India has taken the lead in seeking to revive WTO discussions on issues related to preventing theft of traditional knowledge. Government of India, along with the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and the South Centre (an inter-governmental organisation based in Geneva), are organising an International Conference on TRIPS- CBD Linkage in Geneva on 7-8 June ...
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Inauguration of facilities under NATRIP at ICAT Manesar
Union Cabinet Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise (HI & PE), Anant Geete inaugurated the augmented facilities at the National Automotive Testing and RND Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) at the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) at Manesar in Haryana today. ICAT has been rendering services of automotive testing & certification to the industry since 2006. NATRIP is the largest ...
Read More »NTPC Ltd.- profit after tax up by 10.21%
The Country’s largest power generator – NTPC Ltd. who along with its group companies, has installed capacity of 53651 MW, declared the audited annual financial results for the year 2017-18 along with the unaudited financial results for fourth quarter of the year 2017-18. For FY 2017-18, NTPC Ltd. generated 265.80 Billion Units against 250.31 Billion Units generated in the previous year, registering ...
Read More »Civil Aviation Ministry to prepare a holistic ‘Vision – 2035’ document
Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Civil Aviation today reviewed the growth of airport infrastructure in India and called for preparation of a holistic “Vision – 2035” document. The vision document is expected to address issues such as congestion at airports, runways and airspace; development of unserved and under-served airports; ways and means to boost the air connectivity to small ...
Read More »NIC launches new data centre in Bhubaneswar; to hire 800 people all India in 1 year
Bhubaneswar becomes the fourth National data centre of National Informatics Centre (NIC) after Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune.The new cloud-enabled National Data Centre aims to offer round-the-clock operations with secure hosting for various e-governance applications of Central and State Governments and has ability to support 35,000 virtual servers.Unveiling the data centre Union Minister of Electronics & IT, Sh. Ravi Shankar ...
Read More »Global Benchmarking helps NALCO double its Net Profit Registers Rs.1342 crore in 2017-18 against Rs.669 crore last year
On achieving the global benchmark of low cost producer in Bauxite Mining and Alumina making, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna PSU under Ministry of Mines, Government of India, has proved its mettle by registering high in terms of both physical and financial performances. According to the audited financial results for 2017-18, taken on record by the Board of ...
Read More »IMFA Chairman Bansidhar Panda Passes Away
Renowned industrialist and founder of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) Bansidhar Panda passed away at his residence here today, family sources said. He was 87 and predeceased by his wife Ila Panda. Born in 1931, research scientist Dr. Panda had envisioned the industrial growth of the State by using its huge mineral resources after his return from the United States of America. ...
Read More »NALCO inks MoU with Government of India for FY 2018-19 Sets 100% capacity utilization in Alumina, Rs.1100 cr CAPEX & Higher Targets in production& productivity
Aluminium major &Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed MoU with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, setting highest ever target of Rs 9350 crore revenue from operations for FY 2018-19 which is 15% higher than last year. The MoU was signed between Shri Anil GopishankarMukim, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, GoI and Dr.Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, ...
Read More »Goverment Committed to get Access to Indian Pharma in Key Markets: Suresh Prabhu
Ministry of Commerce and Industry is fully committed to promoting the Indian pharmaceuticals industry globally, said Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Suresh Prabhu, after inaugurating ‘iPHEX’ in New Delhi today. The 6th annual International Exhibition of Pharma and Healthcare (iPHEX) is being attended by over 650 delegates from 130 countries, including scores of regulators. The Minister said that Government is ...
Read More »CIM addresses First Inter-Ministerial meeting on Sectoral Export Promotion Strategy
Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, today addressed secretaries and senior officers in the first inter-ministerial meeting on Sectoral Export Promotion Strategy. The meeting was attended by Secretaries to Government of India from Department of Commerce, DIPP, Electronics and IT, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and MSME, besides senior officers from about 14 other administrative Ministries/Departments ...
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