By Soe Myint & Subir Bhaumik Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 31 (IANS) India wants to help Myanmar build a strong physical infrastructure for growth focused on creating public assets for the country rather than commercial…
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Defence Ministry on Thursday said 13 Group A officers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) have been retired in public interest after their “overall performance was found not…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) A 20-member Australian Mining Equipment Technologies and Solutions (METS) delegation is exploring opportunities to offer their technologies and services for India’s mining sector, an official said on Thursday. “We see lots…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) With larger extreme weather events in the picture, such as the floods that ravaged India and Bangladesh, the countries need to think about short-term adaptation to protect people, says noted atmospheric…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that he expected convergence of two Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates into one in the coming days, though ruling out a single…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s April-July fiscal deficit stood at 92.4 per cent of the full year budget target, government data showed here on Thursday. The data furnished by the Comptroller General of Accounts,…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Stressing on limiting consumption of natural resources, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan told key UN and business leaders here on Thursday that India will not disappoint the world on environment…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Reliance Retail’s JioFi continued to dominate data card segment with a market share of 91 per cent — leaving Huawei far behind at three per cent — during the second…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) After volatile trading on the day of derivatives expiry on Thursday, the key Indian equity indices provisionally closed in the green supported by late session buying in consumer durables, automobile and…
Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Ride-hailing app Uber on Thursday launched several driver- and rider-focused safety initiatives — Share Trip feature for drivers and driver de-duplication for riders — under its UberSAFE campaign. The Share Trip…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) After holding talks with Swiss President Doris Leuthard, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said New Delhi will continue to work with Berne to combat black money. “Transparency in…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Rejecting criticism after the RBI indicated that almost 99 per cent of demonetised currency returned to the banking system, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Thursday said the government…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) A year after the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict on Singur land acquisition, dwellers of this rural hamlet in West Bengal’s Hooghly district are still voicing contradictory opinions on whether they have…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday claimed that extra notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination worth Rs 1.1 lakh were deposited in banks after demonetisation. Senior party…
Madrid, Aug 31 (IANS) A record 10.5 million tourists visited Spain in July, marking a 10.1 per cent increase on the same period last year, new official figures revealed on Thursday. The latest data brings…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Congress party on Thursday termed demonetisation as the “biggest scam” and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading the people, saying that he had repeatedly made “false statements” on…
San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) Already mired in several controversies, Google once again was at the receiving end of condemnation after a tech giant-funded think tank ousted a group of scholars who hailed European antitrust…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Microsoft on Thursday rolled out a new feature — ‘SMS Insights’ in Skype Lite app that will help users organise text messages on smartphones. Skype Lite, which was designed for…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra are the only two actresses who feature in Forbes magazines list of top 10 Bollywood’s highest paid 2017 list, which is led by “Raees” star Shah…