Imphal, March 2 (IANS) An indefinite shutdown in Manipur’s capital city began on Wednesday with all shops, commercial establishments pulling down the shutters to protest against a government order banning parking of vehicles within city…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Annual inflation in Pakistan has risen to four percent in February 2016 from 3.3 percent in the preceding month, the country’s Bureau of Statistics has showed. Average inflation for July-February 2015-16…
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In a post-Budget 2016-17 meeting with India Inc on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reiterated the need for fiscal discipline…
New York, March 2 (IANS) As more and more people are watching Facebook Live Videos, the social networking giant has pushed its live video feature to top of its News Feed. The company is considering…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Gwadar Port in Pakistan is the product of long-term cooperation between China and Pakistan, said an official. China Overseas Ports Holding Company Chairman Zhang Baozhong on Tuesday said the number of…
Washington, March 2 (IANS) IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched its first Uridashi Masala Bond, mobilising Rs.300 million ($4.3 million) directly from Japanese household investors to promote private sector development in…
Abu Dhabi, March 2 (IANS) The annual International Property Show to be held in April in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will see a strong Indian participation, the event organisers, Strategic Marketing &…
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Worried about tax cuts in your hard-earned income? You don’t have to. Now there is a way out in which one can invest smartly, avail tax benefits…
Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) Work on the third terminal (T3) at the Chaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow will begin soon, an official said on Wednesday. The procedure of tendering has been set for the…
Rio de Janeiro, March 2 (IANS) Brazilian police arrested Diego Dzodan, Facebook’s vice-president for Latin America, for not complying with previous judicial decisions. In a press release, the federal police stated that Dzodan had been…
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 24,044.96 points touched a…
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 105 basis points to 6.5490 against the US dollar on Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
New York, March 2 (IANS) US stocks opened higher on Tuesday, the first trading day of March, as oil continued to recover and investors expected a further easing of monetary policies due to weak economic…
Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani during Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival Opening Ceremony in Mumbai on Oct 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS) By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani again topped 84…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday unveiled bar codes for unreserved tickets to prevent fraud and a rail auto hub near Chennai. “This new bar coding system on unreserved rail…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A total of Rs.4.18 lakh crore of taxes are pending from corporate defaulters as on January this year, parliament was told on Tuesday. “The total amount of corporate tax demand…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said that the newly formed Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional coordinative architecture will be a game changer for the South Asian region. Speaking…
Bengaluru, March 1 (IANS) Software major Infosys on Tuesday announced tying up with Microsoft to offer healthcare analytics, using the latter’s cloud platform. “We have developed healthcare analytics solutions to augment the current processes and…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline Vistara on Tuesday said it has appointed Sanjiv Kapoor as its chief strategy and commercial officer. “We welcome Sanjiv into the Vistara family. Sanjiv’s…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during the inauguration of International Roma Conference at New Delhi on Feb. 12, 2016. The conference was organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), in collaboration with…