5th November, 2003
 

Ministry of Defence

Joint Naval exercise with Chinese Navy
Three frontline warships of Indian Navy will carry out a search and rescue exercise with the units of the Chinese Navy on the 14th of this month on the east China Sea. The Indian ships.............................

Ministry of Finance

15 FDI proposals cleared
The Union Finance Minister, Sh. Jaswant Singh has approved 15 proposals recommended by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on October 23, 2003. The approvals amount to Rs. 82.425 crore.............................

Ministry of Water Resources

Tenth National Water Convention begins at Bhubaneswar
The 10th National Water Convention opened at Bhubaneswar today. It was inaugurated by the Orissa Chief Minister, Shri Naveen Patnaik.............................

Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

World Mining Congress concludes - It called upon Mining Industry to discharge its social responsibility
The Five-day World Mining Congress ended in New Delhi today.............................

Ministry of Agriculture

Government intends to create essential infrastructure for preservation, transportation and processing of agricultural produce- Rajnath Singh
The Government intends to create the essential infrastructure for preservation, rapid transportation, grading, processing, packaging and quality control of agriculture produce.............................

Ministry of Finance

15 FDI proposals cleared
The Union Finance Minister, Sh. Jaswant Singh has approved 15 proposals recommended by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on October 23, 2003.............................

Ministry of Agriculture

Farm Income Insurance Programme to be launched on a pilot basis during Rabi 2003-04
The Government proposes to take up the Farm Income Insurance Programme (FIIP) on a pilot basis during the Rabi 2003-04 season.............................

Ministry of Railways

Nitish Kumar asks Railways to do aggressive marketing for increasing revenues
The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Nitish Kumar has said that General Managers of Zonal Railways have been directed to do aggressive marketing to increase revenues of Railways.............................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Press communique
The President is pleased to appoint Shri Nallappa Reddiar Kannadasan to be an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court.............................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Dr. Joshi exhorts students to take up Science as career
The Minister for Human Resource Development and Science and Technology Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi has exhorted the students to take up science as career.............................

Ministry of Defence

Fernandes condoles Kushak Bakula's demise
The Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes has condoled the demise of Kushak Bakula.............................

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Rs. 310 crore approved for modernisation of engineering institutions
The Central Government has approved Rs. 310 crore to 40 selected institutions in six states for modernization of their facilities.............................