Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) With the profitability of Indian public sector banks (PSBs) severely dented as seen from recent third-quarter results, their credit profile will come under pressure unless they are adequately capitalised, Fitch Ratings…
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) China’s remote western Hol Xil nature reserve, home to 70,000 Tibetan antelope, has applied for Unesco world natural heritage status, its administration said on Friday. The reserve, covering 60,000 square km…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 19 (IANS/WAM) India’s oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq hit the highest in more than a decade in January as OPEC’s top producers gained at the expense of Latin American crudes,…
By Amit Bhandari A $48-billion (Rs 3.26 lakh crore) penalty claimed by the US government from Volkswagen for cheating on diesel car emissions is about 200 times as large as the $225 million (Rs 1,500…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The India consumer storage flash memory market that includes memory cards and flash drives grew 42 percent during the calendar year 2011 to calendar the year 2015 in terms of…
Sydney, Feb 19 (IANS) A team of researchers including an Indian-origin scientist is working on a device that manipulates light to such an extent that it can filter specific colours while still being transparent and…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Leading information technology firm Cyient on Friday launched the work on technology development center in Warangal town of Telangana. Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao laid foundation stone for the facility…
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Friday said that the government will add 10,000 beds in its hospitals by 2017, among a…
Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) will collaborate with left-aligned students unions countrywide to combat “a concerted effort by the ABVP and the BJP to take control of university campuses”,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (IANS) The sale of Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) has dipped by one-fourth over the past 21 months compared with earlier sales figures, after a new liquor policy came into force in Kerala,…
London, Feb 19 (IANS) HSBC bank is set to launch voice recognition and fingerprint ID security services in Britain in an effort towards introducing biometric banking, the media reported on Friday. The bank said its…
Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS) Leading Indian E-commerce company Flipkart on Friday said its mobile application on Google Android Play store is the first Indian app to clock 50 million installations. “Flipkart has become the first…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Automobile major Honda Cars India (HCIL) on Friday announced a voluntary recall of 57,676 vehicles of previous generation models of City, Jazz and Civic. According to the company, the exercise…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Goa’s Agonda beach was named as India’s best and the fourth in Asia by travel planning and booking site TripAdvisor Travellers Choice awards for Beaches. This years awards honour 343…
London, Feb 19 (IANS) The oldest ever complete wheel to be found in Britain, around 3,000 years old, has been unearthed during excavation work at the site of a Bronze Age settlement in England. Experts…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The bail plea of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, is likely to be heard on Monday by the Delhi High Court. The president of the Jawaharlal Nehru…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) India will for the first time host the International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), which aims to discuss a slew of infections-related healthcare challenges relevant to the country and growing…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Using only items found in a typical household, researchers have created multi-sensor artificial skin that is capable of sensing pressure, temperature, humidity, proximity, acidity (pH), and air flow. Smart skin…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Are you 40 and planning to go the family way? Get proper medical attention first as, according to researchers, women who delay their pregnancy until age 40 or older face…
Singapore, Feb 19 (IANS) An Indian-origin engineer, who played a key role in the formation of Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and Changi Airport, passed away at the age of 94 on Thursday in Singapore,…