New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) The World Bank usually tames wild economies and helps countries stabilise their fluctuating finances, but in a global first, the banker for the world has gone to a zoo that…
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) The World Bank may help Bihar in imparting computer education and communication skills to millions of youths, state officials said on Saturday. “World Bank country director Onno Ruhl during his meeting…
New Delhi: SoftBank Chairman and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son and President Nikesh Arora during the opening session of launch of “Start Up India“ in New Delhi on Jan 16, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi,…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) TV stars like Divyanka Tripathi, Deepika Singh and Arya Babbar say that if they manage to lay their hands on billions of rupees, they will buy a personal jet, travel around…
Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) An Indian-origin convenience store owner in the US has become a celebrity overnight after he sold one of the three Powerball winning lotteries with a record jackpot of USD 1.6 billion….
Kochi, Jan 14 (IANS) The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has given Rs.44 crore for the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos) here. It is the largest financial support to…
Munford, Jan 14 (AP) An unprecedented USD 1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that became a national fascination will be split three ways, by mystery winners in Florida, Tennessee and California. The winners did not immediately identify…
New York, Jan 12 (AFP) The largest jackpot in US history shot up to USD 1.5 billion today, driven by record sales as people flock across state lines and international borders to buy tickets, a…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) As prices of pulses continued to pinch consumers, India’s annual retail inflation moved up further to 5.61 percent in December from 5.41 percent during the month before, official data released…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 11 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $625 million loan for Vizag-Chennai industrial corridor, ADB India country director Teresa Kho announced on Monday. Addressing the CII Partnership Summit in this…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) Indian diaspora/NRI students will be offered 60 paid short-term internship positions in 23 Indian companies in major Indian cities during the summer of 2016 under a public-private partnership. The Overseas Indian…
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Around 21 lakh cheques worth about Rs.16,000 crore could not be cleared on Friday owing to bankers strike against the violation of bilateral settlement by five associate banks of the State…
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has been awarded the Central Banker of Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016 by The Banker, an official statement said on…
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Nearly 340,000 bank employees across the country will strike work on January 8 to protest the implementation of the new Career Progression Scheme (CPS), a leader of the All India Bank…
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) Weak growth among major emerging markets with only the South Asia region, led by India, projected to be a bright spot, will weigh on global growth in 2016, a new World…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday approved financial assistance for drought-affected states from the National Disaster Relief Fund, officials said. Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level committee meeting here to…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday announced that it has collected Rs.2,428.4 crore worth of taxes and penalties after 644 declarations were made about possessing black money. According to the Ministry…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Industry chamber Assocham urged the government on Sunday to raise tax-exempted savings limit to Rs.2.5 lakh, from the current Rs.1.5 lakh, and re-introduce standard deductions for salaried employees to boost…
Tirupati, Jan 1 (PTI) Over 80,000 devotees from different parts of the country thronged the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on new year day today. The hundi (offering box) collection was about rupees three…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The Obama administration wants NASA to speed up work on sending humans on deep space exploration missions, including Mars, and has instructed the US space agency to spend at least $55…