Union government has put restrictions on the import of Agarbatti and other similar products from China and Vietnam.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has ordered that importers of these goods require a licence from the government.
India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora assumed Chairmanship of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for the term 2019-21. India has taken over the AWEB Chair from Romania for a two-year period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Garvi Gujarat’, the second state bhawan of the Gujarat government in the national capital New Delhi.
This is the ‘first eco-friendly’ state Bhawan in national capital.
About 70 hatchlings of the rare Black Softshell and Indian Softshell turtles bred in the ponds of two temples in Assam were released by in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam.
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is often called ‘Mini Kaziranga’ because of similar landscape and a sizeable population of the one-horned rhino.
Ashok Leyland has become 1st Indian Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to meet BS-VI emission norms across its entire range of heavy-duty trucks.
It has received compliance certificates from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI).
Reliance Power has signed a partnership agreement with Japanese energy major Japan’s Energy for a New Era (JERA). They will jointly set up 750-megawatt gas-based combined cycle power project at Meghnaghat, Bangladesh.
Rishabh Pant became fastest Indian wicket-keeper to claim 50 dismissals in Test cricket in 11 matches. He broke previous record (16) held by MS Dhoni for India.
Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies team was his 50th wicket.