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Telangana becomes 16th state to join UDAY
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 13: Telangana has agreed to join UDAY, the central government's electricity distribution utility financial turnaround scheme, becoming the 16th state to do so.
This was announced by Power Minister Piyush Goyal on…
Ration card-digitisation complete, will ensure leak-proof PDS
New Delhi, Feb 13: The Centre has completed the process of digitisation of ration cards, which will help make the Public Distribution System (PDS) leak-proof, an official said on Friday.
The move will help track allocation of subsidised…
USTDA signs MoU for Vizag smart city development
Visakhapatnam, Feb 13: The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and Andhra Pradesh government on Friday signed an MoU for developing Visakhapatnam as a smart city.
The USTDA signed the MoU with the department of municipal…
Economy has plunged into deep crisis, says Congress
New Delhi, Feb 13: The Congress on Friday said that the "economy has plunged into deep crisis" in the 21 months of Narendra Modi government with decline in GDP, increase in bad loans of banks and rupee on a "downward slide."
Congress…
Economic problems Manmohan’s gift to the nation, says BJP
New Delhi, Feb 12: Hitting back at former prime minister Manmohan Singh over his criticism of Narendra Modi governments' economic policies, the BJP said on Friday that the problems are his gift to the nation.
"He rightly identifies a lot…
US stocks surge on rising oil prices
New York, Feb 13: US stocks rebounded strongly on Friday as investor sentiment was buoyed by spiking oil prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 313.66 points, or 2.00 percent, to 15,973.84. The S&P 500 jumped 35.70 points, or…
Facebook gives ad credits to users who counter terror propaganda
New York, Feb 13: Facebook has offered ad credits worth up to $1,000 to users who helped the social media giant counter terrorist propaganda by posting anti-extremist and positive messages on its website, a media report said.
In an…
December factory output falls again, January inflation up 5.69 percent
New Delhi, Feb 12: India's factory output declined again in December by minus 1.3 percent while retail inflation climbed to 5.69 percent in January from 5.61 percent in the month before, official data showed on Friday. There was a growth of…
India’s factory output declines again in December
New Delhi, Feb 12: India's factory output declined again in December by (-)1.3 percent but was somewhat better than the (-)3.42 percent dip registered in the month before, official data showed on Friday. There was a growth of 3.6 percent in…
Oracle unveils big ticket expansion plans in India
New Delhi, Feb 12: In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Digital India" initiative, global software and cloud major Oracle on Friday unveiled three big ticket investment plans, keeping its commitment to expand further in the…