Macquarie Group Ltd and a Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board-backed investment trust are among the finalists to acquire road assets from India’s infrastructure fund, sources familiar with the matter revealed. The potential deal is estimated to range from $300 million to $500 million, Continue Reading
Tata Motors, a prominent automobile manufacturer, is set to invest ₹9,000 crore in constructing its inaugural plant in Tamil Nadu, as stated by the state’s industries department. This investment is anticipated to generate around 5,000 job opportunities. TRB Rajaa, Tamil Nadu’s industries minister, announced on social media that Tata Motors will establish a Continue Reading
The government has raised the authorized capital of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from ₹10,000 crore to ₹21,000 crore to bolster its operational abilities and meet its objectives more effectively, as stated by the Food Ministry. FCI, serving as the primary agency for food grain procurement at minimum support prices (MSP) to safeguard farmers’ […]Continue Reading
According to the statements made by Infosys founder Narayana Murthy during a podcast with Mohandas Pai, he emphasized the need for a significant shift in India’s work culture to enhance productivity and reduce bureaucracy. Murthy suggested that Indian youths should be prepared to work 70 hours a week to improve the country’s global competitiveness. He […]Continue Reading
It is unclear why our country has not made any significant improvement in the extremely important sector of education. Lack of proper infrastructure, underpaid teachers, visionless curriculum and lack of proper funding are still the notable features of our education system. No political party has yet showed any clear enthusiasm to revamp the education sector. […]Continue Reading
Identifying an urgent need to find a less painful method to let those convicts, who as per the constitution has to face the death sentence, die with dignity, the Supreme Court of the country has sought the central government’s opinion on finding an easily applicable alternative to the ‘death by hanging’. The historical question has […]Continue Reading
In a bid to prevent the leakage of the welfare fund allocated from the Consolidated Fund of India, the central government is set to make Aadhaar card mandatory for MGNREGS work, which provides nearly 100 days of work for a household a year. The scheme will be implemented from April 1. Those people who have […]Continue Reading
In a bid to create a corrupt-less real estate sector in the country, the upper house on last day cleared the most-discussed Real Estate Bill. Reports say that the bill will be presented before the lowers house for detailed deliberation on coming Monday. If it could attain a positive response in the Lok Sabha, then the […]Continue Reading
As if grandiose celebrations at the annual Saifai Mahotsav weren’t inappropriate enough when Muzaffarnagar riot victims have been left to fend for themselves in the cold, a 17-member delegation of legislators and ministers from Uttar Pradesh will head out for a 20-day “study tour” of Turkey, Greece, Netherlands, UK and UAE on Wednesday. The delegation, a Continue Reading
The Aam Aadmi Party-led government’s promise to bring an end to contractual employment has come as a ray of hope for thousands of teachers, doctors and managerial level employees who have been working in various Delhi government departments on contract. Sources say there are close to 60,000 blue and white collar staff on contracts in […]Continue Reading