After kicking up a storm by contending that farm income beyond a certain threshold should be taxed, NITI Aayog Member Bibek Debroy has now said that all production subsidies should be scrapped....
The dream of Uttar Pradesh farmers of bulk-exporting their delicious mangoes to Iran, which could fetch them good money, has turned sour after a massive sandstorm hit the state earlier last week....
The formation of SAFs will complement the recent steps taken by the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to tackle stressed assets, the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham) said in a statement here. ...
The West Bengal Heritage Commission will embark upon restoration of three heritage buildings in the state, including the house of Alexander Duff, the first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India, an official said on Saturday. ...
Kris Gopalakrishnan, who left IT giant Infosys more than two years ago, has said that he is still emotionally connected to the firm he helped set up....
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was involved in the Petrobras' corruption scheme that is under investigation, a former senior executive of the company has said. ...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Saturday called for further investment in infrastructure and high-level technology to boost economic growth in the Asia Pacific region. ...
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has denied that her plan to strengthen economic ties with other countries was to compete with China's new Silk Route project to revive the historic economic corridor. "It is not about competing with China, but about emphasising Taiwan's own advantages and promoting mutually beneficial development as a member of t...
Aiming to make the nation digitally more vibrant, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday urged that all states should have at least one National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT). The NIELIT is an autonomous scientific society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology to carry out human resource d...
Despite very low trade between India and Mauritania, New Delhi has approved letters of credit worth $65.68 million for a solar-diesel hybrid rural electrification project in the north African country, the Embassy of Mali, which is also accredited to the country, has said....
