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MoD issues Rs.1 lakh cr worth tender for acquiring 60 multirole transport aircraft for IAF

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday issued a tender worth nearly Rs.1 lakh crore for acquiring 60 multirole transport aircraft (MTA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to replace it... Read More


India's exports increased by about 15 per cent in April-July: Goyal

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Despite global economic uncertainties, India's exports surged by about 15 per cent during the April-July period of the current fiscal year, according to Commerce and Industry Min... Read More


Parliamentary panel indicts ex-Judge Yashwant Varma in cash probe

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- A three-member panel set up by the Lok Sabha Speaker has indicted former Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma for failing to satisfactorily explain the presence, source, and... Read More


Lok Sabha refers FCRA Bill to joint parliamentary committee; Congress still adamant to scrap it

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a motion brought in by Union Home Ministry to send Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a joint committee of both Houses of Par... Read More


Entire top brass of CBIC-Chennai reshuffled overnight

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The government has affected a major overnight reshuffle of senior officers in the Chennai CGST office of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), transferring six seni... Read More


NCDC Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha amid din

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without a debate amid continued protest by the Opposition parties seeking... Read More


FCRA amendment bill: Govt considers JPC route amid strong opposition stir

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- With two days left for parliament's monsoon session to get over, the government is unlikely to be in a position to initiate a discussion on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) ... Read More


Plastic notes to be introduced along with paper currency, no time frame on launch yet: Govt

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday informed Parliament that the government has approved introduction of one billion polymer banknotes of Rs.10 and Rs.20 for field tri... Read More


NASA invites ISRO to join `Moon Base' programme

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to join its `Moon Base' programme, marking an expansion of Indi... Read More


Centre reshuffles top bureaucracy; Deepti Gaur Mukerjee gets Higher Education charge

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Corporate Affairs Secretary Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the new Higher Educa... Read More