Will Modi bow to RSS on Raghuram Rajan?
By Amulya Ganguli In addition to the NGOs, including the one run by Teesta Setalvad, the saffron brotherhood’s new target is a formidable one – Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan. Till now,…
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India’s forex reserves dips marginally to $360.19 bn
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange reserves dipped marginally to $360.19 billion as on May 27, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. According to the foreign exchange data released by RBI, the…
Oil prices drop amid weak data
New York, June 4 (IANS) Oil prices ended lower as investors were sifting through the downbeat US jobs data and the outcome of an OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting. The West Texas…
Gold mining surge lifts Canadian stocks higher
Toronto, June 4 (IANS) Canada’s main stock market in Toronto was pushed higher as gold mining stocks surged after weaker-than-expected US jobs data reduced expectations for an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. The…
US dollar slumps on weak jobs data
New York, June 4 (IANS) The US dollar dropped against other major currencies on Friday as jobs data from the country came out far below expectations. The US total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 38,000…
Odisha to formulate start-up policy by June-end: Minister
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) The Odisha government will formulate a state-specific start-up policy by June-end, Industry minister Debi Prasad Mishra said on Friday. The government will also formulate several sectoral policies that include plastic and…
Union minister praises Bengal for road sector work
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Praising the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said a lot of work in the road sector has been done in the state and a…
Government issues guidelines for virtual network operators
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Union government on Friday released licence guidelines for Virtual Network Operators (VNO). “After considering the recommendations of TRAI on VNO, the government has decided to grant Unified Licence VNO…
Coal power plants biggest guzzlers of water: Greenpeace India
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states, stating that coal power plants in these states consume water…
India in talks to develop port in Bangladesh
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) India is in talks with Bangladesh to explore the possibility of developing a port in the neighbouring country, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. “Presently, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry…
India Post releases ‘My Stamp’ with Amazon
Bangalore, June 3 (IANS) India Post on Friday released the “My Stamp” with Amazon India to signify three years of its relationship with the e-commerce marketplace. Usha Chandrashekar, India Post’s Chief Post Master General of…
Pakistan unveils agri-focused budget, increases defence too
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday presented the country’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2016-17, with a 10 per cent increase in defence allocations. Dar unveiled an budget outlay…
Himanta tables White Paper on Assam’s fiscal health
Guwahati: BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma talks to press during BJP legislative party meeting in Guwahati, on May 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, June 3 (IANS) A day after Assam Governor P.B. Acharya presented a…
India plans double investment for clean energy: Harsh Vardhan
San Francisco/New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday announced India’s plan to double the investment for its clean energy research over the period of next five year….
10,000 new LPG distributors to be appointed: Pradhan
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The government will appoint 10,000 new LPG, or cooking gas, distributors this year under a new procedure so as to extend the universal reach of clean fuel across the country…
Jaitley to review state-run banks performance on Monday
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Monday hold a quarterly performance review with the heads of public sector banks (PSB) at a time when these are severely stressed by bad…
Technical snag hits services on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line, commuters suffer
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Alok Kaushik used to take an hour and a half to reach his office in Dwarka from Noida on metro, but on Friday he had a nightmarish experience as his…
India poised to be clean energy capital of world: Minister
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India was poised to be the clean energy of capital of the world. “The mission… is to increase use of clean technologies…
ADB, India ink $200 million loan agreement for Jharkhand roads
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday inked an agreement for a $200 million loan to upgrade 176-km roads in Jharkhand, an official statement said. “The…
Bengal’s actual plan expenditure surpasses budget figure by 7%
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) West Bengal’s Actual Plan Expenditure surpassed the State Plan Expenditure budget by seven per cent in 2015-16, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Friday. Briefing media persons here…