Govt proposes to invest Rs 1,227 cr through EDF to push IPR in electronics
The Government has proposed to contribute Rs 1,227 crore through electronic development fund to boost intellectual property rights in the field of information technology and electronics. According to information updated on Ministry of Electronics and IT, the total corpus recommended to be invested by 22 daughter fund in technology firms is...
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New NHAI norms may slow down project awards: Report
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Air Works releasing planes without fixing defects: DGCA audit
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India’s robust economic growth to continue in 2019: CII
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Jet Airways in talks with SBI for Rs 1,500-cr loan
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Banks recover Rs 40,400 cr from defaulters: RBI report
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Petrol price cut to its lowest level in 2018, diesel rates at nine-month low
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Sebi plans to fortify mkt surveillance system
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Not seeking RBI surplus to finance fiscal deficit: Jaitley
The Government does not need RBI surplus to finance its fiscal deficit target, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday, while stressing that the Modi led NDA dispensation has the best track record of managing the deficit than any other previous regime. Replying to a debate on the second batch of...
India's diesel demand to double by 2029-30: Pradhan
India's diesel demand is likely to double to 163 million tonne (MT) in 12 years as consumption rises in the world's fastest-growing economy, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Pradhan said as per the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook...
Get your act together on Brexit: Juncker to Britain
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday urged Britain to “get your act together” on Brexit, as he rejected accusations that the EU had a hidden agenda of keeping Britain in the bloc. “I find it unreasonable that part of the British public seems to think that it’s entirely up...
Congo votes in long-delayed presidential election
People in Congo have begun voting in a long-delayed presidential election that could bring the troubled country’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power. Some unrest is feared in the election after a last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million people from voting because of a deadly Ebola virus outbreak in...
15 suspected jihadists killed in joint French-Niger op
Some 15 suspected jihadists have been killed near the Niger-Mali border by a joint franco-nigerien task force, the French military high command said. “On the night of December 27 (...) an air raid mounted by fighters and Tiger attack helicopters struck” jihadists gathered near Tongo Tongo, in southwestern Niger, the high...
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Police teargas ‘yellow vest’ protesters Paris: Police fired tear gas at “yellow vest” demonstrators in Paris on Saturday but the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low. Philippine storm death toll rises to 22 Manila: 22 people died from a storm that swept through...
WH chief voices ‘nothing but compassion' for migrants
Outgoing White House chief John Kelly said he had "nothing but compassion" for undocumented migrants crossing into the US and undercut the idea of a border wall in an interview Sunday that jarred with President Donald Trump's tough rhetoric on immigration. Speaking as a partial government shutdown went into a ninth...
