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New Delhi, Dec 12 With the cabinet all set to approve the draft National Food Security Bill Tuesday, the government plans to introduce it in the ongoing winter session of parliament, which ends Dec 22.
“The cabinet will take up the bill...
Chennai, Dec 12 Hiving off its rail business into a separate subsidiary, setting up a unit in Indonesia and manufacturing engines for India’s main battle tanks are some of the plans on the list of mining and heavy equipment manufacturer BEML Ltd,...
New Delhi, Dec 12 Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will hold a government-industry consultation next week to discuss the slump in factory output, an official statement said Monday.
“The minister will hold government-industry consultation...
New Delhi, Dec 12 The government would deregulate diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices only after considering their impact on the weaker sections of the society, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas R.P.N. Singh said Monday.
“We...
New Delhi, Dec 12 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to allow overseas capital up to 100 percent in greenfield pharmaceutical projects through the automatic route, but existing companies would need the government’s approval for the same.
“FDI...
Mumbai, Dec 12 A benchmark index for Indian equities Monday fell 343 points and below the 16,000-mark as markets reacted negatively to latest data which showed that industrial output had slumped to minus-5.1 percent.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex)...
New Delhi, Dec 12 India’s industrial production saw a staggering decline in October, with official figures released Monday showing a negative growth of 5.1 percent in output mainly owing to huge fall in manufacturing and mining sectors.
Growth in...
New Delhi, Dec 12 India and Switzerland signed an agreement on Monday to increase their cooperation for strengthening local governance.
The agreement aims at “establishing projects to encourage transference of competence between India and Switzerland...
New Delhi, Dec 12 Keen to silence criticism by the opposition and Team Anna over Lokpal, the government may accept the demand for including the prime minister within its ambit with some conditions, as also group C employees, Congress sources said.
A Congress...
New Delhi, Dec 12 Japanese car manufacture Nissan Monday launched the diesel variant of its mid-size sedan Sunny, priced between Rs.7.98 lakh and Rs.8.78 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) with a mileage of 21.64 km per litre.
The company thinks the new variant...
New Delhi, Dec 12 Industry and traditional design are closing ranks in India, with plans to set up four new National Institutes of Design (NIDs) to meet the growing need for industrial designers, especially at the regional level.
The commerce, industry...
New Delhi, Dec 12 India Inc Monday called for gradual easing of monetary policy and incentivising investment after industrial production saw a staggering decline in October, with official figures released Monday showing a 5.1 percent negative growth in...
Hillary’s Myanmar Visit
CHANGING STRATEGIC EQUATIONS
By Monish Tourangbam
Research Scholar, School of International Studies (JNU)
New Delhi, Dec 12: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Myanmar is indeed a historic moment in the annals...
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs, R.P.N. Singh addressing the valedictory session of 3rd India-Africa Hydrocarbons Conference, in New Delhi on December 10, 2011.
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Mexico City, Dec 12 Mexico’s navy has accepted the first woman into the ranks of its special forces, an elite group dedicated to intelligence operations, the fight against criminal cells and anti-terrorism, among other missions, officials said.
“It...
Tashkent, Dec 12 : The grand meeting devoted to the 19th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held on 7 December at the International Forums Palace “Uzbekistan” in Tashkent.
State and public figures, representatives of...
