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CM Yogi Issues Orders To Reform Mining Industry In UP

LUCKNOW: In a major step to reform the mining industry in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued directives following an assessment of the state mining department. According to the official data, the financial year 2022-23 witnessed growth in revenue tuning to Rs 168 crores compared to the previous year till June. […]

FEMA Violations: ED Imposes Rs 51 Cr Penalty On Amnesty, Rs 10 Cr On Aakar Patel

NEW DELHI: The Adjudicating Authority of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it has imposed a penalty of Rs 51.72 crore on Amnesty India International Pvt Ltd, a human rights watchdog, and Rs 10 crore on its former CEO Aakar Patel for contravention of the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, (FEMA). In […]

Disqualified Earlier, Indonesian Firm Emerges As Lowest Bidder To Supply Coal

NEW DELHI: Indonesia-headquartered PT Bara Daya Energi, which was earlier disqualified by Coal India Limited (CIL) to participate in its first tender for importing coal, has now been allowed by the public sector major to bid for another tender. Meanwhile, last year in October, the Gujarat government’s power generation arm had terminated its contract with […]

GMR Takes Charge Of Indonesian Airport For 25 Years

NEW DELHI/JAKARTA: Angkasa Pura Aviasi (APA), the Joint Venture Company of GMR Airports Limited (Subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited) and Indonesia’s state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP2) on Friday announced to assume the operational charge of Indonesia’s Kualanamu International Airport in Medan. Kualanamu International Airport was built in 2013 to replace the Polonia Airport […]

India Mourns Demise Of Ex-Japan PM Abe; PM Modi Declares National Mourning

TOKYO/NEW DELHI: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe succumbed to his injuries on Friday after he was shot early in the morning. The ex-Prime Minister was in Japan’s Nara city for a campaign speech. He was shot in the neck and the chest. The suspect had been a member of the maritime self-defence force for […]