Indian Railways’ IRCTC sends ready-to-eat food packets to flood-hit Assam
Posted on 8th August 2016 |
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| IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) is sending around 3,200 meal packets as a part of the ongoing relief efforts in flood-hit Assam. 2,000 packets of ready-to-eat meals have already been sent by IRCTC and the remaining would be sent in some time. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had said that Indian railways had been asked to help provide food. “Rail Admn asked to help all in flood affected region. Irctc sending 3200 meal immediately for flood relief in Assam. In touch with State Govt,” the Railway Minister had tweeted. Reports suggested that the flood situation in Assam is improving, but even then nearly 70,000 people were affected across 84 villages. This is not the first time that IRCTC has been asked to step in for relief efforts in case of natural calamities. Talking about this effort, Sandip Dutta, PRO at IRCTC told FE Online, “2,000 packets have already been sent by us. More are being prepared. This is not the first time that IRCTC is helping, but this certainly the first time that we are sending ready-to-eat food packets. These packets include tamrind rice, lemon rice, vegetable biryani, non-veg biryani.” “Before this we have helped in the Jammu and Kashmir floods and during the Nepal earthquake. At that time IRCTC had provided Rail Neer (water),” Dutta said. “These ready-to-eat food packets are the new ones that we are developing after the tie-up with DRDO,” Dutta added. Earlier this year, IRCTC had signed an agreement with Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), a DRDO lab, for transfer of technology in the field of food and beverage processing and packaging. Food items are available in 150-300 gm packets and their shelf life is six months.
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict
Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices
Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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