Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday appealed to people of Visakhapatnam not to panic and cooperate with authorities working to bring under control the situation following a gas leak from a chemical plant there. A major leak from a polymer plant near Visakhapatnam impacted villages in a five-km radius, […]
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The Department for Promotion of Industry and and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has asked the telecom department and state-owned BSNL to put on hold the tender for setting up 4G network, valued at Rs 9,000 crore, after allegations emerged that the tender favoured foreign companies. The tender was floated by BSNL […]
NEW DELHI: The government’s empowered committee to look into public grievances during COVID-19 is now looking into evacuation calls by NRIs and students stranded in foreign countries, complaints related to jobs and salaries, and other concerns, and has asked states and central ministries to dispose of them with “quality redressal” […]
The Centre has asked all states to take precautions against a COVID-19 outbreak in jails and correctional homes and ensure proper hygiene at such facilities. In a communication to all states and Union Territories, the Home Ministry said the novel coronavirus is a global health crisis and has affected a […]
The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) has asked the government to waive the detention demurrage charges by shipping lines and container freight stations apart from being provided with additional working capital. It also wants waiver on the interest on late payment of customs duty. “The 6000 odd MSME units […]
NEW DELHI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday asked state governments to release Rs 25,000 crore earmarked for land acquisition to inject liquidity into the markets and speed up highway projects in the country. “An amount of Rs 25,000 crore is pending with land acquisition officers […]
Kolkata: Coal India has asked subsidiaries to expediate security deposit refunds under expired fuel supply agreements (FSA) to ease consumers’ hardship during the current lockdown period. The coal ministry has asked them to submit a timeline within they intend to return these. In a letter to producing subsidiaries, Coal India […]
BENGALURU: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has urged Haryana to honour signed renewable energy contracts and provide them the connectivity they need to start transmitting power. In recent months, Haryana has been reluctant to give connectivity to 1000 MW of ‘open access’ solar projects whose construction it had […]
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asked the top commanders of the army, air force and navy to assist in the revival of the economy after the lockdown is lifted by making purchases from micro, small and medium enterprises, even as he underlined the need to avoid wastage […]
State-owned ONGC has asked the government to waive payment of oil cess and royalty as plummeting international oil prices have meant that the rate it now gets does not even cover the operating cost, sources said. While the slump in international oil prices to more than two-decade low is good […]