Activity in India's dominant service sector contracted at the sharpest rate in nearly four years in July after a new tax policy sowed confusion and sent new orders into free fall, a survey showed on Thursday.
Initial confusion on the...
Indian government on Friday set up a 19-member panel that will carry out verifiable scientific research to develop cow derivatives like urine and their benefits. The panel is being called the 'National Steering Committee' and will include secretaries of the...
Entrepreneurship has always been associated with the mentally tough and stable breed amongst the humans. In simple words, it involves the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. While...
In a major decision, the government has empowered the Army directly to procure critical weapons systems and military platforms to maintain combat readiness for short duration “intense wars”, a top government official said today. The move, aimed at filling...
As Narendra Modi embarks on his 02 days visit to Israel, creating history by becoming the first Indian PM to visit Israel, India is all set to get 10 Heron-TP armed drones soon! Manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI),...
Interesting thoughts of citizens of India as to why some Indians, more so from the businesses and trading communities resist paying taxes. As the historic GST is introduced at the stroke of midnight on 01 July 2017 across India ,...
Washington (PTI): "There are big moments of happiness in even smaller happenings" and exactly this is the spirit that keeps the Indian society proudly going. Many westerners have observed this very fact, often. Now, low-risk Indian travellers to the US...
The United States government has approved the sale of a naval variant of Predator drones made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc to India, the U.S.-based company said on Friday.
Reuters reported earlier on Friday that the U.S. government was...
Having initially towed the central governments take on demonetisation by largely supporting it and outrightly denying any adverse effects of it hitting the economy, to the extent of dumping renowned economists warning of a catastrophe, realisation seems to have slowly...
New Delhi (IANS): NDTV founder Prannoy Roy on Friday said the CBI case against him was "ridiculous and a concocted set of facts" and asserted that he and his wife Radhika Roy "never touched black money and never bribed...
New Delhi (IANS): The BJP-led government has not fulfilled its promise of providing adequate remuneration for agricultural produce in its three years of rule and if it does not mend its ways it will have to face a negative outcome...
The Defence Ministry is working on a concept of strategic partnership with original equipment manufacturers to give a boost to indigenisation of defence- related production, Union minister Subhash Bhamre said today.
He said they want world class manufacturers to come...
Washington, AFP: The United States has begun asking some would-be visitors applying for US visa to provide their identities on social media, among other more vigorous screening methods.
A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said new security...
Los Angeles: A US court has issued an arrest warrant for Bikram Choudhury, the Indian-American "hot" yoga guru who was ordered in 2016 to pay over USD 7 million in connection with a sexual harassment case, a media report...
Nikitha Mathew | Kochi (Kerala)
The traffic woes of Kochi in Ernakulam district of Kerala, widely attributed as a handicap on the pro-traveller orientation of the city, will see a respite with the inauguration of Metro by the end of...
The Income Tax Department on Wednesday said it has identified over 400 benami transactions and attached properties worth Rs 600 crore in about 240 cases.
Keen to implement the new Benami Act to ensure "visible outcomes on the ground", the...
A blatant violation and bizarre dupings of innocent farmers and land owners of Gurgaon's Manesar, to the tune of Rs 1,500 crores, that was carried out between 2004-2007 in connivance with the govt officials, and the land mafia had...
India might be a poor country, but we have Indian companies that sell niche luxury goods to the richest of the rich across the world. This time, 3 Indian companies –Gitanjali Gems, Titan and PC Jewellers — have made...
