Browsing Category
Business
Reforms moving in right direction but inadequate: RBI governor
Davos, Jan 22: Describing the current level of economic reforms in India moving in the right direction but inadequate, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that business in the country needs a better environment.
"Let…
ONGC Videsh signs MoU with Equatorial Guinea
New Delhi, Jan 22: ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) said on Friday it has signed an agreement with Equatorial Guinea for cooperation in oil and gas exploration in the African republic.
The pact was signed on January 20 "to cooperate in the upstream…
SpiceJet posts highest quarterly net profit
Mumbai, Jan 22: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Friday reported its highest ever quarterly net profit at Rs.238.40 crore -- for the third quarter of the current fiscal.
The airline reported a net loss of Rs.275.03 crore in the…
BSE Sensex provisionally closes 473 Points higher
Mumbai, Jan 22: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Friday provisionally closed trading 473.45 points or 1.98 percent up.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)…
Next telecom airwaves auction likely in May-June
New Delhi, Jan 22: The government is likely to go for the next round of telecom spectrum auctions around May-June this year, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said here on Friday.
The official said that the government will put all available…
Asia’s largest manganese ore discovered in China
Beijing, Jan 22: A reserve of 192 million tonnes of manganese ore, believed to be the largest in Asia, was discovered in China's Guizhou province, it was announced on Friday.
Pujue manganese ore was discovered in mountains between…
Kudankulam n-plant to be reconnected to grid in five days
Chennai, Jan 22: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is expected to feed power to the southern grid from its 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu in five days, according to a senior official. The unit which was under…
Japan to lift sanctions on Iran: Foreign Minister
Tokyo, Jan 22: Japan has decided to lift its sanctions on Iran after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed the country had implemented measures promised under the newly-reached deal on its nuclear programme, Foreign…
‘Pakistan’s improved economy built on shaky foundations’
Islamabad, Jan 22: The improved performance of Pakistan's economy is real enough, "but it appears to be built on shaky foundations", said a leading daily on Friday. An editorial "State Bank’s scepticism" in the Dawn said that the first…
President to attend Platinum Jubilee celebrations of The Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal
The Income-tax Appellate tribunal (ITAT) would be celebrating its `Platinum jubilee’ on 24th and 25th January, 2016.
President Shri Pranab Mukherjee will be the Chief Guest at the function and will be inaugurating the `Platinum Jubilee’…