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New York: Trade agency UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has projected India's growth rate for the current year to slowdown at 6 per cent from last year's 7.4 per cent, but the country will be the world's second fastest growing economy, lagging by...

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday asked central government infra ministries to prepare their capital expenditure plans for next four quarters. At the meeting, Sitharaman also discussed the total capital expenditure (CapEx) by the ministries in 2019-20. By August-end, total CapEx spend of the...

New Delhi: A taxpayer who does not have an e-filing account or a PAN will not be able to avail the facility of getting into e-assessment system of income tax that is set to be launched from next month, a latest Central Board of Direct...

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the chief executive officer (CEO) of Indira Sagar Polavaram Project Authority to appear before it during the next hearing of the matter November 7. The NGT pronounced the order while hearing two petitions filed by Pentapati...

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its drive against the middlemen, the police arrested at least 75 persons on charges of collecting money from people at the regional transport offices (RTOs) and government hospitals across the state, said a press note of Odisha Police Friday. As per the press...

Washington: Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was chosen to succeed Christine Lagarde as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. "The IMF is a unique institution with a great history and a world-class staff. I come as a firm believer in its mandate to help ensure...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought the intervention of both the Centre and Odisha government for accelerating Rourkela Smart City project. Pradhan said that only Rs 22.23cr of the Rs 376cr sanctioned for the work has been spent so far. In separate letters to...

Dubai: Laboratory-grown diamonds have the potential to revive India's struggling diamond industry, an Indian-origin business executive has said. While synthetically-produced diamonds is not a new phenomenon as they have been on the market for decades, around 10 per cent of the diamond factories in Surat...

Bhubaneswar: With the advent of internet and its increased popularity among the people, several specialised facilities including medical advice by specialist doctors have also come in handy for the people who need it on a real-time basis. Several online platforms have now connected doctors with...

Hong Kong: Shenzhen, China-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said Thursday the company is willing to license its 5G mobile technology to a US firm, as it seeks to alleviate security concerns over its products. Ren said he was not afraid...