Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal has inaugurated the India Pavilion at 25th Edition of the GulFood 2020, Dubai being held from 16th to 20th February 2020.  FPI Minister took a tour of the fair and interacted with the Indian exhibitors and urged them to ...

India marks the beginning of super year of Biodiversity with the hosting of the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), an environmental treaty under the aegis of United Nations Environment Programme, from 17th to 22nd ...

Indian Railways will operate a new train based on Ramayana theme which will take pilgrims to locations associated with Lord Rama. The new Ramayana circuit train will start operating from the last week of March. The train will give a feel to passengers of a temple on wheels with themes and pictures ...

Jammu and Kashmir, the Union territory administration has come up with a plan to send 54 of its top officers to conduct roadshows across the country from February 17 in a bid to attract investment and industries. The roadshows will be held in Bengaluru and Kolkata on February 17, in Mumbai on ...

India and Portugal has signed 14 agreements to boost cooperation in a range of areas including defence, investment, transport, ports, culture and industrial and intellectual property rights and yoga. The agreements were signed after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed three concession agreements with Adani Enterprises for operations, management and development of Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru airports. The concessionaires are required to take-over the three airports after fulfilling certain conditions ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, and inaugurate 34 development projects worth about Rs 1,000 crore, while also flagging off the Mahakaal Express to link Varanasi, Ujjain and Omkareshwar, and dedicating to the nation the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay ...

The Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra of India has renamed as Sushma Swaraj Bhawan on February 13, 2020. Another key institution, Foreign Service Institute was also renamed as Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service. The decision to rename the two important institutions was announced by the External ...

The Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The Bill will regulate the business of pesticides and compensate farmers in case of losses from the use of agrochemicals. Agrochemicals imply chemicals used in agriculture, such as a pesticide or fertilizer. Daily ...

With an aim to empower women and promote organic produce, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is organizing a National Organic Festival with a special focus on women entrepreneurs. FPI Minister shared that more than 150 women Entrepreneurs and Self Help groups (SHG’s) from all over the ...

The Hon’ble President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, Shri Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President’s Colour to INS Shivaji, Lonavala, commanded by Commodore Ravnish Seth, on 13 Feb 2020. The President’s Colour is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon any military ...

Indian-origin Alok Sharma has named the new UK minister in charge of the crunch UN climate talks to be hosted by Britain this November. Agra-born Sharma, promoted to the post of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle, ...