Home » Archive for June 21st, 2012
Mumbai, June 22 The fire in the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat which claimed two lives, and injured over a dozen more here continued Friday morning, with officials saying the blaze was under control but yet to be fully doused.
A major...
New Delhi, June 21 Strike-hit national carrier Air India will reactive flights between the national capital and east Asian destinations like Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong in phases starting from Sunday.In a mail to its travel agents and channel partners,...
The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Vilasrao Deshmukh addressing the first RIMES (Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia) Ministerial Conference, in New Delhi on June 21, 2012. The Minister...
New Delhi, June 21 With commuter volumes crossing the two million mark on six days in June alone this year, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) proposes to upgrade commuter facilities by installing more elevators and Automatic Fare Collection (AFC)...
New Delhi, June 21 Over 350,000 lakh families in the capital are set to switch from kerosene oil to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.
“The Delhi cabinet has given its nod for shift of around 3.57 lakh kerosene...
Kolkata, June 21 The West Bengal government is awaiting a response from the central government on its request to extend the Software Technology Park of India scheme to allow concessions to IT giant Infosys for a proposed project, a minister said.
Infosys...
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Wen Jiabao, on the sidelines of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 20, 2012.
Related...
Kolkata, June 21 : Buoyed by the launch of new ultrabook models, technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) is eyeing 21.5 percent market share in the consumer notebook segment in India by the year-end, a top executive of the company said.
“Consumer...
Rio de Janerio, June 21 : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived for the Earth Summit and join world leaders in finding ways of reducing poverty, advancing social equity and protecting the environment in a sustainable manner amid a serious global...
Rio de Janerio, June 21 : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Wednesday for the Earth Summit after taking part in the G20 summit in Mexico.
Manmohan Singh will join world leaders here to find ways of reducing poverty, advancing social equity...
Washington, June 21: The US launched a spy satellite into space.
An Atlas V rocket, carrying the satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the air force said.
Details of the satellite, its mission...
June 20 : India intends to make available up to US$ 10 billion to shore up the resources of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is significant that India, which had to resort to IMF financing on a few occasions till the early nineties, will now...
Dwindling Economy
PRESIDENT POLL ADDS TO WOES
By Shivaji Sarkar
New Delhi, June 21 : As the nation gets busy electing a new President, the economic scenario continues to be grave. Industrial production index rises by 0.1 per cent, power generation dips,...