Phase out old vessels, Par panel to Shipping Corp
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has recommended that Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) buy fuel-efficient ships, replacing ...
28,000 villages in Maharashtra hit by drought
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis sought increased funding for several central schemes as Prime ...
Challenged WTO panel finding in US solar case: Govt
New Delhi : India has appealed against findings of a WTO panel on the solar case the country is contesting against the US, ...
Quarter of school-age children live in crisis affected countries : Unicef
London: A quarter of the world’s school-age children—462 million—live in countries affected by crisis such as wars ...
Only 5% of India’s farmers control 32% farmland
Almost three decades ago in 1990, Radheshyam, 49, was given half an acre of farm land free, taken away from a landlord as ...
Make efforts to counter influence of China in Pacific : Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee has said India needs to make efforts to improve its presence in the Asia Pacific region to ...
3 pc quota for differently-abled, not implemented
New Delhi : The government today admitted in Lok Sabha that it has not been able to provide the three per cent reservation ...
Cos spent Rs 42 cr under Swachh Bharat Kosh
New Delhi, May 3,2016 : Companies spent over Rs 42 crore towards ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ as part of their corporate ...
IMF retains India growth forecast at 7.5 pc
Singapore, May 3 ,2016 : The International Monetary Fund has retained its growth forecast for India this year at 7.5 per cent, ...
France says EU-US trade pact talks likely to stop
Paris, May 3 ,2016 : Negotiations for a vast US-EU trade pact, which aims to create a free-trade zone covering 850 million ...