New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) As prices of pulses continued to pinch consumers, India’s annual retail inflation moved up further to 5.61 percent in December from 5.41 percent during the month before, official data released…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 11 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $625 million loan for Vizag-Chennai industrial corridor, ADB India country director Teresa Kho announced on Monday. Addressing the CII Partnership Summit in this…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) Indian diaspora/NRI students will be offered 60 paid short-term internship positions in 23 Indian companies in major Indian cities during the summer of 2016 under a public-private partnership. The Overseas Indian…
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Around 21 lakh cheques worth about Rs.16,000 crore could not be cleared on Friday owing to bankers strike against the violation of bilateral settlement by five associate banks of the State…
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has been awarded the Central Banker of Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016 by The Banker, an official statement said on…
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Nearly 340,000 bank employees across the country will strike work on January 8 to protest the implementation of the new Career Progression Scheme (CPS), a leader of the All India Bank…
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) Weak growth among major emerging markets with only the South Asia region, led by India, projected to be a bright spot, will weigh on global growth in 2016, a new World…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday approved financial assistance for drought-affected states from the National Disaster Relief Fund, officials said. Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level committee meeting here to…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday announced that it has collected Rs.2,428.4 crore worth of taxes and penalties after 644 declarations were made about possessing black money. According to the Ministry…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Industry chamber Assocham urged the government on Sunday to raise tax-exempted savings limit to Rs.2.5 lakh, from the current Rs.1.5 lakh, and re-introduce standard deductions for salaried employees to boost…
Tirupati, Jan 1 (PTI) Over 80,000 devotees from different parts of the country thronged the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on new year day today. The hundi (offering box) collection was about rupees three…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The Obama administration wants NASA to speed up work on sending humans on deep space exploration missions, including Mars, and has instructed the US space agency to spend at least $55…
Tirupati, Dec 26 (IANS) The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, which manages the Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala, wants the central government to make some amendments in the Gold Monetisation Scheme so that it can invest its…
Bhopal, Dec 26 (IANS) Though the number of women journalists in Bhopal can leave one surprised, most of them have never been spotted covering any event but are running websites which attract advertisements worth crores…
Beijing, Dec 26 (IANS) The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has been officially launched in Beijing and is expected to start operation early next year, the media reported on Saturday. The launch of the…
Paris, Dec 26 (AFP) Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are poised to become the first USD 100 million men in tennis in 2016, in a gripping sub-plot to the new Grand Slam season. No player…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Modi government is set to spend Rs 7,000 crore (nearly $1 billion) on laying a fibre optic network in the northeastern states to improve internet connectivity, but a senior…
Lucknow, Dec 23 (IANS) The Center for Inter-disciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago will get a $1 million grant for the next two years from the…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Delhi government on Wednesday announced a grant of Rs.1 crore as compensation to the family of the policeman who was killed in a firing incident at a court in Delhi….
London, Dec 23 (IANS) A system using images and a one-time numerical code can provide a secure and easy to use alternative to multiple device password systems like are used in online banking, researchers…