(Note Ban Series) By Sanu George, Thiruvananthapuram : The two main industries of Kerala, seafood and tourism, escaped the brunt of demonetisation, as did the information technology sector. But agriculture -- rubber plantation in particular -- suffered adverse impact,...
New Delhi : India on Sunday flagged off its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan to be transhipped through Iran's Chabahar port. "...External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani, through a joint video conference,...
By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : In what could be a bizarre situation, the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) does not seem to have any official records to prove that it had authorised the issue of new currency notes in denominations of Rs 2,000 and Rs 200, after demonetisation,...
By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : India and Bangladesh will restore the pre-1965 status of rail connections between the two neighbours, Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque said here. "India and Bangladesh will jointly restore the pre-1965 status of our rail...
New Delhi : India and France on Friday reviewed initiatives to enhance bilateral defence cooperation, as Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held talks with her French counterpart Florence Parly in the national capital. An official statement from the Defence Ministry...
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Secretary A.P. Padhi on Friday reviewed the progress made vis-a-vis projects entailing an expenditure of Rs 900 crore under the Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC). These projects relate to developmental activities...
New Delhi : Taking cognizance of complaints by cooking gas customers of non-credit of their LPG subsidy, the government on Friday said that these were mainly from customers of Airtel payments bank and that the subsidy amount had been credited to their respective...
New Delhi : The Shipping Ministry sanctioned Rs 25 crore for infrastructure development at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Rs 50 crore for Karnataka's Karwar Port, it was announced on Thursday. The project at Jawaharlal Nehru Port is estimated to cost Rs 170.20 crore...
New Delhi : Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu will leave on Wednesday on a three-day visit to the US to meet with his American counterpart Wilbur Ross for the first trade and commerce talks between India and the US administration led by President Donald Trump. "Tonight,...
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that the number of trade registrations under GST has seen an increase of 30-35 per cent in the first three months, and that the total assessee base has already crossed one crore, which is an "encouraging"...