Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Tokyo stocks rose from the off on Monday as hopes following the G20 finance ministers’ agreement to help stabilise markets, coupled with the yen’s comparative weakness spurred an upbeat market mood….
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Britain’s top civil servant will have to face a grilling by a group of members of the Parliament over why pro-Brexit ministers will be prevented from seeing certain government documents. British…
Bengaluru, Feb 28 (IANS) Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in NestAway Technologies Ltd., the leading home rental network firm said on Sunday. “As a pioneer in home rental network,…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Reliance Industries’ retail arm on Sunday rolled out two smartphones, which are 4G enabled for high-speed data and voice service. “The entry level handsets LYF Wind 6 and LYF Flame…
Title: Standing Guard – A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500 P. Chidambaram is perhaps unique in Indian politics in having held both the home and finance portfolios…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply The Met, here on Tuesday, supported by…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) A Chinese robotics firm is going to set up a factory to produce a US counterpart’s models in China, the world’s largest market for industrial robots. Hunan-based Cothink Robotics Tech Co….
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Spin doctors from across the world will converge here for the Global PR Summit in April, being held perhaps for the first time in India. The Global PR Summit, in association…
Shimla, Feb 28 (IANS) More than one lakh unemployed youths in Himachal Pradesh have availed the state-run Skill Development Allowance since May 2013, a statement said on Sunday. A total of 110,601 youths have benefited…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Former comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai has been named the first chairman of the Banks Board Bureau that will give advice on how to recover the bad loans of…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (IANS) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the development activities of 10 more economic zones in the country. In Dhaka’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), also known as Bangladesh China…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Aditya Birla-led UltraTech Cement on Sunday announced acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd’s cement plants, with total capacity of 22.4 million tons per annum (mtpa), for Rs.16,500 crore (about $2.5 billion). “UltraTech…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is set to present India’s national budget for the next fiscal on Monday amid worries about the country’s stagnating growth rate, government finances and direction of…
Bareilly, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreams of seeing farmers’ income getting doubled by 2022 when the country completes 75 years of its independence. Addressing a big gathering of…
Santiago, Feb 28 (IANS) Six years after a devastating earthquake shook Chile on February 27, 2010 and claimed over 500 lives, the Chilean government is close to completing reconstruction of infrastructure essential for restoring public…
Kochi, Feb 28 (IANS) Sima Marine India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Dubai-based Simatech Shipping, launched coastal container shipping service from Kochi connecting Mangalore in Karnataka, Goa and Mundra in Gujarat. Simatech Shipping is one…
Rohtak: People from Jat community stage a demonstration to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Rohtak on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Grmukh Singh Toronto, Feb 28 (IANS) Pained by the large-scale…
By Abhik Ghosh What’s the one assurance investors want before setting up manufacturing base in India? The ease of making workforce adjustments in line with changing market conditions. In this area, Indian labour laws are…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) China will set a plan to raise the statutory retirement age in 2017 to relieve pressures from an aging population, a media report said on Sunday. “The plan is likely to…
Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 28 (IANS) Myanmar has tripled its expenditure on electricity supply over the past five years, an official report said on Sunday. In the fiscal year 2015-16 until March, the government invested…