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India to pitch for ‘responsible’ crude pricing at OPEC mee...

June 19, 2018

India will pitch for ‘responsible’ crude pricing at the upcoming conference organised by oil producers’ cartel OPEC, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Monday. On the rising oil...

7.7% economic growth in Q4 of 2017-18 firmly established India as worl...

June 19, 2018

Union Minister Arun Jaitley has said, 7.7 per cent economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2017-18 firmly established India as the fastest growing major economy in the world.  In a Facebook post, Mr...

Govt says, trains to have 100 per cent vacuum bio- toilets by March ne...

June 18, 2018

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said, the target of replacing bio-toilets with vacuum bio-toilets in trains will be achieved 100 percent by March next year.  In an interview to a news agency in New...

ATMs to soon reach far-flung tribal areas in Gujarat

June 18, 2018

The tribal people will soon have easy access to ATM services in Gujarat. State tribal development department secretary Ramesh Chand Meena told a news agency, around 40 locations have been identified ...

India, US Officials to meet soon to address concerns of both sides: Su...

June 17, 2018

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that senior officials of India and the US will soon meet to address concerns of both the sides. He said, issues related to visa, continuation of ...

Export promotion offices to open in 10 missions abroad: Suresh Prabhu

June 17, 2018

The Department of Commerce will soon open ten offices in Indian missions abroad for accelerating export promotion activities. Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said this while reviewing th...

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis meets World Bank CEO Kristalina Georg...

June 16, 2018

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva in Washington DC to seek assistance for a Multimodal Transport Corridor and the Rural Livelihood Project which aim...

Japan adopts economic plan that allows more foreign workers

June 16, 2018

Japan’s Cabinet Friday adopted an economic plan that would allow more foreign workers as the rapidly aging country seeks to make up for its declining workforce. Economic and fiscal policy minis...

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways identifies about 300 project...

June 15, 2018

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has identified about 300 projects for completion by March 2019. According to an official release, the projects were finalised following a two-day review of o...

Northeast only region in India to have Regional Road Corporation: Jite...

June 15, 2018

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said that the northeast is the only region in India for which the Centre has formulated a Regional Road Corporation to boost development.  He said, the central gover...