Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and other ministers took charge of their respective offices on Thursday, a day after taking oath at a ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Following up on her successful rally in Trichy in the run-up to the 2011 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president J Jayalaithaa on Monday staged a mammoth rally in Madurai.
The Cabinet Committee on Divestment on Tuesday approved the proposed strategic sale of 51 per cent of equity in Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd in which the government has a stake of 92.5 per cent.
Got bids for over 7.94 crore shares against an offer of over 6.89 crore.
As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka - the world's largest exporter of orthodox tea - continues to rage across the island nation, tea producers in India look to cash in on the opportunity to seize the market. The country's largest tea growing company, McLeod Russel India, expects orders to come in from July. "A huge opportunity is coming up for everyone in India. "McLeod Russel is well placed because we have the capacity for orthodox tea," said Azam Monem, director, McLeod Russel. About 10 per cent of McLeod's production is orthodox tea.
It is used in fertilisers and insecticides. Construction companies cannot do without it. But that's not what's made ammonium nitrate a household name. Rrishi Raote and Aabhas Sharma look at the chemical that has become the favourite terror tool of extremists and Naxalite
Additional security was on Friday 'restored' at the Madurai house of Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M K Alagiri, a day after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam strongly protested the withdrawal of police personnel.
Top sources in the government told Business Standard the Congress managers wanted the rise in prices to be a collective decision of the United Progressive Alliance and also make sure allies could not wriggle out of the exercise to take harsh economic decisions.
There was a great harvest for Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore on Tuesday as the government put out advertisements inviting initial bids for a 51% strategic stake in the company.
The S&P BSE 500 index, which accounts for 94% market capitalisation of BSE listed companies, has gained 45% from its March 24 low. However, out of the BSE 500 index stocks, 225 have underperformed the index by gaining less than the broader index during this period.
Several families were evacuated from Champakkara area near Kochi after leakage of ammonia gas from a barge on Friday night, district authorities said
As per norms, sanction for prosecution of government employees accused of corruption has to be given within four months' stipulated time.
The five-member Group of Ministers (GoM) also include Agriculture Minister Sharad Paward, Heavy Industries Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and Chemical and Fertiliser Minister M K Azhagiri, official sources said.
This comes close on the heels of the ministry's stand on the development of a new international airport in Navi Mumbai.
A more effective promotion of domestic manufacturing and mining could significantly reduce the trade deficit in key sectors, says T N Ninan.
The National Advisory Council, headed by United Progressive Alliance Chairman Sonia Gandhi, will also meet on Thursday to look at the Food Security Bill, a crucial component of the second UPA government's promise to provide cheap and plentiful food to the poor.
'There is a great scope for enhancing the use of organic fertilisers'.
Union minister MK Alagiri has shifted his base from Madurai to New Delhi since last week. After a massive rout in Tamil Nadu, MK Alagiri has now shifted his attention to Delhi.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Arthritis, cancer, blindness, erectile dysfunction... smoking can have adverse effects on your overall health, warns Dr Harish Chafle, senior consultant-pulmonology and critical care, Global Hospitals, Mumbai.
The Election Commission on Saturday issued a show cause notice to Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers M K Alagiri for allegedly violating model code of conduct ahead of the April 13 assesmbly polls in Tamil Nadu.
The government is in talks with pharmaceutical companies for ensuring availability of cancer drugs at a minimal price at their low-cost pharmacy chain Jan Aushadhi stores across the country.
From the hands of the farmer as a common fertiliser, in the hands of a terrorist as a deadly explosive: This is what ammonium nitrate has become. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Union Minister M K Alagiri is taking his mother Dayalu Ammal to the US for a health check-up.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers Srikant Jena said the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has been asked to look into demands for bringing 23 anti-cancer drugs within the ambit of price control.
Chemical and Fertiliser Minister M K Alagiri, who has been criticised in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his prolonged absence during Parliament sessions, is again taking off for another holiday. This time, the 'frequent flyer' minister is traveling to the United States to visit his daughter and grandchild. Alagiri is going on a ten-day leave from his ministerial duties. And interestingly, the prime minister's office has approved his visit to the US.
This move is expected to benefit 22 lakh cancer patients in the country.
The government on Thusday said it is examining a proposal for setting up a venture capital fund to promote drug discovery in India.
Indian government has set up a panel to fix prices of patented drugs in the country.
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers M K Alagiri on Wednesday said that he had not offered to resign from the Union cabinet or from the post of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 's south zone secretary.
'Aquaponics can effectively cushion the impact of a calamity like COVID.'
The Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers has initiated a move to bring all essential medicines sold in the country under a price cap.
Ahead of the Union Cabinet expansion on Wednesday, several Union Ministers, including Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar resigned from their posts.
Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M K Alagiri who has been criticised in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his prolonged absence during Parliament's ongoing budget session has, in fact, been flying off to Chennai or Madurai every third day.
Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilizers MK Alagiri on Tuesday had a twenty minutes meeting with the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Delhi.
Currently, FDI up to 100 per cent is allowed in the drugs and pharmaceuticals on the automatic route.
Government has initiated action against six pharmaceutical companies, including Cadilla, Wockhardt and Lupin, for overpricing medicines and launching unapproved formulations in the market.
He said that Stalin has come a long way from organising youth under the party in his younger days to moulding himself as a future leader of the DMK.
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