New Delhi, March 3 (UNI) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has saturated over 103,000 schools across India and helped millions of school students complete their mandatory biometric update (MBU) in Aadhaar at ease and comfort of their school campuses, as per the information shared by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY). So…
Hyderabad, March 3 (UNI) Private airlines IndiGo announced the launch of daily non-stop flights between Kolkata and Shanghai, effective from March 29. The service will be operated using Airbus A320 aircraft, the airline said in a release on Monday. The development follows the recent reinstatement of the carrier’s operations to Guangzhou and is aimed at…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) Vedanta Chairman Anil Aggarwal on Tuesday sounded an urgent need for India to become “Self-reliant” in oil and gas-related sectors. Sharing a graphical representation on India’s resource vulnerability in a volatile world, in X, Aggarwal said, “India cannot wait. The world is more unsettled and uncertain than it has been…
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Escorts Kubota Limited (EKL), an agri-machinery and construction equipment major, on Tuesday announced an investment of Rs 2,300 crore in the first phase of its proposed greenfield manufacturing facility at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The company’s Board has approved the acquisition of 150 acres of land in the Yamuna Expressway…
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Orbia Advance Corporation’s Precision Agriculture business, Netafim, on Tuesday announced two major water stewardship initiatives with Amazon India that are expected to save approximately 325 million litres of water annually across agricultural belts in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. According to the company, the projects will help save around 175 million litres of…
New Delhi, March 3 (UNI) The BJP on Tuesday nominated party president Nitin Nabin as a Rajya Sabha candidate from Bihar. The party’s list of nine candidates includes Nitin Nabin (Bihar); Shivesh Kumar (Bihar); Terash Gowalla (Assam); Jogen Mohan (Assam); Laxmi Verma (Chhattisgarh); Sanjay Bhatia (Haryana); Manmohan Samal (Odisha); Sujeet Kumar (Odisha) and Rahul Sinha…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) The Congress on Tuesday announced its first list of 42 candidates for the upcoming elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly, setting the stage for a keen electoral contest in the northeastern state. The list was finalised by the party’s Central Election Committee and released by AICC General Secretary KC…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held separate telephonic conversations with the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait and Oman, reiterating India’s strong condemnation of any violation of their sovereignty and territorial integrity and underscoring the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy to restore peace in West Asia. In posts on X,…
New Delhi. NBCC (India) Limited will construct the permanent campus of a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Khajuri Khas, North-East Delhi. The foundation stone ceremony was held on 2 March 2026 in the presence of Rekha Gupta, Ashish Sood, Manoj Tiwari and Kapil Mishra, along with senior officials from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and NBCC. The Chief Minister…
New Delhi, March 3 (UNI) In a major boost to India’s maritime combat capabilities, the Ministry of Defence today signed contracts worth Rs 5,083 crore for the acquisition of six Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk-II (Maritime Role) for the Indian Coast Guard and Surface-to-Air Vertical Launch (VL-SRSAM) Shtil missile systems for the Indian Navy. The…
