By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Kolkata : Against the backdrop of only half of the about Rs 8 lakh crore (over $125 billion) investments proposed in the past three editions of Bengal Global Business Summit reaching the "process" stage, the just concluded fourth edition has...
New Delhi : The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a new skill development scheme, covering the textile sector's entire value chain excluding spinning and weaving in the organised sector, from 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an outlay of Rs...
New Delhi : Microsoft has supported over 4,000 Indian start-ups, skill training for 30,000 youth and helped train 26,000 teachers while working with several state governments and not-for-profit organisations between April 2016 and March 2017 in India, a new report...
Kharagpur (West Bengal) : The Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur is coming out with a scheme allowing students to use their hotel rooms as entrepreneurship offices, a top official said here. The project would enable the students to set up the offices at a low...
New Delhi, (IANS) : US tech giant Google on Friday announced a new "Solve for India" initiative that aims to expand and energise the start-up ecosystem in tier 2 cities across the country. The programme will inspire new wave of entrepreneurs and startups in emerging...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations -- Parisangh -- urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open a separate bank with a capital of Rs 1 lakh crore to help Dalit and tribal entrepreneurs. Parisangh Chairperson Udit Raj said continuous...
By Nivedita, New Delhi, (IANS) : Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is on a mission to give homes to 500,000 people by the end of this year with his real estate project and says he was impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Housing for All by 2022' vision. "Well, I...
New Delhi, (IANS) : On National Handloom Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers urged citizens to use more handloom products in their daily lives. “On National Handloom Day, let us affirm that we will give an impetus to the handloom sector and...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Centre on Thursday said the scope of rural electrification under its Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana has been expanded, which will include separate electricity feeders for supply to farmers. " ... it will also include separate electricity...
Bhubaneswar, (IANS) : The Odisha government has decided to open 53 chicken-fresh outlets across the state to create self-employment and boost sales, said an official on Thursday. The government has launched a state plan scheme for opening of chicken-fresh outlets in...