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Tibetan PM To Highlight Cause In Japan
Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay will travel to Japan to deliver talks and highlight the Tibetan cause, his office said on Wednesday.....
Rs 1,31,000 Cr For Railways Capex, Development Spend In 2017-18
Total capital and development expenditure on the Indian Railways during the next fiscal has been pegged at Rs 1,31,000 crore, with a little less than half to be provided by the government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in his budget presentation on Wednesday.....
Government Hikes Allocation To Incentivise Electronics Manufacturing
Aiming to make India a global electronics manufacturing hub, the government in its Budget 2017-18 on Wednesday hiked the allocation for Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) and the Electronics Development Fund to Rs 745 crore -- "an all-time high". ....
3.5 Crore Youth To Acquire Skills Under SANKALP
Aimed at enhancing the skilled workforce, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday announced a Rs 4,000 crore SANKALP programme under which 3.5 crore youth will be given market relevant training.....
Sports Budget Hiked By RS. 351 Crore
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday allocated Rs. 1943.21 crore to the ministry of youth affairs and sports for 2017-18 fiscal, an increase of Rs 351 crore from the last financial year. ....
Satyarthi Praises Centre's Intent To Work For Underprivileged
Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Wednesday praised the union budget for the "government's intent" to "work for the left behind society". ....
Panasonic Urges Japan Employees Not To Work Past 8 P.m.
Electronics giant Panasonic has urged its employees to leave office by 8 p.m., during a time when Japan is reviewing its long working hours following the 2015 suicide by a young woman who had put in more than 100 hours of overtime per month.....
HRD Ministry Signs MoU With States On Technical Education
The Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday signed an MoU for the third phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III) with 18 states and a Union Territory for improving the overall standard and quality of technical institutes. ....
Samsung, Apple Top Global Semiconductor Buyers In 2016
Representing 18.2 per cent of the total worldwide market, Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2016, market research firm Gartner said on Friday.....
MP Accuses Himachal Government Of Stopping Funds To Panchayati Raj Bodies
The Himachal Pradesh government has stopped providing budgetary allocations to the Panchayati Raj institutions, a parliamentarian said on Friday and urged Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to interfere in the issue.....
