Chennai : The unions in the banking sector are squarely blaming the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) for forcing them to resort to a strike that entered the second and last day on Thursday. "It is the IBA which has put the banking public to trouble and not the unions....
Chennai/Agatala/Bengaluru : Banking transactions worth about Rs 21,700 crore could not be put into effect across the country as more than 10 lakh bankers struck work on Wednesday to demand wage revision. "The strike call evoked good response. About 85,000 bank...
By Biswajit Choudhury, Rostov-on-Don (Russia) : The steam generator for the third unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu is three months away from completion at the Atomenergomash factory around three hours drive from here, according to its...
New Delhi : In a move to promote energy efficiency, Delhi power distribution company (discom) BSES on Monday announced an air conditioner (AC) replacement scheme which will allow consumers to save up to Rs 7,500 annually depending on the type of AC. A discom statement...
By Faisal Kawoosa, The new draft telecom policy released by the Department of Telecom is a lucid, comprehensive attempt that balances the present hard realities with the aspirations of the future. There is a wide base of population that needs to connect while the...
By Biswajit Choudhury, Sochi (Russia) : Given the current high costs of making radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine, there is considerable scope of collaboration between India and Russia for their manufacture at affordable cost, according to an Indian expert....
By Saurabh Katkurwar, Bhopal : Barku Jairam, a 55-year-old farmer from Barwani of Madhya Pradesh, has taken up cultivating organic cotton, which he claims, has significantly brought down input costs besides ensuring a decent yield. The demand for organic cotton from...
By Nishant Arora, Seattle (Washington) : While the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is making its presence felt across the spectrum globally, India needs to prioritise AI-based predictive analysis to improve outcomes in three core areas -- agriculture,...
San Francisco : US top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. (Boeing) on Tuesday called as "a landmark decision" a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) determining that the European Union (EU) has provided billions of US dollars in subsidies to European aircraft...
New Delhi : The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday approved the merger of Bharti Airtel with the Indian unit of Norwegian telecom major Telenor India, a notice said here. The notification said DoT has transferred all licences and liabilities of Telenor...