By Meghna Mital New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The World Bank has dropped the use of developing nation tag for India in its specialised reports and instead classifies it as a “lower-middle-income” economy in South…
Beijing, June 3 (IANS) China-based Weeview Inc. on Thursday showcased ‘Eye-Plug’, a USB Type-C accessory that can be plugged into your Android smartphone and will assist in capturing 3D videos, at the ongoing “Computex 2016″…
New York, June 3 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook on Friday announed that it will pull its own “Notify” app — created to send notifications from a list of news sources including Bloomberg Business, CNN…
New York, June 3 (IANS) US stocks pared early losses to end mildly higher as investors meditated on the volatility in oil prices and remarks from the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi. The…
Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) Positive global cues pushed the Indian equity markets higher on Friday. Consequently, the key indices traded in the positive territory during the early morning trade session. Healthy buying was witnessed in…
Tokyo, June 3 (IANS) Tokyo stocks made gains from the off on Friday as investors snapped up bargains following the market’s two-day run of closing lows which saw a wide range of issues oversold. The…
Beijing, June 3 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.16 percent to open at 2,929.79 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.02 percent higher at 10,275.94 points,…
New York, June 3 (IANS) The US dollar climbed against most major currencies on Thursday as jobs data from the country came out positive. In the week ending May 28, the advance figure for seasonally…
Vienna/New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) With global crude oil prices climbing back over $50 a barrel levels, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday decided against an expected output cut and continue producing…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has approved Rs 186 crore for the wildlife mitigation measures of a highway that cuts across the tiger corridor in Maharashtra, an official…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) About 500 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (Prime Minister Skill Centres) will be set up across the country this year even as all profit-making PSUs will scale up apprenticeships to give…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Railways Ministry on Thursday signed an MoU with the Haryana government for formation of a joint venture company for development of rail infrastructure in the state. Railways Minister Suresh…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The West Bengal government has set an initial target to generate 19 crore person days under the rural job guarantee scheme this year and has got fund assurance from the central…
Shillong, June 2 (IANS) Income Tax officials on Thursday raided the residence and offices of three Meghalaya-based businessmen whose name figured in the recently-leaked Panama Papers, an official said. Among those houses raided was the…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) While it is already raining in most parts of Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the monsoon will hit the southern state in the next four to…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday accused the Centre of arm-twisting India’s largest petroleum company ONGC to buy what the party said was “scam-tainted” Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) in order to…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said the world is “stunned” by India’s rate of economic growth and also hailed as “unprecedented” the government decision to hike the Minimum Support…
Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday opposed the hike in cess and surcharge by the union government, contending that it denied the states their rightful share in the tax devolution. Since cesses…
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) In view of recent increase in online attacks on financial institutions’ information systems, India’s central bank on Thursday advised commercial banks to immediately put in place a cyber security policy in…
GoAir. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier GoAir on Thursday said it has received its first A320 NEO aircraft, which landed early in the morning at Delhi airport. According to…