The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed 10 contracts totalling Rs 5,498 crore with state-owned aerospace and defence electronics company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for Indian armed forces.
For Indian Air Force, a contract was signed to supply 90 units of Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite Equipment for Medium Lift Helicopter.
Lok Sabha has passed the Competition Amendment Bill, bringing in a major update to the over two-decade old law, that fosters competition in the market, closer to reality.
The Bill passed in Lok Sabha defines 'turnover' for the purpose of penalty as global turnover derived from all the products and services by a person or an enterprise.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $100 million loan to help the Indian state of Odisha strengthen its early forecasting systems for improved response to disasters and enhance its social protection coverage for poor and vulnerable households through digital platforms.
The Government has launched a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, New India Literacy Programme with financial outlay of over one thousand crore rupees for implementation during the financial year 2022-23 to 2026-27.
The scheme aims to cover a target of five crore non-literates in the age group of 15 years and above.
Power trading solution provider PTC India has appointed Rajib Kumar as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.
Mishra is a power market veteran with diverse experience in the sector. He joined PTC Board on February 24, 2015 as Director (Marketing and Business Development).
Global management consulting firm Bain & Company has announced the appointment of Parijat Ghosh as the new Managing Partner in India effective from April 1.
Parijat will succeed Karan Singh, who after leading Bain India for about eight years, has been appointed as Chairman of Bain India, effective from April 1.
India’s top men’s doubles badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win their first title of the 2023 season in Basel.
They beat China’s Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang 21-19, 24-22 in the Swiss Open 2023, a Super 300 event.
Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan has observed that India's G20 presidency based on the theme of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam has found resonance across the world with its all-encompassing message of universal brotherhood.
Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore for procurement of 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems for Indian Navy at a total cost of over Rs 1,700 crore under Buy {Indian – IDMM (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured)} category.
The Lynx-U2 System is a Naval Gun Fire Control System designed and developed indigenously.
The government released the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, which aimed to increase the country's exports to USD 2 trillion by 2030.The policy proposes to shift from an incentives-based regime to a remission and entitlement-based one to achieve this goal.
Vedanta's Hindustan Zinc Limited signed an MoU with the Rajasthan Cricket Association for the development of the world's third-largest cricket stadium in the village of Chonp in Jaipur.
Vedanta's HZL will spend INR 300 crore on the stadium, one of the largest corporate investments in Indias sports infrastructure.
The stadium would be named as Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium, Jaipur.
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