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Marine Fisheries Research Institute gets Silver Pomano

Marine Fisheries Research Institute gets Silver Pomano

From: L C Ponnumon                                                                                          …
CCI imposes penalty of Rs 6.25 crore on 11 shoe firms

CCI imposes penalty of Rs 6.25 crore…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (KNN) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 6.25 crore on 11 shoe companies on charges of rigging  in…
Southern states to face 19% power shortage this year

Southern states to face 19% power shortage…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (KNN) Southern states which are reeling under power cuts are expected to have overall energy shortage to the extent of 99.1 per cent during…
RBI asks rural banks to open new centres

RBI asks rural banks to open new…

Mumbai, Aug 8 (KNN) In order to speed up branch expansion in unbanked rural centres the Reserve bank of India (RBI) has asked all regional rural banks to prioritise…
CII asks Karnataka govt to help incubating centres

CII asks Karnataka govt to help incubating…

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (KNN)  CII President, S Gopalakrishnan has urged the Karnataka Government to set up incubators in partnership with 10 engineering colleges.
40% of farm products perish due to poor harvesting

40% of farm products perish due to…

Noida, Aug 8 (KNN) Forty per cent of farm products perish due to lack of proper post-harvesting process in India, according to experts. 
 
AICTE to revise scheme for setting up polytechnics

AICTE to revise scheme for setting up…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (KNN)  Having received poor response from private partners to the setting up of polytechnics, the All India Council for Technical Education…
MSTC to conduct market survey on human hair from Tirupati temple

MSTC to conduct market survey on human…

Visakhapatnam, Aug 8 (KNN)  MSTC India, a Government of India enterprise is keen to appoint a consultant to conduct a market survey of human hair –…
Govt to organise a course on six sigma for MSMEs

Govt to organise a course on six…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (KNN) The technology development centre (TDC) of the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is going to organise a four day…
BIMTECH Management institute bags gold at Management Conclave

BIMTECH Management institute bags gold at Management…

Greater Noida, Aug 8 (KNN) Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), has received a gold award for presentation of its programme on sustainable development…
Govt seeks to promote women entrepreneurs with all-women bank

Govt seeks to promote women entrepreneurs with…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (KNN)  The Finance Ministry’s plan to set up an all women bank is likely to materialise this October and will be headed by Executive…
Cottage industry grapples with problems in credit access, delay in loans

Cottage industry grapples with problems in credit…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (KNN) The Minister of Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) K H Muniyappa has said that cottage industries are facing problems related…
China slaps stiff fines on foreign milk powder firms

China slaps stiff fines on foreign milk…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (KNN)  China has imposed fines amounting to as much as USD 108…

Weavers service centre to get makeover

Weavers service centre to get makeover

Mumbai, Aug 7 (KNN) The Weavers’ Service Centre for handloom plans a facelift in terms of technology and is keen to acquire various machineries and equipment…
Govt revises export target for textiles sector

Govt revises export target for textiles sector

New Delhi, Aug 7 (KNN)  The Government has raised the annual exports target from USD 36 billion to USD 43 billion in the backdrop of continued rupee depreciation…
Over 10.23 mn taxpayers file IT returns online till Aug 5; collections up by 13.27% this financial year

Over 10.23 mn taxpayers file IT returns…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (KNN)  More than 10.23 million taxpayers filed their income tax returns online this fiscal till August 5 which is a 68 per…
Govt to amend Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act

Govt to amend Child Labour Prohibition and…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (KNN) The Government is keen to amend the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act which covers prohibition of working of adolescents in…
Contract workers to receive minimum wages; same as direct employees if work similar

Contract workers to receive minimum wages; same…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (KNN)  According to the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules of 1971, wages of contract labour shall not be less…
Small units get a boost with CSIR's new technology

Small units get a boost with CSIR's…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (KNN) The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has made a major economic difference to small and medium enterprises (SMEs)…
Raghuram Rajan is new RBI Governor

Raghuram Rajan is new RBI Governor

New Delhi, Aug 6 (KNN) Raghuram Rajan has been appointed as next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for a period of three years. 

The…

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