Dubai, March 2 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing for the world’s longest commercial flight which will take off from Auckland and travel to Dubai on Wednesday. The Emirates flight, with a duration…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Connectivity can impart new momentum to the Saarc region and help in more cooperation among the bloc’s nations, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday. Looking beyond our borders, there…
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) The Haryana government on Wednesday said state government employees would now be able to avail loans through scheduled banks at the same rate of interest as is admissible through the government….
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In a post-Budget 2016-17 meeting with India Inc. on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government has taken the first “significant” step to resolve retrospective tax cases by installing…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar has appreciated the measures proposed in Budget 2016-17 for the farm sector impacted by two successive poor monsoons, which includes reforms proposed for the…
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Wednesday provisionally closed 463.63 points or 1.95 percent up. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange…
Vienna, March 2 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of thirteen crudes stood at $31.59 a barrel on Tuesday, compared to $30.13 on Monday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes…
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Bajaj Auto Ltd. on Wednesday said it closed February sales with 12 percent growth in volumes. In a regulatory filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said it sold…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) With healthcare a fast growing sector, women entrepreneurs are increasingly coming up with different services in the e-commerce space. Aiming at making healthcare easily accessible at your…
New York, March 2 (IANS) Even small increases in social spending — monies for welfare, education, and health — can significantly reduce the risk of dying, says a US-based study. Each additional $250 spent per…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for the issuance of dance bar licences to hotels and restaurants in Mumbai as it modified the conditions for the…
By Francis Kokutse Accra (Ghana), March 2 (IANS) India Inc. has said that with Africa’s farm sector projected to grow to $1 trillion by 2030, there is significant scope for the continent’s agriculture to benefit…
By Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari With a 14-percent rise in funding for the programme run under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the 2016-17 Budget, the worlds largest state-run jobs…
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) After a fall on Budget day, the bull run on Indian stock markets continued for the second straight day on Wednesday, with the mood also lifted by the strong showing in…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 2 (IANS) Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Wednesday expressed the hope that the next government will promote the emerging economy’s agriculture sector during its tenure. He hoped that the National…
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) Unemployment is inherently painful for those losing their jobs, their families and society at large, but for industries weighed down by overcapacity, it is a transition that could not happen soon…
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Fearing excise duty inspector raj, around 35,000 jewellery shops in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have decided to down shutters for three days starting Wednesday, said a senior official of the All…
Imphal, March 2 (IANS) An indefinite shutdown in Manipur’s capital city began on Wednesday with all shops, commercial establishments pulling down the shutters to protest against a government order banning parking of vehicles within city…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Annual inflation in Pakistan has risen to four percent in February 2016 from 3.3 percent in the preceding month, the country’s Bureau of Statistics has showed. Average inflation for July-February 2015-16…
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In a post-Budget 2016-17 meeting with India Inc on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reiterated the need for fiscal discipline…