The News Insight - News & Views. Insight. Opinion.

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that promotion and development of sports disciplines including hockey & football is the primary responsibility of State…

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that till date 25 individual sportspersons and Hockey teams (Men & Women), 16 members each, have qualified for Rio Olympics…

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Maldives which was signed in October, 2015 in the field of sports and youth affairs. The…

Government of India has granted site clearance to DMIDC (project proponent) for setting up of a Greenfield Airport for public use near Bhiwadi in Alwar district of Rajasthan. The government has granted 'in-principle' approval to 13…

To give impetus to the medical devices sector and for easing the norms the Government vide Press Note 2 (2015 series) dated 21.01.2015 allowed 100% FDI under the automatic route for brownfield projects of medical devices industry. The…

FDI policy as contained in Consolidated FDI Policy Circular 2014 on Insurance was revised vide Press Notes dated 02.03.2015. FDI received in Insurance sector after the amendment of the policy and corresponding figures of the preceding…

The rate of industrial growth, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased by 4.0 per cent during April-September, 2015-16 as compared to the growth of 2.9 per cent during the same period of previous year i.e.…

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 40.66 per barrel (bbl) on 02.12.2015. This was lower than…

A per reports received from the State Governments, till yesterday, 51,732.27 MT pulses seized under de-holding operations have been auctioned or offloaded through other options in the market to increase availability. This will help to…

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met here today under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Shri PK Sinha to discuss the current flood situation in Tamil Nadu. The Cabinet Secretary took a detailed review of the situation…