By Chaitanya Mallapur Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) — a national programme for universal elementary education — has seen Rs.1,15,625 crore ($17.7 billion) spent on it over the last five years — but the quality of…
By Vinod Behl Much on expected lines, though this year’s budget does not unveil any big bang measures to give a giant push to the beleaguered real estate. Yet, it aims to revitalise the economy,…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) With the strike by the Indian gems and jewellery industry continuing for the third day, the government on Friday asserted that the sector should be taxed and, thereby, become part…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, March 4 (IANS) Chinas defence spending will increase by about 7 to 8 percent this year, the government said on Friday, adding that the rise was lower than that of last…
Bangkok, March 4 (IANS) After weeks of warnings over impending shortages brought by a dry spell, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has assured Bangkok residents that their water supply will last until July, the media…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order on call drop issue as it will hold a hearing on March 10 on a plea challenging the regulator’s…
Kuala Lumpur, March 4 (IANS) More next-of-kin of those on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are filing suits as the deadline for legal action against the carrier approaches. The Montreal Convention stipulates that…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 25.58 points, or 0.10 percent, higher during the afternoon session on Friday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) A novel championship has been instituted to promote stock market investments through individuals or entities, registered as research analysts with stock exchanges’ regulator SEBI, its organiser said on Friday. Participants…
New York, March 4 (IANS) US technology giant Apple has launched customer support on micro-blogging website Twitter to answer your queries about its wide range of products. Although Apple has Twitter accounts for specific products…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices were trading flat on Friday, after three straight days of gains. The key indices, however, opened in the positive territory. Against the previous close at 24,606.99…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed on a facilitation package to boost bilateral trade to $5 billion in the next few years, the media reported on Friday. An official of the commerce…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 128 basis points to 6.5284 against the US dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a plea by the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Provider of India challenging the…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the outlay of agriculture budget would be enhanced with a special focus to increase the area under irrigation and reduce farmers’ vulnerabilities to…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Leading budget phone maker Micromax on Thursday said its CEO Vineet Taneja resigned from the company to pursue other interests. “Vineet has moved on to pursue other interests. We would…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Following the union budget 2016-17 proposal to incentivise gas exploration in difficult areas, the government is set to raise the price of domestic natural gas by around 60 percent for…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Centre will provide Rs.587 crore for a rail project to link India and Bangladesh, union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. The project, one of the most important under…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Giving relief to taxpayers, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Thursday issued fresh guidelines to field officers for granting stay of demand at the first appeal stage, an…
Ghaziabad, March 3 (IANS) Jewellers in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh kept their shops shuttered and sat on a dharna on Thursday in protest against the imposition of excise duty on jewellery. Jewellers Association General Secretary…