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Safety audit of large dams to avert disasters under way

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- India is carrying out a risk assessment of all dams as per a comprehensive database prepared for the first time since the enactment of the National Dam Safety Act -- an exercise ... Read More


Indian rice firms confident about steady shipments

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Rice firms on Tuesday said they were confident about steady shipments abroad since India, the world's largest exporter, catered to a well-diversified market, making the business ... Read More


Indian rice companies confident about steady shipments despite Trump threat

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Rice firms on Tuesday said they were confident about steady shipments abroad since India, the world's largest exporter, catered to a well-diversified market, making the business ... Read More


PM hails progress in natural agri methods

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- India, the world's second-largest grower of cereals and horticulture produce, has made "commendable progress" in natural farming, with hundreds of thousands of farmers adopting su... Read More


Morocco to ramp up fertiliser supplies to India by year-end

Casablanca, Nov. 30 -- Morocco is set to supply nearly 3 million tonnes of phosphate-based fertilisers to India by 2025-end through OCP Nutricrops, its flagship fertiliser firm, an OCP spokesperson sa... Read More


New labour codes: National minimum wage, gratuity payments after one year, among key changes

India, Nov. 22 -- All fixed-term employees will become eligible for gratuity payments after one year of continuous service, instead of five years earlier, and a national minimum wage will cover all wo... Read More


Four new labour codes to reform jobs market

India, Nov. 22 -- The Union government on Friday announced the implementation of four labour codes passed by Parliament in 2019-20 meant to replace a welter of complex, British-era legislation, kickin... Read More


British Museum ready to loan Assam's sacred religious artefact, says Himanta

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The British Museum has agreed to loan one of Assam's most sacred Vaishnavite religious artefacts, a 16th-century silk fabric piece called Brindabani Bastra to the state for the f... Read More


British Museum ready to loan Assam's sacred religious artefact: CM

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The British Museum has agreed to loan one of Assam's most sacred Vaishnavite religious artefacts, a 16th-century silk fabric piece called Brindabani Bastra to the state for the f... Read More


British Museum ready to loan Assam's sacred religious artefact, says Himanta

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The British Museum has agreed to loan one of Assam's most sacred Vaishnavite religious artefacts, a 16th-century silk fabric piece called Brindabani Bastra to the state for the f... Read More