In a novel initiative to foster goodwill and deeper engagement with local communities, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) recently organized its first-ever ‘Sneh Milan Mela’ in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh under its Bhatgaon Area.
The event, which brought together SECL employees, their families, and nearby villagers,
is part of SECL’s broader approach to build trust and cooperation essential for smooth land acquisition to facilitate the expansion of mining operations.
SECL also distributed employment letters to 86 local youths affected by land acquisition for the Mahamaya Open Cast Project in Bhatgaon Area.
Every year on May 8, we celebrate World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Millions of volunteers and employees who work for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are honoured for their humanitarian efforts. Henry Dunant, the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was born on this day.
"Keeping Humanity Alive" is the official theme for World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day in 2025. The theme dedication of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent staff who provide relief where it is most needed, is reflected in this theme. The theme emphasises how critical it is to uphold humanitarian ideals during a period of escalating inequality, health problems, and conflicts
During the exposition in Vietnam of the Holy Relics of the Buddha from India to coincide with the United Nations (UN) Day of Vesak 2025.
The Indian government has rolled out chip-based e-passports nationwide. This significant initiative represents a leap toward modernizing the travel documentation system and aligns India with several technologically advanced countries that have already adopted similar innovations.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is celebrating its 65th Raising Day on May 07, 2024. To mark the day, an event was organised in New Delhi, which was presided over by Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane.
In a first-of-its-kind breakthrough for the Northeast, the Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies (CESHS) has successfully drilled the region's first geothermal production well in Dirang, located in Arunachal Pradesh's West Kameng district.
Once fully operational, the geothermal system will power a range of eco-friendly solutions including fruit, nut, and meat drying, space heating, and controlled-atmosphere storage systems—critical technologies for enhancing agriculture and quality of life in the high-altitude Himalayan terrain.
A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.
Altogether, nine (9) sites have been targeted.
No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.
These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered.
The Reserve Bank relaxed norms for investments by foreign portfolio investors in corporate debt securities through the general route by withdrawing certain requirements.
At present, investments by FPIs in corporate debt securities through the general route are subject to the short-term investment and concentration limit.
"On a review, and with a view to providing greater ease of investment to FPIs, it has been decided to withdraw the requirement for investments by FPIs in corporate debt securities to comply with the short-term investment limit and the concentration limit," the RBI said in a circular.
General route 1 for investment in government and corporate debt securities by FPIs, subject to specified investment limits and macroprudential limits.
Exim Bank withdrew its planned 10-year bond issuance as investors were demanding higher-than-expected yields for the issuance, according to multiple sources. The bank had planned to raise Rs. 2,500 crore through 10 year bonds.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on laid down a framework of board principles for the formulation of new regulations, which suggests that the regulator carry out an impact analysis of a proposed regulation before finalising it.