New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The government should look for “more effective” steps to curb fake news and maintain public order, instead of blocking mobile applications which is very difficult and may hamper routine actions…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A Parliamentary panel on Tuesday said RBI’s new guidelines on default will worsen the crisis in the power sector and suggested changes. “The new guidelines of the RBI will only…
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Profit booking, along with concerns over global protectionist measures, subdued the Indian equity indices on Tuesday. According to market observers, heavy selling pressure in oil and gas, banking and healthcare stocks…
Tehran, Aug 7 (IANS) Iranians are concerned that further financial woes could be on the horizon after Washington reimposed economic sanctions on Tehran which had been earlier lifted as part of the 2015 Iran nuclear…
Haldia, Aug 7 (IANS) Exide Industries, which is aspiring to supply batteries for bullet trains, will invest over Rs 550 crore for setting up a battery recycling plant and expand its existing facility here to…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The leadership baton of Escorts Ltd has been passed on to Nikhil Nanda to succeed his father and well-known industrialist Rajan Nanda. On Tuesday, the company announced that the Board…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Tuesday came down heavily on the Railways for focussing mainly on improving passenger facilities and facade of stations, instead of trying to ensure…
Kabul, Aug 7 (IANS) The World Bank’s latest Afghanistan development update shows that the country has registered 2.4 per cent of economic growth in 2018, with substantial downside risks arising from the prospects of political…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) Normal life was disrupted in Kerala on Tuesday as public and private buses and other vehicles went off the roads in response to a one-day strike called by All India Motor…
Gurugram, Aug 7 (IANS) Expanding its infrastructure footprint in India, online retail major Amazon India on Tuesday opened its largest fulfilment centre (FC) in Haryana with a view to enhance customer experience ahead of the…
Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, on Tuesday said it forged a partnership with Bengaluru-based predictive analytics platform Tookitaki to offer banks Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions to reduce…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) In view of the mass kite flying tradition on Independence Day in the national capital, BSES, one of Delhi’s two electricity distribution companies (discoms), issued an advisory on Tuesday cautioning…
Shimla, Aug 7 (IANS) Continuing heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday led to abnormal rise in the level of the silt content in the Satluj river, forcing authorities to temporarily shut down the operation…
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Automobile major Tata Motors will ramp-up production at its Sanand plant in Gujarat in FY19 to meet growing demand for its new generation of passenger vehicles (PV). On Tuesday, the company…
Canberra, Aug 7 (IANS) Australia’s population is set to hit the 25 million mark, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with the 25 millionth Aussie expected to be an immigrant from India or…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Declaring that India is ready to help countries meet their energy needs, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh said on Tuesday that the India-initiated International Solar Alliance (ISA)…
By Arun Kumar Das New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Finally overcoming many roadblocks, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal is likeley to pilot the long awaited station redevelopment proposal in the Cabinet meeting slated for Wednesday seeking…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) To promote domestic manufacturing, the government on Tuesday increased the customs duty on over 300 textile products to 20 per cent. A notification seeking to “increase customs duty on 328…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) It would be very difficult for telecom operators to block individual mobile applications as asked by the Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Director General of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI),…
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Profit booking, along with concerns over a rise in global protectionist measures, subdued the Indian equity indices on Tuesday. According to market observers, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in oil and…