BP has paid Reliance Industries $1 billion to set up a joint network of thousands of petrol stations across India to tap the country’s rapidly growing energy demand. BP will hold 49% and Reliance the remaining 51% in the new company called Jio-bp, which will expand Reliance’s current 1,400 retail …
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India’s consumer price inflation likely eased in June from March, a poll predicted, as loosened coronavirus-led restrictions in most of the country drove a slight recovery in economic activity and helped reduce a supply crunch. The July 3-8 poll median of over 35 economists showed India’s retail inflation in June …
The World Health Organization on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 but stopped short of confirming that the virus spreads through the air. In its latest transmission guidance, issued on Thursday, the …
In a squalid slum below a partially built flyover in eastern Delhi, Satyendra Pal stands by a whiteboard propped against a straw hut, with half a dozen children wearing masks and sitting on the floor looking up at him. While the lockdown has been eased in recent weeks, schools are …
CHANDIGARH–Paramjit Singh, Director – Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (RCED), inaugurated here on Thursday a 4- day online program on Entrepreneurship. It is organized by the School of Entrepreneurship Cell, Baba Farid Group of Institutions, Deon, Bathinda, and RCED. Around150 students and faculty members enrolled in the program.In the Inaugural …
‘Stigma’, whether social or otherwise, has been prevalent in our society since time immemorial. Of course, depending on various factors, it manifests itself in many different ways and is quite easily visible in our communities. The Dictionary meaning of ‘Stigma’ is ‘a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, …
CHANDIGARH– The amount spent per student varied in states across the country, from Rs 9,573 in Bihar to Rs 59,499 in Himachal Pradesh. On average, states spent more per student at the secondary level (grades 9 to 12) as compared to the elementary level (grades 1 to 8), the study …
The one who is aware of one’s fortune enables others to experience their fortune too. Expression: To be aware of one’s own fortune means to appreciate and use all that one has. Also when there is the awareness of one’s own fortune, there is a natural tendency to help people …
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, today held a meeting, through Video Conference, with Secretaries of Ministries of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Power, Coal, Mines and D/o Atomic Energy and the CMDs of 23 CPSEs belonging to these Ministries. This meeting was held as part of the …
The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists, urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people. “We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol …