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IRClass leads in competency building for marine sector

Global recognition for CSR initiatives N. Baijendra Kumar, Chairman-cum-Managing Director and Sandeep Tula, Director (Personnel), NMDC Limited received the award. India’s iron ore mining company, NMDC Limited, has bagged the prestigious S&P Global PLATTS Global Metals Award 2018 in corporate...

Symposium hosts 20 French VC-PE funds French and Indian dignitaries at the symposium. Four French investor groups - Eren Group, Claranova, Olymp Capital and TNP - are setting up offices in India with commitments to invest in various sectors such...

Cabinet sanctions Rs.1,029.49 Cr for Phase I   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Freight Village, an Integrated Multi Modal Logistics Hub (IMLH), at Nangal Chaudhary in Haryana. Located on 886.78 acres of land, it is to...

Surbana Jurong to do Pune masterplan Singapore and Maharashtra has agreed to jointly work on the masterplan and undertake urban infrastructure developments in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) and collaborate in the development of the Pune Airport. A series of...

NER's rich in water resources Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) has recommended a think-tank on the North Eastern Region (NER) at the Central Government level. “There were several important recommendations discussed in...

Alumina production target at 2.1 million tons National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has set a challenging capital expenditure (CAPEX) target of Rs.1,100 crore for the year 2018-19 with projects like the one million tonne 5th stream of refinery. Its other...

Prabhu calls for Skilling Aviation people   Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has reviewed the progress being made on developing National Air Cargo Policy and call for sufficient land allocation for upcoming airports. Recognizing the need for increasing air cargo...

Pradhan discusses oil&gas in the Emirates Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has invited companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be preferred partners in the entire hydrocarbon value chain of India. The invitation was extended after Pradhan...

FICCI promotes MSMEs and Startups FICCI President Rashesh Shah said the Industry Chambers' role must change now from just a one-way channel for facilitating the industry's needs through government to also ensuring that the government and people's expectations and needs...