Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Indian Air Force (IAF) to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive against that country, sources said on Tuesday. The IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft as part of Operation Ganga from Tuesday, they said. Till now, only private Indian carriers were […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has said its employees who have not taken even one dose of vaccine against COVID-19 will not be paid salaries. The decision was taken on Monday during a meeting of senior TMC officials, including civic commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma and Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske. […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered compliments on ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, following their brief meeting in New Delhi on October 5. Modi said he was delighted to meet “the one and only” Jhunjhunwala, calling him “lively and insightful”. Modi, in his tweet, noted that Jhunjhunwala is “very bullish on India”. The […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands First time in South Asia, a ‘Make in India’ drone transported COVID-19 vaccines over an aerial distance of 15 km in 12-15 minutes in Manipur on October 4. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday launched the Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR) Drone Response and Outreach in North East […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India has emerged as Dubai’s second biggest trading partner after China with the overall volume touching 38.5 billion dirham in the first half of 2021, according to official data released. According to a Dubai government statement, the emirate had a trade volume of 86.7 billion dirham with China in H1 (first […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India will get this month the third set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals under an automatic exchange of information pact with Switzerland and this will include for the first time the data about real estate properties owned by Indians there, officials said on Sunday. Marking a key milestone […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India’s industrial production grew 13.6 per cent in June from the year-ago period due to the low-base effect, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed. The impact of a low-base declined in June as compared to the last two months. In April and May, growth was 134.6 […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands After the men’s victory over Great Britain in hockey quarter-finals, the women’s team take the field today. But they are up against the might Australians and will need to punch well above their weight to make it to the semi-finals. India’s Dutee Chand takes the field in the Women’s 200m. Here is […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 had struck the city on July 21 as well An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale hit Bikaner, Rajasthan on July 22, the second in two days in the city. The earthquake occurred at 7.42 am, news agency ANI quoted the National Center for […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Recording growth for the seventh month in a row, India’s exports rose by 48.34 per cent to $32.5 billion in June on account of healthy growth in shipments of petroleum products, gems and jewellery, and chemicals, even as trade deficit stood at $9.37 billion, according to the official data. Exports in June last year stood at […]