Nadda: Govt working to tackle dengue, chikungunya
Even as Delhi has witnessed a sudden spurt in Dengue and Chikungunya cases, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday asked people not to panic and asserted that his Ministry was working in close coordination with the Delhi Government and various agencies to tackle the outbreak. Observing that the focus should...
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Cong, CPM raise concern about India's strategic interests
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Industry pitches for 18% GST, exemptions for e-comm players
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Steel Minister meets lN Mittal; discusses $1 billion JV with SAIl
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FIIs help Sensex zoom 440 pts to 13-mth high
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Corporate borrowing cost see greater fall than home loans: RBI
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'India is 3rd largest investor in UK'
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RComm to offer 300 minutes of 4G calling at Rs 1
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300% rise in raids, seizures by IT dept over black money
The Income Tax department has seized an all-time high value of cash and jewellery, while Rs 3,360 crore unpaid taxes have been surrendered this year as part of its enhanced crackdown against black money holders in the country. In a mammoth jump of over three times in the searches, raids and...
Fifth tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds from September 1
The 5th tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds will open for nine days from September 1, through which the Government aims to attract a large number of investors to curb the demand for physical gold. “Applications for the bonds will be accepted from September 01, 2016 to September 09, 2016. The...
Green panel clears SAIl's Rs 5,419-crore modernisation plans
A central green panel has given environment clearance to SAIl’s Rs 5,419-crore expansion and modernisation project for its Rourkela plant in Odisha. SAIl has proposed modernisation of its Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) by setting up a new hot strip mill with a production capacity of 3 million tonnes per annum...
leEco follows Vivo, Xiaomi, to assemble smartphones in India
Joining peers such as Xiaomi, Vivo and Gionee, Chinese handset maker leEco will assemble its smartphones in India, investing Rs 50 crore in the facility. Set up in partnership with Compal Electronics, the facility in Greater Noida will have an initial capacity of 60,000 units a month. This will be...
Climate, economy top US Prez's Asia trip agenda
US President Barack Obama will embark on his last Asia trip later this week which would focus on key issues of climate change, global economy and those concerning Asia Pacific region, a top offiical has said. Obama will leave for a week-long trip to Asia — his 10th to the Asia...
Nepal says Indian couple faked Everest climb
Nepal mountaineering authorities have said that an Indian couple faked a Mount Everest ascent earlier this year by altering photographs to make it appear they were on the summit, officials said. A Mountaineering Department official said the government has canceled the climbing certificates issued to Indian citizens Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod...
B'desh SC upholds Jamaat-linked media tycoon's death penalty
Bangladeshi media tycoon and fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali could be executed soon after the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld his death sentence for committing war crimes during the country’s 1971 liberation War against Pakistan. The five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, the first Hindu to occupy...
