NTPC held its 17th Foreign Lenders Meet in Mumbai on Tuesday. The meet was aimed to brief the representatives of the foreign banks and financial institutions about the companys Operational and Financial performance during the financial year 2018-19, growth plans and funding requirements, etc. for the future.
Rakesh Kumar, Chairman, SCOPE and CMD, NLC India Limited made a courtesy call to Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Parliamentary Affairs.
Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, Airports Authority of India, inaugurated the Specialized Maintenance Unit (SMU) for in-country repairing of ELDIS Radars in presence of Ambassador of Czech Republic, HE Milan Hovorka on Monday. This Facility will help in reducing Turnaround Time (TAT) of repair of unserviceable modules of the radars, thereby reducing the down time of the important surveillance facility of Indian air space. More than 80% of Indian air space is under the coverage of Radars
On the occassion of International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, said “roughly 450,000 people died as a result of drug use in 2015, according to WHO. Of those deaths, 167,750 were directly associated with drug use disorders (mainly overdoses). The rest were indirectly attributable to drug use and included deaths related to HIV and hepatitis C acquired through unsafe injecting practices. Customs, Department of Revenue Intelligence, Narcotics Control Bureau, State Police, Central Paramilitary Forces, State Excise, Forest Department, etc. regulate and check the diversion of substances from licit channels to illicit networks including internet pharmacies.”