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India Up 16 Places to 55th on Global Com...

India Up 16 Places to 55th on Global Competitiveness Index

Geneva: In a big jump, India has moved up 16 positions to rank 55th on a global index of the world’s most competitive economies, where Switzerland remains on top. The jump in India’s position underlines the country’s recent economic recovery, improvement in the competitiveness of... read more »

Government slashes natural gas prices by...

Government slashes natural gas prices by 16% to $4.24 per unit

The government has cut natural gas prices by 16% to $4.24 per unit for the six-month period, beginning October 1. Natural gas prices, according to a formula approved by the government in October last year, will fall to $4.24 per million British thermal unit on net calorific value (NCV) basis from... read more »

Nippon Life to hike stake in life insura...

Nippon Life to hike stake in life insurance, mutual fund business: Ambani

MUMBAI: Bullish on growth prospects of his group’s financial services businesses, industrialist Anil Ambani on Wednesday said Japanese major Nippon Life is in an advanced stage of talks to hike stake in Reliance Life Insurance and Reliance Mutual Fund units within this financial year. In... read more »

Pravin Dixit appointed Maharashtra DGP

Pravin Dixit appointed Maharashtra DGP

Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau chief Pravin Dixit will take charge as the Maharashtra Director General Of Police after present incumbent Sanjeev Dayal retires on Wednesday. Dixit will be taking charge at 1p.m. after a ceremonial welcome. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis approved the... read more »

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Brazil raises $71 mn in gas exploration auction

Brazil raises $71 mn in gas exploration auction

Rio de Janeiro – The Brazilian government Thursday raised $71 million in revenue by auctioning a series of natural gas exploration blocks around the country, authorities said. The National... read more »

CBI should be allowed to do its job: Kumar Mangalam Birla

CBI should be allowed to do its job: Kumar Mangala...

New Delhi –  Aditya Birla Group head Kumar Mangalam Birla, who is named in the FIR in the alleged coal block allocation scam, Thursday said... read more »

Sensex up 115 points after two days of losses

Sensex trades flat during early session

Mumbai – Snapping losses of two days, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended 115 points or 0.56 percent up Thursday ahead of the expiry of... read more »

Rupee falls 27 paise to 62.41 on month-end dollar deman...

Rupee falls 27 paise to 62.41 on month-end dollar demand

The rupee fell for the first time in five days and ended 27 paise lower at 62.41 against the dollar on Thursday on month-end demand from oil importers for the... read more »

China to become world’s largest oil importer by 2020

China to become world’s largest oil importer by 2020

Beijing – China is likely to become the world’s largest oil importer in the 2020s, tripping behind the United States. The Paris-based International... read more »

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Supreme Court Stays Execution of 1993 Bombay Blasts Convict Yakub...

New Delhi – The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Yakub Memon, a death-row convict in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case. The Supreme Court has tagged Yakub’s petition —... read more »

Maharashtra is Shiv Sena’s next goal: Uddhav...

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday that his party’s stellar performance in the Lok Sabha polls was only a precursor to its main... read more »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises complete support ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the formation of Telangana and promised complete central support to help take the state to newer heights of... read more »

Live : Today Maharashtra Board HSC Examination Result ...

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) was set up and established in the year 1965 under the Act of the Maharashtra... read more »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Wife, Jashodaben g...

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben, who lives in Brahmanwada village of Unjha town of Mehsana district, has been given... read more »

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C.I.A. Station Chief Will Be Leaving Berlin Soon , Officials

Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter... read more »

Three rockets explode in the Be’er Sheva are...

Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its fifth day on Saturday as Hamas continued to fire rockets into Israel and the Palestinian death... read more »

C.D.C. Closes Anthrax and Flu Labs After Accidents

After potentially serious back-to-back laboratory accidents, federal health officials announced Friday that they had temporarily closed the flu and anthrax... read more »

Kerry Pushes for Solution to Afghanistan Election Crisi...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Obama administration had hoped that after years of frustration with President Hamid Karzai, a successful election in Afghanistan... read more »

Narendra Modi’s first visit to White House likely...

Hours after US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Friday delivered the formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Washington DC,... read more »

Adani’s Australia coal mine hits environmental legal snag; court revokes approval

Sydney: An Australian court on Wednesday revoked the government’s environmental approval for one of the world’s biggest coal mines under construction in the Australian outback... read more »

Former Prime Minister Ted Heath ‘raped boy, 12, after picking him up while hitch-hiking’...

A man has said he was raped by former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath when he was just 12 years old. The claims come as police urge more potential victims of the former PM to come... read more »

LIVE: 31 dead in train derailments in MP, more than 200 rescued; death toll may rise, prob...

At least 31 people were killed and more than 70 injured when two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya Pradesh shortly before midnight on... read more »

Live: Death toll in Madhya Pradhesh’s twin train tragedy rises to 30

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivrah Chouhan is headed to Harda where the Janata and Kamayani Express trains derail killing 30. He says he will speak to the media after taking stock of the... read more »

Parliamentary deadlock: Aggressive Sonia, Rahul may force BJP to ...

On Tuesday , Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha didn’t enter Parliament. They instead stood outside and, led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, shouted slogans against the Prime Minister accusing him of... read more »