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Startup India tableau to be the part of Republic Day 2020 parade

The Department for Promotion of Industry, and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has said that “The Ministry of Commerce and Industry will showcase a tableau on...

To fight with coronavirus, China is building 1,000 bed hospital in City of Wuhan

The Chinese city of Wuhan is rapidly building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat victims of a new coronavirus, mobilising machinery to get it...

Military Radar: Upgradation of Existing Systems and Equipment Will Ease the Growth Process

As the global military radar market size is expected to reach USD 19.56 billion by 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.21% during the forecast...

Abu Dhabi announces $200 million as financial aid to support SMEs in Pakistan

In an attempt to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Crown prince of Abu Dhabi 'Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed' has announced the financial...

Union Power Minister: No power crisis in India

Declaring that there is no power crisis in the country, Union Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday said India has installed power generation...

China's consumer inflation at eight-year high

China's consumer inflation climbed to nearly eight-year peaks in November as pork prices doubled, but factory-gate prices remained in the red, adding to uncertainty...

Priyanka Gandhi: "Modi Government waiving loans of his rich friend's, by cutting education budget"

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Centre over reports that there would be a significant cut in the school...

No proposal under consideration for education loan waiver: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration for waiver of education loans. In the last three years from 2016-17 to March...

Founders exits as Google under the antitrust radar

San Francisco: Google’s cofounders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department of Justice and Congress,...

Kumar Mangalam Birla: Vodafone-Idea may opt for insolvency in absence of government relief

Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Chairman of Aditya Birla Group on Friday, said that "Vodafone Idea will shut the shop and opt for insolvency if...

Japan approves 26 trillion yen as economic stimulus package to combat overseas risks

Japan's cabinet approved an economic stimulus package worth 26 trillion yen ($239 billion) with fiscal spending of 13.2 trillion yen, aimed at preventing overseas...

Iran OPEC envoy: "Tehran would back majority decision to cut oil output"

Iran would support a majority decision by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut oil production, the country's OPEC...

Government's new privacy bill may force social media platforms to offer user verification option: Reports

Government's proposed new privacy bill may require large social media platforms to offer an identity-verification option, a potentially precedent-setting effort to rein in the...

India making sixth interest rate cut, still no cure for economy

Five interest rate cuts since the start of the year hasn't stopped India's economy from slowing to its weakest growth rate since 2013, but...

RBI's subsidiary DICGC says, "Depositors in failed and liquidated bank to get only Rs 1 lakh as insurance cover"

Depositors in failed and liquidated banks will get only up to Rs 1 lakh as insurance cover, regardless of the amount in their accounts,...

Huawei Technologies gauges interest among lenders for a loan up to $1.5bn

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies is back for its second offshore loan this year, gauging interest among lenders for a loan of up to...

Singapore govt orders Facebook to correct post under anti-fake news law

The Singapore government on Friday ordered social media giant Facebook to correct a post made by one of its users, marking one of the...

Government extends mandatory roll-out date for FASTag to Dec 15

The government on Friday extended till Dec 15 the date for making FASTag mandatory for toll payments on national highways. It said it will now...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari calls carmakers to focus on alternative fuel vehicles

Terming huge crude oil import a "big economic challenge" for the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday urged automakers to focus on alternative...

Government raises the authorised capital of FCI to Rs 10,000 crore

In an attempt to infuse the additional capital in its state-owned company, the Government of India has increased the authorised capital of Food Corporation...

Indian Railways has generated Rs 139.20 crore from sale of platform tickets in 2018-19

Railways earned Rs 139.20 crore from the sale of platform tickets in 2018-19 and Rs 78.50 crore till September this fiscal, the ministry informed...

Sitaram Yechury: Narendra Modi Government must bring a white paper on the status of Indian economy

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday demanded that the government bring out a white paper on the status of the economy referring to...

China at G20 meeting: The United States is world’s biggest source of instability

The United States is the world's biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government's...

Centre to impose 25% safeguard duty on imports of single-mode optical fiber

The Centre is considering a 25 percent provisional safeguard duty on the import of single-mode optical fibre, used for signal transmission. This follows a Commerce...

Bank Of England keeps its interest rate at 0.75%, alters UK growth forecasts at 1.4% for 2019

The Bank of England (BoE) has left its main interest rate at 0.75 percent, it said on November 7 after a regular meeting and...

IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva says, “Global debt surges record-high to $188 trillion”

The global debt load has surged to a new all-time record equivalent to more than double the world's economic output, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP govt on the state of the economy

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday attacked the BJP government over the state of the economy, saying those ruling the country are...

RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya: Govt of India needs to undertake heavy disinvestment programme

The Indian government needs to reduce its reliance on bond markets and undertake a heavy disinvestment programme along with urgently implementing land, labour and...

US Job growth for October shows less than expected: Reports

US job growth slowed less than expected in October as the drag from a strike at General Motors was offset by gains elsewhere, while...

Britain will not appoint new BoE Governor before Dec. 12 election

Britain's government will not name a successor to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney before a national election due on Dec. 12, a finance...

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