Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said that India's fastest growing conglomerate JSW Group and South Korean steel major POSCO will jointly set up a greenfield steel facility in his home district of Keonjhar. Majhi revealed this amid nationwide speculation over the exact...
New Delhi: India's coal production reached 84.45 million tonnes (MT) in the month of October, surpassing 78.57 MT production in the corresponding month last year with 7.48 per cent growth, the government said Friday. Coal production from captive and other entities also showed substantial growth,...
New Delhi: Climate change under a high-end emissions scenario could lead to a 16.9 per cent loss in GDP by 2070 across the Asia and Pacific region, with India projected to suffer a 24.7 per cent GDP loss, according to a new report. Rising sea...
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty fell for the second day Thursday dragged down by losses in IT stocks and relentless foreign fund outflows. Falling for the second day in a row, the BSE Sensex tumbled 553.12 points or 0.69 per cent to settle...
New Delhi: In a significant move advancing India’s digital connectivity goals, the state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has successfully deployed more than 50,000 indigenous 4G sites nationwide, the Ministry of Communications announced. The Ministry said that more than 41,000 sites out of...
New Delhi: Pseudonymous or anonymous nature of the social media handle, analysis of the geopolitical situation and presence of VIPs onboard are some of the new criteria that agencies will keep in mind while considering the seriousness of a bomb threat made to Indian airlines....
New Delhi: Commission paid to petrol pump dealers on sale of petrol and diesel has been hiked without change in retail price but rates will go down in several places in states such as Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh on account of intrastate freight rationalisation....
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined Wednesday, dragged down by banking and financial stocks amid weak trends in global markets. Besides, weak earnings numbers and persistent foreign fund outflows impacted market sentiments, traders said The BSE Sensex tumbled 426.85 points or 0.53 per...
Tehran: Iranians will soon be able to get their hands on iPhones 14, 15 and 16 after authorities lifted a ban on new smartphone models by the US tech giant Apple, according to an announcement Wednesday. The ban on new iPhone models had been in...
New Delhi: Asserting that India is in its "most precarious and difficult" economic situation in many years, the Congress Wednesday said wage stagnation, inflation and inequality are undermining consumption growth in the country. These chokepoints will strangulate growth in the years to come if not...
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