Canberra, March 1 (IANS) Australia’s central bankers have maintained their upbeat stance on the economy despite financial market volatility, leaving the official cash rate on hold at 2 percent for the 11th straight month, the…
Bengaluru, March 1 (IANS) element14, the leading manufacturer of the low cost, credit-card sized computer Raspberry Pi, on Tuesday launched the new faster, more powerful “Raspberry Pi 3 Model B” that comes with built-in wireless…
By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Indian Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh’s call earlier this month asking Indian companies to produce pulses and oilseeds in Africa to meet the country’s production shortfall may…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) China’s Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) which measures the trend of industrial activity, showed the secondary sector contracted in February for the seventh consecutive month. According to data issued by China’s National…
New York, March 1 (IANS) A German court has fined social networking giant Facebook $109,330 for failing to comply with a court order to make amendments to its terms regarding user content, Wall Street Journal…
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Tokyo shares ended the morning session lower on Tuesday as selling of export-oriented issues was triggered by an advancing yen. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 109.92 points, or 0.69 percent,…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) A day after Union Budget 2016-17 was announced, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday was trading 190.98 points or 0.83 percent up during…
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) The Food Security Act is set to be implemented across Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday, an official said. Once the act comes into effect, poor families will get wheat at Rs. 2…
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Japan’s unemployment rate fell one-tenth in January, and now stands at 3.2 percent, official data released on Tuesday showed. The number of unemployed people in January were 2.11 million, representing a…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 67 basis points to 6.5385 against the US dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) US stocks ended lower on Monday after volatile trading, as China’s central bank announced a cut in its reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks by 0.5 percentage points. The Dow…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced a new amnesty scheme for those holding unaccounted money and assets to come clean by paying 45 percent of such wealth. The…
London, March 1 (IANS) London mayor Boris Johnson on Monday slammed Britain’s pro-EU campaigners for fear-mongering, saying the risks of a Brexit had been “wildly exaggerated”, Xinhua reported. Writing in a column for the Daily…
Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) Industry bodies of Assam and northeast termed the union budget 2016-17 presented on Monday as a good one based on realistic projection and said it was prepared while keeping in mind…
Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) The residents of Gurgaon have been facing a water crisis for last few days, first due to the Jat stir for quotas and now due to the cleaning of the supply…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The union budget for 2016-17 has earmarked Rs.900 crore for the development of judicial infrastructure in the states, merely Rs.93.35 crore higher from Rs. 806.65 crores allocated in 2015-16. The…
Panaji, Feb 29 (IANS) The 2016-17 general budget presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday mirrored the thought processes of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said. Complimenting union Finance Minister Arun…
Bengaluru, Feb 29 (IANS) Software majors TCS and Wipro on Monday lauded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for extending tax benefit to export units under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scheme till 2020 and the government’s…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said the Budget 2016-17 will largely benefit agrarian rural economies of Odisha. He said the thrust of the budget is to give boost to…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi addresses a press conference in Guwahati on Jan 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday termed the union budget 2016-17 as…