Bhopal, Oct 13 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday announced cuts in state-imposed taxes on diesel and petrol, which will lead to a reduction in the prices of the two petroleum products by Rs…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Majority shareholders of Idea Cellular have approved the merger of its mobile business with Vodafone India, a regulatory filing said here on Friday. The Aditya Birla Group company got the majority…
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) India has underlined the need to understand the global spillovers of domestic policy actions, especially in the area of trade and financial regulations, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. “It is…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) With stable inflation, healthy domestic factory output data and a strong rupee giving a fillip to investors’ risk-taking appetite, the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) hit record highs…
Agartala, Oct 13 (IANS) Northeastern states have urged the central government to erect power transmission lines via Bangladesh to connect the region with the national grid to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply, a Tripura Minister said…
New York, Oct 13 (IANS) The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that the Reliance Foundation, the Indian philanthropic organisation founded by Nita and Mukesh Ambani, has promised a generous gift to support exhibitions that…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has raised Rs 660 crore as “GOI Fully Serviced Bonds”, which will be in addition to the budgetary support from the government, the…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Communications Minister Manoj Sinha here on Friday launched the Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana and an initiative for expansion of clientele base of Postal Life Insurance. Talking to media after…
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Oct 13 (IANS) At least 54 people have died and another 39 are missing in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in several provinces of Vietnam, the Central Steering…
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the slowdown effect of demonetisation and GST roll-out on the Indian economy has played out and the country’s growth is now headed towards being…
Seoul, Oct 13 (IANS) Even as Samsung expects to post record profit, its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kwon Oh-hyun on Friday said he will step down from the position next year. Kwon’s tenure…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Surpassing its previous record, the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) hit a fresh intra-day high of 10,179.15 points on Friday. Previously, the Nifty50 scaled a high of 10,178.95…
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Highlighting the contribution of skilled Indian professionals to the US economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has made a strong case for reforms in H1-B/L1 visa processes during bilateral talks with the…
San Francisco, Oct 13 (IANS) As people debate Facebook’s role in influencing people during the US presidential elections by Russian ads and fake news on the platform, the company’s COO Sheryl Sandberg has stressed that…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Healthy domestic factory output data, coupled with a strong rupee and healthy buying in banking, metal and consumer durables stocks, pushed the key Indian equity indices higher during the mid-afternoon trade…
By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Aiming to give a major push to digital drive, the government is planning to put petrol and diesel along with its various products on e-commerce platform. But…
Seoul, Oct 13 (IANS) Indicating a sharp recovery in earnings from last year’s Note 7 fiasco, South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Friday its third-quarter operating profit is expected to have nearly tripled…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Oct 13 (IANS) A joint effort is under way by Indian and US scientists to end the harmful practice of rice and wheat straw burning in Punjab and convert the crop…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Having ruled out further extension of the date for filing Goods and Services Tax Returns (GSTR), the government on Friday said the October 20 deadline to file the GSTR-3B would…
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) While some of us were thinking smartphone innovation is slowly running out of steam, Huawei has debuted “Honor 9i” with a dual camera set-up in the front…