Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| India's Forex reserves down $795 mn | Mumbai, Dec 1 (TIWN / IANS) India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves declined by $795 million during the week ended November 23, official data showed on Friday. | 30-Nov-2018 |
| GDP growth rate a reflection of governme | New Delhi, Nov 30 (TIWN / IANS) Even as India's GDP growth rate declined to 7.1 per cent during the second quarter of 2018-19, from 8.2 per cent in Q1, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy on Friday called it a "positive trend" over the last fiscal, which he said reflected the governments "successful" policy efforts in maintaining a stable domestic environment despite global uncertainties. | 30-Nov-2018 |
| UPA-era growth rate falls from 8% to 6.7 | New Delhi, Nov 30 (TIWN / IANS) The official back-series estimates for India's GDP released on Wednesday shows a wide divergence with the "unofficial" back-series data released in July by the government. | 29-Nov-2018 |
| Farmers' mega protest on Friday In Delhi | New Delhi, Nov 29 (TIWN / IANS) Thousands of farmers from across the country on Thursday reached the Ramlila ground in the national capital for a mega protest march to Parliament Street on Friday demanding higher crop prices and farm loan waiver. | 29-Nov-2018 |
| Odisha seeks 5% GST on 'kendu' leaves | Bhubaneswar, Nov 29 (TIWN / IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday requested Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 'kendu' (tendu) leaves from 18 per cent to 5 per cent. | 29-Nov-2018 |
| Petrol prices lowest in FY 2018-19 | New Delhi, Nov 28 (TIWN / IANS) Petrol prices on Wednesday touched the lowest level in the ongoing financial year across the four metro cities -- Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. | 29-Nov-2018 |
| Key Indian equity market indices open in | Mumbai, Nov 29 (TIWN / IANS) The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher following a positive trend in global markets. | 29-Nov-2018 |
| India among fastest growing Cloud market | Las Vegas, Nov 29 (TIWN / IANS) The Asia-Pacific region has huge potential to write the next growth story for Amazon Web Services (AWS), with India playing a key role in Cloud adoption among both enterprises and the governments, CEO Andy Jassy has stressed. | 29-Nov-2018 |
| Modi set to leave for G20 summit, to mee | New Delhi, Nov 28 (TIWN / IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Argentina on Wednesday to take part in the 13th G20 meeting in Buenos Aires during which he will have several bilateral meetings, including with Chinese President Xi Jinping. | 27-Nov-2018 |
| Blast near chemical plant kills 22 in no | Shijiazhuang, Nov 28 (TIWN / IANS) A blast near a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou city, in north China's Hebei province, has killed 22 and injured 22 others early Wednesday morning, local authorities said. | 27-Nov-2018 |
| UK's May to lawmakers: Brexit deal to be | London, Nov 27 (TIWN / IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Monday that Parliament will vote on the Brexit accord on Dec 11. | 26-Nov-2018 |
| Artistes express solidarity with farmers | New Delhi, Nov 26 (TIWN / IANS) Several prominent writers, intellectuals and artists, including Nayantara Sahgal, K. Satchidanandan, Ganesh Devy and Damodar Mauzo, have expressed solidarity with farmers who will lead a Kisan Mukti March here on November 29-30. | 26-Nov-2018 |
| Chinese shares open mixed; yuan weakens | Beijing, Nov 26 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese stocks opened mixed on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.05 per cent to open at 2,580.84 points. | 25-Nov-2018 |
| Tourists find Taj 'much more hypnotising | Agra, Nov 26 (TIWN / IANS) The World Heritage Week celebrations came to an end on Sunday, after a series of activities including a cleanliness drive at historical monuments, a painting contest, ritualistic welcome of foreign guests and a photo exhibition. | 25-Nov-2018 |
| State, Centre apathetic to rebuilding fl | Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 25 (TIWN / IANS) The CPI (M)-led Kerala government lacks a blueprint, while the Centre has been meting out a step-motherly treatment to the the flood-hit state, hampering rebuilding efforts, a senior Congress leader said on Sunday. | 25-Nov-2018 |
| 3 PSUs to open 5,125 new petrol bunks in | Chennai, Nov 25 (TIWN / IANS) Three public sector oil marketing companies have decided to expand their retail network by adding about 5,125 new outlets in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry over the next two years, a senior official of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) said on Sunday. | 25-Nov-2018 |
| Bharat Electronics wins CII-Exim Bank Bu | Bengaluru, Nov 25 (TIWN / IANS) State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) on Saturday won the CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence Award and the jury's commendation for being a role-model organisation. | 25-Nov-2018 |
| PSU oil firms to expand retail presence | Chennai, Nov 25 (TIWN / IANS) As part of their retail network expansion plan, India's three state-run oil-marketing companies would open 5,125 petrol bunks in Tamil Nadu over the next two years, said a senior official of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Sunday.\ | 25-Nov-2018 |
| 7-nation panel to grill Facebook over da | San Francisco, Nov 24 (TIWN / IANS) After attending grilling sessions this year with lawmakers over data breaches and failure to tackle political interference, Facebook is again set to face an international committee consisting 22 members from seven countries. | 24-Nov-2018 |
| US dollar rallies amid concerns over slo | New York, Nov 24 (TIWN / IANS) The US dollar extended gains against most other major currencies as the euro was largely weighed down by concerns over potential economic growth slowdown in the euro zone. | 23-Nov-2018 |
| Shock decline in vehicle sales hit deale | Mumbai, Nov 23 (TIWN / IANS) An "unexpected de-growth" during the festival season this year has shocked the automobile industry with consumers "postponing" purchase of both two and four-wheelers, a top industry official said here on Friday. | 23-Nov-2018 |
| Mahindra First Choice Services to ventur | Chennai, Nov 23 (TIWN / IANS) Multi-brand car servicing major Mahindra First Choice Services is getting into servicing two wheelers while expanding its current network and looking out for capital infusion of about Rs 100-125 crore for business from a strategic partner, said a top company official. | 23-Nov-2018 |
| 6 lakh Redmi Note 6 Pro sold during Blac | New Delhi, Nov 23 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Friday announced that it sold six lakh units of Redmi Note 6 Pro smartphone during its first Black Friday sale on e-commerce site Flipkart and its own platform Mi.com. | 23-Nov-2018 |
| Samsung apologises to victims of work-re | Seoul, Nov 23 (TIWN / IANS) Samsung Electronics on Friday made a formal apology to all victims of work-related diseases who were employed at the company's chip and display production lines, settling the long-standing dispute that lasted for more than a decade. | 23-Nov-2018 |
| Air Odisha's UDAN license cancelled for | Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (TIWN / IANS) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has cancelled the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) licence of low-cost carrier Air Odisha for seven airports for its irregular flight services, an official said on Friday. | 23-Nov-2018 |
| US dollar falls amid Brexit deal hopes | New York, Nov 23 (TIWN / IANS) The US dollar decreased against most other major currencies as investors believed that the UK and the European Union (EU) will reach a deal before Brexit goes into effect. | 22-Nov-2018 |
| Trading disrupted at India-Bangladesh 'B | Agartala, Nov 13 (TIWN / IANS) Trading at the India-Bangladesh "Border Haat" in Tripura was disrupted by some people forcing the authorities to ask the police to take action against those who were preventing vendors from entering the border market, an official said on Tuesday. | 13-Nov-2018 |