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September 1, 2016 4:46 PM

Railway launches insurance scheme for passengers travelling on e- ticket

Railway today launched an insurance scheme for passengers travelling on e- ticket. The insurance cover will be upto 10 lakh rupees. Launching the scheme in New Delhi, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said, to avail the facility, train passengers have to pay 92 paisa premium. He said, a person booking ...

September 1, 2016 2:24 PM

Bring poor, weaker sections to party fold, PM tells BJP's RS MPs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked BJP's Rajya Sabha members to focus on bringing in the poor and deprived sections of society into the party's fold. <br/><br/>Addressing a meeting of BJP Rajya Sabha MPs in New Delhi yesterday, Mr. Modi urged them to play an effective role ...

September 1, 2016 2:23 PM

Centre constitutes expert committee to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar

The Centre will send a team to Bihar to study silt in river Ganga. The Centre has constituted an expert committee of four members to study the silt in the river. In a letter addressed to Bihar government, it said that the team has been instructed to submit its report within 10 days. <br/><b...

September 1, 2016 2:20 PM

13 Indians test positive for Zika in Singapore

External affairs ministry has confirmed that 13 Indians have tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease that at first affected three dozen workers on a construction site.<br/><br/>Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup in response to a Re...

September 1, 2016 1:49 PM

Anant Kumar inaugurates INDIA-CHEM 2016 International Conference in Mumbai

Union Ministers for Chemicals & Petrochemicals Anant Kumar has inaugurated INDIA-CHEM 2016 International Conference in Mumbai. The 3-day 9th Biennial International Exhibition & Conference begun in Mumbai today, includes 23 countries, 282 exhibitors along with partner states like Andhra Prade...

September 1, 2016 1:47 PM

Oil companies slash price of cooking gas over 20 rupees per cylinder

Public sector Oil companies have slashed the price of non subsidised cooking gas by over 20 rupees per cylinder. In Delhi, now it will cost 466 rupees and 50 paise per cylinder, in Kolkata 491 rupees, 468 rupees in Mumbai and 477 rupees 50 paise per cylinder in Chennai. The new rates came into force...

September 1, 2016 1:19 PM

Centre notifies National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

Centre today notified National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme. The Scheme has an outlay of 10,000 crore rupees with a target of 50 Lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20. Ministry of Skill development in a release said, it is for the first time a scheme has been notified to offer financial incen...

September 1, 2016 1:17 PM

ISRO to launch Insat 3 D R satellite on September 8

ISRO Will launch Insat 3 D R satellite on 8th of September. Speaking to Media after inaugurating 5th international conference on space business in bangaluru today, ISRO chairman Dr A S Kiran Kumar said that on 26th September SCAN SAT satellite will also be launched. He said the SCAN SAT will be laun...

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