Shillong, Dec 13 (IANS) Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday claimed that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) “did not ban mining of coal but banned only illegal coal mining” in Meghalaya. Sangma maintained that coal…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked his predecessor Manmohan Singh and the UPA government saying some of its “people” had pressurised banks to lend to some industrialists, which he…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland on Wednesday praised India’s initiative of Smart Cities and zero balance accounts (Jan Dhan) scheme as “innovative” and “smart”. “India is leading the way with…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Scotching rumours that depositors’ interest will be harmed by a new legislation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said their money in the banks is completely safe and their interests won’t be…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Stock exchange major BSE said its wholly-owned subsidiary India International Exchange (India INX) witnessed an all-time high turnover of over Rs 1,700 crore or $263.90 million on Wednesday. According to…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The solar power auction in November saw a 98 per cent drop with only 5 MW auctioned against 270 MW in October, a report said on Wednesday. It also pointed…
Bengaluru, Dec 13 (IANS) Escorts Construction Equipment on Wednesday unveiled its pick-n-carry crane at the 9th International Construction Equipment and Technology Trade Fair (Excon 2017) here. “The CT Smart 15 crane, with soil compactor in…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Around 37 per cent of the country’s workforce would be employed in new job roles by 2022, a report said here on Wednesday. The joint report by Ficci-Nasscom and EY…
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) An exponential rise in merchandise imports widened India’s current account deficit (CAD) to $7.2 billion or 1.2 per cent of the GDP in the second quarter of 2017-18, from $3.4 billion…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Real Estate Regulation and Development Act (RERA) should have been enacted earlier to check the malpractices of builders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, following the Supreme Court’s…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred for Thursday the hearing of the Central government’s plea challenging Delhi High Court order allowing Vodafone Group to go ahead and participate in the…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday convicted former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and others on corruption charges in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar held Koda, former…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 13 (IANS) The Odisha government has distributed around 60,000 free mobile phones among farmers so far to help them access information related to agriculture activities and market information, Cooperation Minister S.N. Patro said…
Guwahati, Dec 13 (IANS) At least eight tea garden workers were injured in Assam’s Golaghat district on Wednesday after the owners fired upon a group of protesters, police said. The incident took place at Bogidhola…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) A bill to provide Muslim women the right to seek maintenance from the ex-spouse after divorce and another aimed to end discrimination against the transgenders, among other proposed legislations, are…
By Nishant Arora Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) In a mobile-first and Cloud-first country like India, there now lies a new over $100 billion opportunity if we can leverage Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge solutions across…
Chandigarh, Dec 13 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ruled out any rollback on the decision to provide power to the industry at a subsidised rate of Rs five per unit. The decision…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Expanding its home audio lineup, Sony India on Wednesday launched ‘SA-D40’ and ‘SA-D20’ speakers for Rs 8,490 and Rs 7,490, respectively. The ‘SA-D40’ is equipped with 4.1-channel surround-sound system and…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Facebook on Wednesday announced a virtual reality (VR) programme in partnership with Bengaluru-based Startup Village Collective (SV.CO) to help students in the country build their ideas into globally marketable products…
Beijing, Dec 13 (IANS) In an apparent move to rebuild its presence in China, Google on Wednesday said it will open a research lab focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Beijing — its first such…