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US ends year in state of political, stra | New York, Dec 31 (TIWN / IANS) The rumbling controversies and divisive trends of 2018 erupted in a perfect storm of chaos at the year's end with parts of the US government paralysed by a showdown between President Donald Trump and the Democrats, while senior officials quit, foreign and strategic policies fell into disarray, and the stock markets tumbled. | 30-Dec-2018 |
India will see strong economic growth in | New Delhi, Dec 31 (TIWN / IANS) India will witness strong economic growth in the coming year, despite external vulnerabilities arising from rising oil prices, the US-China trade war and America's monetary tightening, the Confederation of Indian Industry body (CII) said on Sunday. | 30-Dec-2018 |
Railways completes 306 km of western ded | New Delhi, Dec 31 (TIWN / IANS) The railways on Sunday said it has completed the 306-km section between Madar (Ajmer) in Rajasthan and Kishangarh (Rewari) in Haryana in the western segment. | 30-Dec-2018 |
Facebook least trusted tech company: Sur | San Francisco, Dec 30 (TIWN / IANS) In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world's largest social network leads the list of companies that people trust the least. | 30-Dec-2018 |
Fuel prices down 30 paise, petrol at new | New Delhi, Dec 29 (TIWN / IANS) Domestic fuel prices fell around 30 paise on Saturday as the cost of petrol touched fresh low levels for 2018 across the four metros. | 29-Dec-2018 |
Railways to conduct Heavy-haul train tri | New Delhi, Dec 29 (TIWN / IANS) Expediting the much-delayed Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project, the railways will conduct a trial run of a goods train on the newly-completed 306 km section between Madar (Ajmer) in Rajasthan and Kishangarh (Rewari) in Haryana in the western segment on Sunday. | 29-Dec-2018 |
Gold jewellery demand growth projected a | Kolkata, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) Despite subdued demand for gold jewellery during the current fiscal, the outlook for the retail industry of jewellery made of the yellow metal remained positive, and over the medium to long term the gold jewellery demand growth is projected at 6-7 per cent, said a report released on Friday. | 28-Dec-2018 |
Sensex opens 100 points higher | Mumbai, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) Key Indian equity indices opened higher on Friday tracking its Asian peers and owing to the strong gains in the financial stocks. | 28-Dec-2018 |
Chinese shares open higher; yuan strengt | Beijing, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.02 per cent to open at 2,483.62 points. | 27-Dec-2018 |
Government prepares revival plan for Air | Mumbai, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) The Centre has prepared a revival plan for Air India, comprising a comprehensive financial package and sale of non-core real estate assets. | 27-Dec-2018 |
April-November fiscal deficit over 115% | New Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) India's budgetary fiscal deficit for the April-November period at Rs 7.17 lakh crore has exceeded the target for the full fiscal, accounting for 114.8 per cent of the budgeted target of Rs 6.24 lakh crore, mainly owing to slow revenue growth during the period under consideration, official data showed on Thursday. | 27-Dec-2018 |
China says meeting with US on trade in J | Beijing, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) Representatives from China and the US are planning to meet in January to negotiate an agreement on putting an end to the trade war between the two countries, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday. | 27-Dec-2018 |
Chinese shares open higher; yuan weakens | Beijing, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.18 per cent to open at 2,527.72 points. | 26-Dec-2018 |
Amazon announces record sales for holida | San Francisco, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) US-based online retail giant Amazon on Wednesday announced a record-breaking holiday season as tens of millions of people have signed up for its Prime membership either by making paid service or on a trial basis. | 26-Dec-2018 |
Sensex down 100 points despite declining | Mumbai, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) Despite decline in crude oil prices the Sensex on Wednesday afternoon dropped 100 points over concerns of a slowdown in global growth and a partial shutdown of the US government. | 26-Dec-2018 |
Strike paralyses banking operations in M | Mumbai, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) All banking operations were paralysed in the country's financial capital on Wednesday, following a strike by various banking employees and officers unions, officials said here. | 26-Dec-2018 |
Superhero comic's 2nd volume on acid att | New Delhi, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) A tale of "courage and overcoming societal ridicule" by acid attack survivors will be presented in an upcoming exhibition here as the second volume of "Priya's Shakti", a pioneering female superhero comic about a rape survivor. | 26-Dec-2018 |
US govt shutdown hurting markets, no agr | Washington, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) The partial US government shutdown entered its fourth day on Tuesday after leading to heavy losses in the securities markets and without any agreement in sight yet regarding the funds US President Donald Trump is demanding to build portions of his much-touted wall along the border with Mexico. | 25-Dec-2018 |
Thailand legalises marijuana for medical | Bangkok, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) Thailand's interim parliament voted to approve marijuana for medical use and research, one of the senators who worked on the bill told CNN on Tuesday. Recreational use of the drug remains illegal. | 25-Dec-2018 |
Petrol price touches new 2018 low in Del | New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) Petrol price in Delhi fell further on Tuesday to touch a new 2018 low of Rs 69.79 per litre. | 25-Dec-2018 |
Vedanta considers expanding Electrosteel | Kolkata, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) Vedanta Group, which is looking to invest US$8 billion across businesses in next three years, is considering expansion of the capacity of its newly acquired Electrosteel Steels unit in Jharkhand to about seven million tonnes in phases in the next few years, an official said here on Tuesday. | 25-Dec-2018 |
Apple provided users' data on Indian gov | New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) The Indian government asked Apple to provide information regarding 27 devices and 18 accounts in the January-June 2018 period, with the company providing data in most of the cases owing to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. | 25-Dec-2018 |
GoAir enhances services to Phuket with d | New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) Budget passenger carrier GoAir on Monday said that it has enhanced its operations to Phuket with the launch of daily directly flights from Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru. | 24-Dec-2018 |
Trump lashes out at Fed again amid stock | Washington, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at the Federal Reserve again amid continued stock market plunge and recent rumours that he was considering firing the central bank chief. | 24-Dec-2018 |
Sun setting on 28% slab, 3-tier GST with | New Delhi, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted that the country may eventually have a single standard rate of GST through merging of 12 and 18 per cent slabs, adding that the 28 per cent slab will soon be phased out, except in case of luxury and "sin goods". | 24-Dec-2018 |
Sensex ends 270 points lower on negative | Mumbai, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) Taking cues from weak global markets major Indian equity indices on Monday ended lower for the third straight session following the partial shutdown of the US government and concerns over the slowing global growth. | 24-Dec-2018 |
Myanmar to hold 'world's largest book sa | Yangon, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) Myanmar will hold the world's largest "Big Bad Wolf Book Sale" here in January, authorities said. | 24-Dec-2018 |
Jet Airways announces 'Christmas sale' f | Mumbai, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) Jet Airways on Sunday announced discount offers on the occassion of Christmas for both domestic and international travel beginning 2019. | 23-Dec-2018 |
Train-18 receives green signal for comme | New Delhi, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) has given his clearance -- a must for the commercial run of any new service -- for the launch of Train-18, India's first Trainset, which recently had a successful trial run at speeds of up to 160 kmph. | 23-Dec-2018 |
GoM to look into anomaly in GST collecti | New Delhi, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to form a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to study anomalies in tax collection in some of the states which showed wide deviation from what was expected. | 22-Dec-2018 |
NFR to run four Spl train for Bogibeel i | Guwahati, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) The N.F. Railway has decided to run four Special Trains to and from Tangani to facilitate people to join the inaugural function of Bogibeel bridge on December 25. | 22-Dec-2018 |
PNB official, construction firm owner, p | Patna, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) At least three persons have been killed by unidentified gunmen over the past 12 hours in three different districts of Bihar, prompting a scathing attack by the opposition on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's governance. | 22-Dec-2018 |
Railway expenditure outpaces earnings, o | New Delhi, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) With expenditure continuing to far exceed earnings, Indian Railways is facing a dismal financial scenario with the operating ratio breaching the 112-per cent mark. | 22-Dec-2018 |
US dollar rebounds amid sell-off in stoc | New York, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) The US dollar clawed back gains in the week's last trading day, as the greenback's safe-haven demands rose amid steep sell-off in equities and a possible US government shutdown. | 21-Dec-2018 |
US stocks close lower as government shut | New York, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) US stocks closed lower on Friday as investors digested the latest economic data, speech from a central bank official, and the fact that the government is on the verge of a partial shutdown. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Tripura to boost Agar cultivation to enc | Agartala, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) The Tripura government has decided to open a special "Agar Conservation Foundation" division to promote cultivation of Agar trees to boost employment and to earn foreign money, a Minister said here on Friday. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Global cues, rupee dent equity market; S | Mumbai, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) Concerns over global economic growth and threat of a partial US government shutdown spooked international and local equity indices on Friday, with the BSE Sensex plunging nearly 700 points. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Gadkari urges e-rickshaw makers to maint | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that Indian e-rickshaw manufacturers should produce quality products which offer improved longevity. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Airtel-Ericsson 4G trial hits 500 Mbps d | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) Bharti Airtel and Swedish networking and telecom major Ericsson on Friday said they have achieved a download speed of over 500 Mbps on smartphones during a first-ever live 4G trial in India. | 21-Dec-2018 |
10 lakh bankers to strike work on Dec 26 | Chennai, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) With the failure of conciliation talks, about 10 lakh bankers in private and government banks will go on strike on December 26 protesting against the merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank, the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) said on Thursday. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Sensex down on Fed induced global weakne | Mumbai, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) In line with global markets, BSE Sensex and Nifty50 traded lower on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve raised its short-term interest rate. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Chinese shares open lower; yuan weakens | Beijing, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.2 per cent to open at 2,544.51 points. | 19-Dec-2018 |
Amazon slammed for selling doormats with | Washington, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) Online retail giant Amazon has been slammed by several Sikh bodies for reportedly selling doormats, rugs and toilet accessories bearing the image of the highly-revered Golden Temple and was asked to immediately remove the "disrespectful products" that hurt the sentiments of the community worldwide. | 19-Dec-2018 |
Sensex up 150 points over sliding crude | Mumbai, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) Amid mixed Asian cues and falling crude oil prices the benchmark Sensex extended its early gains to 150 points during the afternoon session of the trade on Wednesday. | 19-Dec-2018 |
British Airways to resume flights to Pak | London, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan from June 2019 after a period of 10 years, the airline announced on Tuesday. | 18-Dec-2018 |
PM lays stones for Thane Metro, mass hou | Thane (Maharashtra), Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) Virtually kicking off the BJP campaign for 2019 elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress governments for various lapses while laying foundation stones for Thane district Metro Rail and a mass housing project here on Tuesday. | 18-Dec-2018 |
Sensex manages 6th straight rise as rupe | Mumbai, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) Lower crude prices coupled with inflow of foreign funds and a strong rupee buoyed the Indian equity market on Tuesday to log the 6th straight session of advances. | 18-Dec-2018 |
Equity indices open in red; Sensex down | Mumbai, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a negative note on Tuesday tracking weakness in the global markets. | 18-Dec-2018 |
China's yuan rises to 6.8854 against US | Beijing, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 54 basis points to 6.8854 against the US dollar Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. | 17-Dec-2018 |
IITM-Thales tie up for fault tolerant Sh | Chennai, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) on Monday said that it was partnering with diversified French conglomerate Thales to design a Shakti Risc-V processor compatible with safety critical standards. Shakti is India's first indigenously-built chip. | 17-Dec-2018 |