Kolkata : Counterfeiting of products have become a "big industry" in India that is impacting the consumers as well as the revenue earned by the governments, a senior West Bengal minister said here on Tuesday, urging the police and state agencies to be more vigilant to...
New Delhi : The US is among G7 countries ranked lowest due to its continued support for fossil fuel exploration and production, as well as backtracking on previous pledges to end support to fossil fuels, new research has found. It said Group of Seven (G7) governments...
New Delhi : NITI Aayog has identified five sectors -- healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure and transportation -- to focus its efforts towards implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) to serve societal needs. The government's...
By Arun Kumar Das, New Delhi : Indian Railways has joined hands with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to twin a rail line along the proposed expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur -- a first such coordinated move to execute a transportation project. Both arms...
New Delhi : With opposition parties mocking the one paisa cut in the prices of petroleum products, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said the prices are decided by the oil companies and the government has no role in it. "Petrol prices were connected...
New Delhi : The decision of the Tamil Nadu government to shut the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin would have serious economic ramifications by pushing India's annual import bill by an estimated $2 billion, said P. Ramnath, CEO, Sterlite Copper. "The sudden decision...
Khartoum : Sudanese Minister of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife Dr. Mohamed Abu-Zaid met with Moroccan State Secretary for Tourism Lamia Boutaleb on the sidelines of the 108th Session of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), held in San...
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that her ministry's economic diplomacy attracted $209.83 billion for India's flagship development programmes. "Diplomacy for development was never there in our foreign policy," Sushma Swaraj said while...
Santiniketan : The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh on Friday discussed a number of bilateral issues, including security and politics, in the sylvan surroundings of the Visva-Bharati University here founded by Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore - the...
Agartala : Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that the GST and demonetisation were "revolutionary steps" taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding that many international institutions were highly appreciative of India's growth. "With the...