Tag: AI
New Agency For Higher Education Entrance, UGC Reform On Cards: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday announced setting up of an autonomous National Testing Agency for conducting entrance exams to higher education institutions and said the government will undertake reforms in the UGC.....
Tibetan PM To Highlight Cause In Japan
Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay will travel to Japan to deliver talks and highlight the Tibetan cause, his office said on Wednesday.....
Rs 10,000 Cr Will Be Pumped In BharatNet In 2017-18 : Arun Jaitley
Aiming to strengthen its Digital India push, the government on Wednesday said it will pump Rs 10,000 crore in 2017-18 in its BharatNet project to lay optical fibre cables (OFC).....
Budget Is Anti-poor, Anti-farmer : Sharad Yadav
Senior Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday criticised the Union Budget presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, saying it was "anti-poor and anti-farmer".....
Amitabh Roots For Narmada River's Cleanliness Campaign
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has hailed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's initiative "Namami Devi Narmade" Narmada Seva Yatra, which aims at making the Narmada river free of pollution. ....
PM Kaushal Kendras To Be Extended To All Over The Country
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday presenting Union Budget 2017-18 said the government will extend Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras to all over the country and launch Sankalp scheme for youths.....
Rs 1,31,000 Cr For Railways Capex, Development Spend In 2017-18
Total capital and development expenditure on the Indian Railways during the next fiscal has been pegged at Rs 1,31,000 crore, with a little less than half to be provided by the government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in his budget presentation on Wednesday.....
Government Hikes Allocation To Incentivise Electronics Manufacturing
Aiming to make India a global electronics manufacturing hub, the government in its Budget 2017-18 on Wednesday hiked the allocation for Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) and the Electronics Development Fund to Rs 745 crore -- "an all-time high". ....
JNU VC Hails Budget For Higher Education
JNU Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar, hailed the measures for higher education announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here on Wednesday in the 2017-18 Union Budget.....
American Flight Lands After Bomb Scare
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at an airport in Knoxville in Tennessee following a bomb scare, the media reported on Wednesday.....
