TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 29, 2022 India’s coal sector is making sustained efforts to fulfil the fast escalating energy demands by further augmenting coal production. At the same time, the coal sector is also taking various initiatives towards adopting the path of sustainable development with emphasis on care for environment and host of measures to protect forests and biodiversity. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 29, 2022     A total of 31 companies have submitted 38 online and offline bids for commercial coal mining auction and now the technical evaluation will be carried out by a committee of senior officers, Union Coal Ministry announced on Tuesday. According to the ministry, the bids were received under three tranches of commercial coal ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, JUNE 28, 2022 India’s third-largest online smartphone brand POCO registered record-breaking sales with POCO F4 5G. The latest entrant in the F-series lineup, POCO F4 5G, has become the highest selling flagship model in first sale on Flipkart in less than 24 hours. With sale going live on 27th June at 12 noon on the platform, POCO ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 28, 2022 A total of 15 applicants have been selected under the second round of the PLI scheme in White Goods. After evaluation of the 19 applications received in the second round, 15 applicants with committed investment of Rs 1,368 crore have been chosen. These include 6 for manufacturing ACs components with committed investments of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 27, 2022 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the financing of $250 million to support the Government of India’s Program for Strengthening Road Safety. The World Bank project will help participating states reduce road crash fatalities and injuries through improved road safety management and institutional reform, and results-based interventions on high-risk roads.  ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 23, 2022 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $245 million loan to support India’s efforts to modernize rail freight and logistics infrastructure. The Rail Logistics project will help India shift more traffic from road to rail, making transport—both freight and passenger—more efficient and, reduce millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 21, 2022  The 8th International Day of Yoga has been celebrated in grandeur at 75 Iconic Places across the country including three from Odisha on Tuesday. Three central ministers led the grand celebrations in the state with mass demonstration of yoga following the common yoga protocol. Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics & IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw ...

TBB BUREAU SECUNDERABAD, JUNE 21, 2022     The ancient science of Yoga is India’s invaluable gift to the world, said Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu while urging people to make Yoga part of their daily lives and reap its benefits. He also emphasized the need for undertaking further research on Yoga as a wellness solution. Joining the International Yoga Day ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 16, 2022             The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state counterparts, will meet on June 28 and 29 in Srinagar.           “The 47th meeting of the GST Council will be held on June 28-29, 2022 (Tuesday & Wednesday) in Srinagar,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s office tweeted.           The council ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 8, 2022 In a bid to to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce and to encourage crop diversification, the Union government on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by Rs 100 to Rs 2,040 per quintal for 2022-23 crop year from Rs 1,940 per quintal in the previous year. ...