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Mumbai, July 31 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday kept key policy rates unchanged for the second time since June saying lowering them would raise inflationary pressure without necessarily stimulating growth.
The central bank, however, in an unexpected...
New Delhi, July 31 In a significant change ahead of parliament’s monsoon session, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed P. Chidambaram as finance minister, gave the crucial home portfolio to Sushilkumar Shinde and added power ministry to the...
New Delhi, July 31 India was hit by a massive power failure Tuesday, bigger than the blackout a day ago, that crippled train, Metro and road-transport services and left half the country’s 1.2 billion population without electricity for many hours.
The...
Moscow, July 30 Iran will file a complaint against the US and the European Union (EU) for imposing unilateral sanctions on the country without the approval of the UN Security Council, Press TV reported.
“The complaint will be registered and pursued...
Syria: UN Motion Vetoed
WHERE DOES INDIA STAND?
By Monish Tourangbam
Research Scholar, School of International Studies (JNU)
New Delhi, July 30 : The international community is bitterly divided over Syria’s situation. For the third time, the...
Ranchi, July 30 In view of the looming drought situation in Jharkhand, the state government has announced a Rs.410 crore relief package for farmers, an official said Monday.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arjun Munda Sunday.
The...
New Delhi, July 30 Nearly 60 percent of electricity supply has been restored, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Monday after a major breakdown in Northern Grid plunged seven states, including the national capital, into darkness.
Shinde told reporters...
New Delhi, July 30 Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) posted a six percent increase in net profit at Rs.85 crore for the quarter ended June 30 against Rs.80 crore during the like period of the previous financial year.
Total income stood at Rs.763.8 crore...
New Delhi, July 30 Services on all six lines of the Delhi Metro resumed by 8.45 a.m. after almost three hours of disruption due to tripping of the power supply across northern India, an official said here Monday.
“Services in all the six lines...
Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 The Kerala government has given its approval to set up of a Rs.300 crore hospital and medical college in which the diaspora will be allowed to invest, it was announced Sunday.
The Kerala Institute of Medical Education and...
Chandigarh, July 30 With a capacity for evaporation and condensation of one lakh litres of waste water per day, India’s largest industrial solar plant became operational in Punjab’s Ludhiana district Sunday, a minister said.
State Non-conventional...
Chennai, July 30 The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is gearing up for a crucial Aug 3 meeting with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) in Mumbai to discuss loading of fuel for the first 1,000-MW reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear...
Addis Ababa, July 30 “The Chinese will come and build roads, stadiums and infrastructure…. They will build labs, but who will run the labs?,” asks Jean-Pierre Ezin, the AU’s chief pointsperson for education. He pauses for a while,...
Moscow, July 29 A Russian cargo spacecraft has successfully re-docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday after a failed attempt five days ago.
The unmanned Progress M-15M, which arrived at the ISS in April, undocked from the centre...
New Delhi, July 30 Power supply in seven states across north India was hit early Monday following a breakdown in the Northern Grid, an official said.
Apart from Delhi, supply in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and...
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh interacting with the media after his visit to Kokrajhar, in Assam on July 28, 2012.
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The Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal laying the Foundation Stone of Indian Medical Association Auditorium, in Chandigarh on July 28, 2012.
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New Delhi, July 28 Venu Rajamony, joint secretary in the finance ministry and an officer of the 1986 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is all set to take over as the press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee.
“The name has been cleared....
New Delhi, July 28 Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit to review the security situation in the border state.
Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh and Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma are accompanying...
New Delhi, July 28 Delhi Metro passengers had a harrowing time Saturday with the train services remaining disrupted for nearly an hour due to mock drill at 11 stations.
“The drill started at 11 a.m. and ended at 11:50 a.m. and covered all the...
