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The Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma with the Trade Minister of Mexico, Bruno Ferrari

The Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma with the Trade Minister of Mexico, Bruno Ferrari

The Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma with the Trade Minister of Mexico, Bruno Ferrari on the sidelines of G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting, at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on April 19, 2012. Related Posts:The Minister...
Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Uday Kumar Varma addressing the concluding session of PIB Regional & Branch Officers’ Conference, in New Delhi on April 19, 2012.

Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Uday Kumar Varma addressing the concluding session of PIB Regional & Branch Officers’ Conference, in New Delhi on April 19, 2012.

The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Uday Kumar Varma addressing the concluding session of PIB Regional & Branch Officers’ Conference, in New Delhi on April 19, 2012. The Principal Director General (M&C), Press Information...
Akhilesh wants faster work on Agra international airport

Akhilesh wants faster work on Agra international airport

Lucknow, April 20  In a fresh impetus to tourism in and around the Agra region, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday asked officials to complete all ground work for the international airport project at Agra and to chalk out a plan to...
Mumbai suburban train service getting back to normal

Mumbai suburban train service getting back to normal

Mumbai, April 20  Central Railway Friday assured normalisation of crucial suburban services by evening, three days after a fire disrupted its network resulting in overcrowded trains that claimed three lives, an official said. By Thursday night, barring...
Customers to pay Rs.1 more on every mobile recharge above Rs.20

Customers to pay Rs.1 more on every mobile recharge above Rs.20

New Delhi, April 20  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Thursday approved hiking the processing fee for mobile recharges above Rs.20 by 50 percent which is likely to affect over 90 percent of the mobile subscribers across the country who...
RBI to notify proposal allowing airlines to access foreign funds

RBI to notify proposal allowing airlines to access foreign funds

New Delhi, April 20 The government said it expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to notify the budget announcement of allowing the cash-strapped Indian civil aviation sector to borrow up to $1 billion in external loans for a period of one year within...
Department of IT gets new name

Department of IT gets new name

New Delhi, April 20 The department of information technology (DIT) was Thursday formally named department of electronics and information technology by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal to give importance to the...
Hindustan Times launches programme for underprivileged children

Hindustan Times launches programme for underprivileged children

New Delhi, April 19 English daily newspaper Hindustan Times said Thursday it has launched an initiative which will help in education of over 1 million underprivileged children in the national capital region. As part of the “You Read, They Learn”...
Banks lower interest rates taking cues from RBI policy

Banks lower interest rates taking cues from RBI policy

Mumbai, April 20 Leading lenders including ICICI Bank and Punjab National Bank Thursday announced cut in both lending and deposit rates, just two days after the Reserve Bank of India lowered key policy rates. The move will make housing, auto and other...
India asks G-20 to nake ‘credible and ambitious’ action plan

India asks G-20 to nake ‘credible and ambitious’ action plan

Washington, April 20 India has called upon G-20 nations, the world’s top economies, to work out a “credible and ambitious” action plan to put the global economy firmly on the path of recovery as also promote strong, sustainable and balanced...
Agni-V can reach targets 8,000 km away: Chinese researcher

Agni-V can reach targets 8,000 km away: Chinese researcher

Beijing, April 20 Chinese experts feel that there is to more India’s successful long-range nuclear-capable missile Agni-V than what New Delhi is saying. A Chinese researcher said the missile “actually has the potential to reach targets 8,000...
Pakistani dailies upbeat on Kayani’s India statement

Pakistani dailies upbeat on Kayani’s India statement

Islamabad, April 20 General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s statements on cutting expenditures on defence and using them instead to uplift the people has been lauded by Pakistani dailies, with one saying that the army chief’s words on “the need...
Mamata’s Poribartan: DELUSIVE “2ND INDEPENDENCE”…

Mamata’s Poribartan: DELUSIVE “2ND INDEPENDENCE”…

Mamata’s Poribartan DELUSIVE “2ND INDEPENDENCE” By Proloy Bagchi New Delhi, Aprill 20 :  “Mamta is a dangerous, populist demagogue: economically illiterate but politically astute – (a) deadly combo!” tweeted Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman...