Over 5.80 lakh Indian return home under Vande Bharat Mission till July 8

As on 8th July, against a total number of 6,61,352 persons, who had registered their request with the Missions abroad for repatriation to India, over 5, 80,000 have returned.  This number includes more than 97,000 Indians who have returned through land border immigration checkpoints from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.  External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said in … Read more

56 people tested positive for COVID 19 in Sri Lanka rehabilitation center

These people are from Kandakadu treatment and rehabilitation centre, where a prisoner was kept for treatment and who had tested positive on Sunday.  Over 450 inmates and staff at the center were quarantined and subjected to PCR tests. The prisoner was shifted to prison before testing positive and 174 prison inmates in the ward were also … Read more

Sensex gains 409 pts to end at 36,738; Nifty rises 108 pts to 10,813

Sensex at Bombay Stock Exchange climbed 409 points, or 1.12 percent, to close at 36,738.  Similarly, the Nifty at National Stock Exchange surged 108 points, or 1.01 percent, to settle at 10,813.  Broader indices at BSE underformed the Sensex as the Mid-cap closed almost flat adding marginally by 0.07 percent and the Small-cap rose 0.49 … Read more

PM to dedicate to the nation the 750 MW Rewa Solar Project

This Project comprises of three solar generating units of 250 MW each located on a 500 hectare plot of land situated inside a Solar Park (total area 1500 hectare). The Solar Park was developed by the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a Joint Venture Company of Madhya Pradesh UrjaVikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN), and Solar … Read more