Reliance Communications gives $1 bn contract to Ericsson
byMumbai: Reliance Communications has given a $1 billion contract to Ericsson to manage its network in orthern and western India over the next eight years….
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World Bank for bringing Himachal tourism into green growth funding ambit
byShimla: Beyond hydro power development, agriculture, industry and environment, World Bank was open to including tourism under the Green Growth and Sustainable Development program…
Stokes moots law to streamline apple trade in Himachal
byShimla: To streamline trade in apples, a fruit that sustains a large agri-economy in Himachal, the government is contemplating a legislation to ensure a…
Commodity Interest Groups in Himachal
byHimachal Pradesh is endowed with a peculiar climatic zoning which inherently supports agri-entrepreneurship opportunities for a farmer with small landholding. Although the organization of…
Himachal scouts for World Bank loans under Clean Technology Fund
byShimla: Himachal is exploring of tapping into Clean Technology Fund, a World Bank funded development policy program for inclusive green growth and sustainable development,…
Himachal roadways hikes fares for night travel
byShimla: The state government has hiked fares for the long route buses of Himachal Roadways (HRTC) that offer night travel. The fares has been increased…
Atomic plant to be set up in Haryana
byChandigarh: Haryana’s first atomic power plant will be set up in an area of 1,503 acres in Fatehabad district. The work for erecting a barbed…
Himachal CM seeks expansion of railway network
byNew Delhi : Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who called on union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, ahead of finalizing the years railways budget at Delhi,…
A train runs where the Buddha walked
bySarnath: It’s a trip down the Buddha’s lane, into antiquity and serenity. Tracking the Buddha’s path, the Mahaparinirvana Express is for the historian, the…
Migratory 123,000 waterfowl winter at Pong Dam wetland
bySpecies of migratory birds wintering in Pong Wetland, a Ramsar Site, is growing by the year with ornithologists sighting new species at the annual…