Year: 2021

Pi Green Innovations raises over $4.5 Million in Series A funding led by Opus Investments

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 Pi Green Innovations, a cleantech company committed to creating sustainable solutions for a greener future has announced that it has secured over $4.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by the Investment Fund of Opus Consulting with a total of $4.3 million. The round also saw participation from some strategic investors. Previously, Mr. Harshal Morde, Director of Morde Foods Pvt. Ltd had supported the company with a seed funding of $300 K. During the latest funding round, Pi Green was advised by JCSS Consulting who has been…

NBCC site banned, fined Rs 1 crore for violating construction ban

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In a violation case of the Supreme Court’s pollution norms Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday ordered the sealing of a NBCC India construction site for operating in the night. The minister has also ordered the imposition of Rs 1 crore fine on NBCC for violating construction ban in the city. The order comes after Gopal Rai called an emergency meeting of top officials over the alleged violation of the SC’s pollution norms. The meeting was attended by officials from the Delhi Traffic Police department, environment department, transport department, Delhi…

Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni summoned to New Delhi over Lakhimpur Kheri case

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Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Ajay Misra Teni has been summoned to New Delhi in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that resulted in the death of eight people. Teni’s son, Ashish Misra is one of the key accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Teni was seen leaving Lucknow for the national capital earlier in the day on Wednesday and landed in Delhi in the evening. In a probe by the UP government’s SIT into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, it said in a court submission on Tuesday…

UK sees highest daily covid count, reports 78,610 cases on Wednesday

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In a highest daily count since the pandemic began, the UK has reported 78,610 Covid cases in the last 24 hours. The previous highest daily spike was on January 8 this year, when 68,053 cases were recorded. Wednesday’s count is also higher than last week, when on December 8, the total coronavirus cases reported were 78,610. The UK has a total population of around 67 million, reports Reuters, of which more than 11 million people have now tested positive for the disease. Of these 146,791 patients have died, 9,617,941 have…

MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO BOOST MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN INDIA

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The Government has undertaken the following major reforms/measures to boost manufacturing sector in the country and to make India a favoured manufacturing and investment destination: Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in 14 key sectors, under the aegis of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat for enhancing India’s manufacturing capabilities and exports; PM Gati Shakti- National Master Plan (NMP) was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 13th October, 2021.It is an integrated GIS based plan depicting the economic zones and the multimodal connectivity infrastructure with an objective to holistically integrate the interventions of various Ministries…

PM to visit Goa on 19th December and participate in Goa Liberation Day celebrations

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Goa on 19th December and attend the function marking Goa Liberation Day celebrations at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa at around 3 PM.  Prime Minister will felicitate the freedom fighters and veterans of ‘Operation Vijay’ at the function. Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on December 19 every year to mark the success of ‘Operation Vijay’ undertaken by the Indian Armed Forces that liberated Goa from Portuguese rule. Prime Minister will inaugurate multiple development projects including the renovated Fort Aguada Jail Museum,…

Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Amit Shah addresses joint rally with Nishad Party in Lucknow

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Five poll-bound states are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab. Elections in these states will be held in February-March next year. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a rally at Ramabai Ambedkar ground in Lucknow on Friday. The rally called ‘Sarkar Banao, Adhikar Pao’ is being organised by the BJP and its ally Nishad Party. Shah will address another programme at a government polytechnic in the evening where he will inaugurate 23 new branches of Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank and dedicate 29 godowns of Uttar Pradesh State Warehousing…

UP Assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on Dec 18

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Following Rahul Gandhi‘s visit, his sister and party national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be in Amethi on December 19, Sunday. Former Congress National President Rahul Gandhi will be on a day-long visit to Amethi in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on December 18, Saturday. As per the party, the Congress leader will participate in “BJP Bhagao, Mehangai Hatao” ‘padyatra’ in Amethi tomorrow as a part of the Congress party’s ongoing nationwide campaign ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’. The Congress party had launched a countrywide agitation program, ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ on November…

PM Modi meets 40 BJP MPs from election-bound Uttar Pradesh over breakfast in Delhi

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PM Narendra Modi on Friday met 40 BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh where polls will be held early next year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met 40 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from Uttar Pradesh over breakfast in Delhi. BJP’s national president JP Nadda and senior leaders from the organisation were also present at the meeting which took place at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the official residence the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister, BJP MPs and other leaders discussed the party’s strategy, organisational programme and poll campaign for the upcoming…

‘First denounce, bring him to justice’: Smriti Irani chides Congress over Karnataka MLA’s ‘enjoy rape’ remark

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Irani’s remarks in LS amid Opposition protests during the Question Hour came a day after Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar said in the K’taka Assembly that “when rape is inevitable lie down and enjoy”. The Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday said that the remarks of Karnataka Congress leader on rape should be condemned and she demanded that the political party concerned should first bring the person to justice. Irani’s remarks in the Lok Sabha amid Opposition protests during the Question Hour came a day after…