COVID-19: Centre asks states to prohibit oxygen supply for industrial use

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to the chief secretaries of all states asking them to take measures to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes, except the specified......

Was Harvinder Singh invited to event where he slapped Pawar?

Was Harvinder Singh, the Delhi youth who slapped Union Agriculture Sharad Pawar in the face on Friday, invited to the literary function organised by Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited......

FULL TEXT of PM's address to the nation

My fellow citizens, In a few hours, we will be ushering in the new year of 2017. 125 crore Indians will join the rest of the world, in welcoming it with new hope, new energy and new dreams. Since......

Fertiliser cos in JV talks with global firms

Several Indian fertiliser companies are in talks with foreign firms to set up production units jointly, the government said. "... various Indian fertiliser entities are in dialogue with the......

Cabinet bites the bullet, raises urea prices 10 %

Barely a week before the Union Budget for 2010-11, the United Progressive Alliance government on Thursday raised urea prices 10 percent. It also allowed the industry to fix retail prices of other......

Moody's warns of India's vulnerability to volatile food, energy prices

Moody’s Investors Service has warned that India, along with the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are highly vulnerable to volatile food and energy prices in the Asia-Pacific region as the......

Mobile banking, boon for rural India

Thousands of people from rural areas across 12 states are likely to get their social security pension and wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the help......