NEW DELHI: The negative trend in the edible oil market continues as the prices of packed mustard, soy and palm oil fell by Rs 15-20 per litre. This declining trend is mostly due to the Centre’s interventions. In a bid to control the continuous rise in the cooking oil prices over the past year, the […]
NEW DELHI: India’s overall exports in June grew by 23 per cent to USD 64.91 billion while imports increased by 53 per cent to USD 82.42 billion on a year-on-year basis, as per the commerce ministry. The merchandise and service exports in the first quarter of 2022 rose by 25.16 per cent to USD 189.93 […]
NEW DELHI: Celebrating India’s 75th year of independence, the Delhi government on Monday kickstarted the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Football Tournament. The tournament was inaugurated by Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the Thyagaraj Stadium. Featuring 20 top football clubs of New Delhi, the tournament will see teams in the Under 18 and Under 22 […]
NEW DELHI: India celebrated the centenary birth anniversary of Swami Atmasthananda today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes by reminiscing the time he spent with Swami Ji via a video message. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said, “This event is filled with many feelings and memories. I have always been blessed by him, there […]
NEW DELHI: The Department of Food and Public Distribution has directed leading Edible Oil Associations to reduce the prices of edible oils by Rs 15 with immediate effect. The Centre has also advised that the price to distributors by the manufacturers and refiners also needs to be reduced immediately so that the price drop is […]
NEW DELHI: In a surprising move, Tesla giant Elon Musk pulled out of the USD 44 Billion Twitter deal. Musk stated that Twitter violated the merger agreement stated by Twitter. The social media giant was accused of giving out misleading information about the number of fake accounts. The number of misleading representations of spam bots […]
CHANDIGARH/ NEW DELHI: In a decision that should bring smiles to many in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann decided to waive all the pending electricity bills till December 31, 2021. While there was some confusion among people that arrears of up to 2 KW were waived off, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the […]
LONDON/NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar met United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London to discuss the Indo-British future in technology and innovation sectors. The minister also discussed the achievements of the Digital India mission. Chandrasekhar was accompanied by a delegation of representatives from Indian startups and Unicorns along with […]
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand government’s Nilambar-Pitambar Jal Samridhi Yojana, which has changed the face of barren land in the state, completed one year on Wednesday. The upper Tand land is being saturated by adopting the principle of watershed management. These rainwater harvesting techniques are creating opportunities for irrigation. Under the MGNREGA, schemes such as Trench-cum-Bund, check […]
NEW DELHI: In a move that could bring some cheer to the common citizen, the edible oil prices in the retail market have started easing with the softening of the international rates and the government’s timely intervention, food secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said. India imports more than 60 per cent of its edible oil requirements. […]