UN Millennium Development Goals report 2014
One third of the extreme poor global population reside in India which has also recorded the highest number of under-five deaths in the world, the latest UN Millennium Development Goals report has said.
GSM operator Aircel has launched 4G services across four circles - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Odisha – making it the second operator to offer telecom services on all three technologies
In an attempt to provide more flexibility in foreign direct investment, RBI has issued fresh norms for issue/transfer of shares by non-resident investors in unlisted domestic companies.
A key Congressional committee will hold a hearing on India-US relationship under Modi with top Obama administration officials, former diplomats and eminent South Asia experts testifying before it ahead of the Prime Minister’s US visit in September.
Typhoon Rammasun is currently roaring its way across the waters of the South China Sea and is poised to make back-to-back landfalls over Hainan Island in China and later on the Vietnamese coast.
In a bid to assist minor girls saved from child marriages, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced a cash support of Rs. 1,000 to each of them every month until they attain 18 years of age.
Software giant Microsoft could be announcing the biggest round of job cuts in five years after integrating Nokia’s handset business, citing people with knowledge of the company’s plan.
India has entered into long-term agreements with foreign suppliers to obtain uranium to ensure uninterrupted power supply for its nuclear power plants. Russia and Kazhakhstan are the main suppliers.
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has discovered its first meteorite on the Red Planet — a huge shiny, lumpy rock made mostly of iron. The rock is an iron meteorite called “Lebanon”, similar in shape and lustre to iron meteorites found on Mars by the previous generation of rovers.
Five-and-a-half years after the Satyam Computer Services scam broke, the erstwhile top management —
- B Ramalinga Raju, ex-Chairman;
- B Rama Raju, ex-Managing Director;
- Vadlamani Srinivas, ex-CFO;
- G Ramakrishna, ex-VP (Finance);
- VS Prabhakara Gupta, ex-Head (Internal Audit) —
has been banned from the securities market for 14 years.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled against the US in a case filed by India over imposition of high import duties on Indian steel products. Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher said: “The ruling has been in our favour in the way ‘public body’ has been defined. There are smaller procedural issues where it is against us.”
Exports of merchandise continued to rise steadily for the third straight month with shipments in June 2014 posting a 10.22 per cent rise at $26.47 billion compared to last June.
India’s boxing coaches at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games have been barred from occupying ringside seats during bouts due to the country’s termination from the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
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