider expansion in the number of members, in the New Development Bank (NDB) established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the BRICS countries. Currently, only five countries are members of the bank. The bank was established in 2014, as an alternative to the World Bank […]
Kolkata: 13 Bangladesh citizens, trying to infiltrate through the international border in the 24 Pargana district of West Bengal, were arrested by soldiers from the Border Security Force (BSF). These Bangladeshis were illegally living in India since the last few years. A few days ago, they had visited Bangladesh to meet some relatives, and they […]
New Delhi: Jag Anand, a ship of the Indian merchant navy, has been detained by China at the Jingtang port for the last five months. There are 23 Indian sailors on the ship, and as per reports, most of these people are developing health problems. The ship, carrying 170,000 tonnes of coal, reached the Chinese […]