RBI asks banks to disclose sector-wise advances in financial statements

PM takes stock of demand-supply gap of food items

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took stock of the demand-supply gap in protein-rich food items including milk, egg, fish and the availability of fertilizers in the country. He held a meeting with Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati, Fertiliser...

Afghanistan keen on opening Chabahar port in Iran<br/>

Afghanistan is keen on opening the Chabahar port in Iran for transit to India bypassing Pakistan. Afghanistan Ambassador to India Shaida Mohammad Abdali said in New Delhi that a trilateral agreement to be signed soon. Afghanistan and India have already agreed on a draft on the transition that they w...

Onion auction underway in Nashik

US to create biggest marine protected area in Pacific

US President Barack Obama has signalled that he will extend the area that will be off limits to fishing and mineral exploitation to the limit of US economic control, some 200 nautical miles around the islands and plans to create the world&apos;s biggest marine protected area in the middle of the...

American Airlines to cut 90% of flights to Venezuela

The American Airlines says it is cutting almost 80 percent of its flights to Venezuela from 2nd July. From next month, American will operate only 10 flights per week instead of the current 48 from Miami, suspending its flights from New York, Dallas and Puerto Rico. The move comes as part of a contin...

Record price for rare stamp at Sotheby's

In New York, an exceedingly rare 19th Century postage stamp from a British colony in South America has sold for a record 9.5 million dollars at Sotheby&apos;s auction house. It took only two minutes for the British Guinea one cent magenta stamp to be sold to an anonymous bidder. The stamp had be...

Slingshot-latest messaging App from FB

Social media giant Facebook announced the release yesterday of its latest messaging app Slingshot. Slingshot lets users share selfies and other short lived videos and pictures, but friends have to share something before they are able to see images from others. The Slingshot crew said in the statemen...

US to limit fishing area , create biggest marine protected area in Pacific

US President Barack Obama has signalled that he will extend the area that will be off limits to fishing and mineral exploitation to the limit of US economic control, some 200 nautical miles around the islands and plans to create the world&apos;s biggest marine protected area in the middle of the...

CIDCO calls on private players to develop Navi Mumbai

City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) has invited private players to participate in various projects it has undertaken to develop Navi Mumbai. The Maharashtra government&apos;s special planning authority for the satellite township of Mumbai has embarked on 20,000 crore rupees worth...