New Delhi: The 8th Pay Commission, when implemented, will potentially increase salaries of Central government employees by 25-30 per cent and pensions proportionately, industry experts said Friday. Since the last pay hike came into effect from January 1, 2016, the next salary should be revised...
Khurda: The Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of Khurda has imposed a fine of Rs 14.4 lakh on Parle Biscuits Private Limited for printing misleading information on packets of ‘sugar-free’ biscuits in violation of the provisions under the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006. The...
New Delhi: Hindenburg Research founder Nate Anderson has announced to disband the short seller firm, saying there is not one specific thing -- “no particular threat, no health issue and no big personal issue”. The short-seller firm targeted several top corporate leaders across the world,...
Wellington: New Zealand has signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of New Zealand's largest markets in the Middle East, which is the country's first trade agreement in the Gulf region. The trade pact and the accompanying investment treaty,...
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Harrisburg: The bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy US Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden Administration extended a deadline for the Japanese steelmaker to abandon plans to acquire the storied Pittsburgh company after President Joe Biden blocked the deal....
Mumbai: The rupee logged its steepest single-day fall in nearly two years and ended the session 58 paise down at its historic low of 86.62 (provisional) against the US dollar Monday, weighed down by a stronger American currency and surging crude oil prices. At the...
New Delhi: Retail inflation slowed to a four-month low of 5.22 per cent in December compared to 5.48 pc in November, mainly due to easing of prices in food basket, according to government data released Monday. The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was...
New Delhi: India's agriculture sector is poised for stronger growth in the 2024-25 fiscal year, driven by favourable monsoon conditions, according to Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra. "Monsoon has been good... I am very optimistic this year," Mishra told PTI in an...
Hong Kong: China's exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fill orders to beat higher tariffs that US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose once he takes office. Exports rose 10.7% from a year earlier. Economists had...
An American scholar has written a book in which he tries to explain China’s recent rise. Dan Wang’s thesis is...
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India’s top anti-corruption watchdog, the CVC, has just delivered a stinging reality check to the CBI, and it’s not a...
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The memories of the deadly al-Qaeda strikes on 9/11 on iconic US building complexes are still alive even after several...
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Violence erupted in Kathmandu 8 September as thousands of young Nepalese took to the streets and clashed with security forces,...
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