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Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro (Photo: AP)

Embattled Venezuelan President to visit India soon

Visit a year after PM Modi skipped NAM summit.

22 Oct 2017 7:17 PM

More than one-fourth, i.e. 27 per cent, of Indian citizens want a strong leader. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

85 per cent Indians trust govt, 55 per cent back autocracy: Pew survey

India is one of the three countries in the Asia Pacific region where people support technocracy.

17 Oct 2017 4:09 AM

92 per cent of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet trains route will be elevated.

Railway authorities to face technology and land hurdles

The train will stop at Thane and Virar, Boisar in Mumbai. It will halt at Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara,...

14 Sept 2017 12:29 AM

A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Saturday. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmars Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted, the United Nations said on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

UNHRC deplores current steps in India to deport Rohingya refugees

Communal tensions appeared to be rising across Myanmar on Monday after two weeks of violence in Rakhine state.

11 Sept 2017 12:07 PM

Iran is offering to insure oil cargoes to India after some local insurers stopped providing the service in the face of impending US sanctions, industry sources said, a move that would help Tehran continue supplying its second biggest oil client.

Govt hopes to finalise partners for strategic oil reserves within a...

India's government approved two strategic petroleum reserve sites with a total capacity of 6.5 million tonnes in June.

15 Oct 2018 9:42 AM

The scrip of IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company touched its upper circuit limit of Rs 25.32, up 10 per cent.

Saudi-based ICD halts plan for USD 1 billion fund with IL&FS

The ICD is a multilateral development institution that supports the economic development of its 53 member countries.

15 Oct 2018 8:39 AM

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Policy on Biofuels which allows doping of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet with petrol to cut oil imports by Rs 4,000 crore this year alone.

Govt seeks to reassure markets on deregulation of fuel prices

Shares in the companies fell more than 20 per cent to multi-year lows on Friday before recovering marginally.

7 Oct 2018 6:15 AM

Reserve Bank of India

Govt interference should not compromise RBI's independence: IMF

The IMF said it was monitoring developments with regard to the reported rift between the Reserve Bank of India and the...

2 Nov 2018 3:36 AM

Miss World Manushi Chhillar with school girls during an event on menstrual hygiene in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

Menstruation a natural phenomenon'

NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said it was a matter of privilege that the Miss World had wished to visit them.

6 Feb 2018 9:25 PM

In November last year, the ISIS had claimed the responsibility for the shootout in which police sub-inspector Imran Tak was also killed in Srinagars Gulab Bagh area. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Threats to India grow, but do our netas care?

The entire episode should cause grave disquiet to all citizens at a time when the need for national security is...

2 April 2018 7:18 PM

Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

WhatsApp tells Centre about steps taken to curb fake news, rumour...

WhatsApp has already been slapped with two notices by Indian govt, asking it to come with effective solutions to curb...

25 July 2018 8:22 AM

The American Consul General was responding to a query regarding concerns over changes in the H-1B visa programme. (Representational image: file)

India raises work visa concern with Maldives' govt

Sources said that we are receiving complaints (regarding discrimination on work visas), more than a hundred.

5 July 2018 1:27 AM