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UTI MF, Mazagaon Dock IPOs open Sept 29, Angel Broking sees muted demand

The Rs 600-crore IPO of Angel Broking garnered nearly four times subscription

Kicked chair after Centre decided to bring farm Bills in Parliament: Badal

The former Union food processing industries minister claimed that she had given an adverse noting when the draft legislation was shared with her ministry

Seek approval before re-appropriating funds for travel, other costs: FinMin

Similarly, the office memorandum said there is also a need to protect the capital expenditure

Govt forms five task forces to make Indian MSMEs future-ready: Secy

MSME Secretary A K Sharma expressed confidence that it would be on the path of implementing the futuristic initiatives by the start of next year

Govt extends term of Uday Kotak as non-exec IL&FS chairman by another year

The government through a gazatte notification extended term of Kotak, who is managing director and chief executive officer of Kotak Mahindra Bank, till October 2, 2021

Over 12.6 mn got free treatment under Ayushman Bharat scheme: Govt

The Centre's flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme was launched in 2018 and aims to provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families

Ram temple Trust applies for permission to accept foreign donations

Devotees from foreign countries have started sending donations for the Ram temple to the Trust, its office in-charge Prakash Gupta said

Nitish hails new farm laws, says it won't have adverse impact on mandis

Farmers used to face a lot of problems earlier as they were not able to sell their produce anywhere in the country due to the Act, Kumar said

Power ministry issues Standard Bidding Document for discoms' privatisation

The SBD will be the guiding document for the state governments which might want to offer their discoms to private companies

Centre trying to replicate Ganga Mission-like rejuvenation of other rivers

Addressing a webinar, Jal Shakti Ministry secretary U P Singh said lessons have been learnt while undertaking the Namami Gange Mission and these are being applied to other river basins in the country

LS clears three crucial codes for workers' welfare subsuming 29 labour laws

The codes envisage setting up of a social security fund for 400 million unorganised workers along with the GIG and platform workers

Amit Shah hails Centre's decision to increase MSP of six Rabi crops

"I express my heartfelt gratitude to Shri Narendra Modi and Shri Narendra Singh Tomar for this," he tweeted

Govt decriminalises Companies Act to promote greater ease of doing business

The bill, passed on Saturday in the Lok Sabha, comes at a time when companies are reeling under stress due the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic

Govt's decision to hike duty on TV cells to further increase prices

The planned 5 per cent increase in duty on open cells to further worsen TV makers plight

UN report on presence of ISIS in Kerala, Karnataka incorrect: Govt in LS

Reddy also said 34 cases related to the presence of Islamic State (IS) and 20 cases related to the presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba across the country were registered by the NIA

All you need to know about the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2020

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Govt likely to give partial clearance for stranded onion cargo at ports

DGFT is understood to have communicated to the Customs Department to give the go-ahead to cargo that have arrived at the port, but not to ones which are in transit

LS okays Rs 2.35 trn extra spending, bulk to be spent on public schemes

FM also said that probably for the first time the government has sought such a huge amount in the first batch of the supplementary demands for grants

Govt launches contest to develop smart water supply monitoring system

The government has launched an information and communications technology (ICT) contest to create innovative, modular and cost-effective solution to develop a smart water supply measurement and monitoring system to be deployed at the village level, according to an official statement on Friday. Jal Jeevan Mission, in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has launched the challenge and will be inviting proposals from Indian firms, including start-ups and micro, small and medium enterprises. "National Jal Jeevan Mission, in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY), has launched an ICT Grand Challenge to create innovative, modular, and cost-effective solutions to develop a 'Smart Water Supply Measurement and Monitoring System' to be deployed at the village level," the statement said. Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) aims at providing tap water connection to every rural household by 2024. This necessitates the use of modern

Centre to ask foreign firms to use more local materials for govt projects

Indian authorities have been aggressively promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship campaign of a self-reliant economy by urging domestic manufacturers to cut down on imports