Afghanistan offers multiple-entry visa for Indian bizmen to bolster trade

Afghanistan will offer multiple entry visa to Indian businessmen on a long term basis with a view to bolstering economic ties with India. Addressing a function of Federation of Indian Exports Organisations,FIEO, in New Delhi yesterday, Ambassador of Afghanistan in India Shaida Mohammad Abdali said t...

Andhra records highest growth in milk production

Andhra Pradesh has recorded highest growth in terms of milk production at over 41 per cent and per-capita milk availability about 36 per cent, during the period 2006-10. While disclosing the information, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India said, the state ranked third in terms ...

India & Bhutan sign agreement on development of hydropower projects

India and Bhutan have signed an agreement on development of hydropower projects. The inter-governmental agreement provides framework for implementing four hydro-electric projects totalling 2120 MW on a joint venture-model between public sector undertakings of the two countries. An MEA release issued...

Sri Lanka registers 7.3% economic growth in 2013

SC allows annual cap of 20 mn tonnes of iron ore mining in Goa<br/>

The Supreme Court today allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa. A bench comprising justices A K Patnaik, S S Nijjar and F M I Kalifulla, however, said expert panel will give final a recommendation on annual cap on excavation of iron ore within six months. It sa...

SC allows annual cap of 20 mn tonnes of iron ore mining in Goa<br/>

The Supreme Court today allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa. A bench comprising justices A K Patnaik, S S Nijjar and F M I Kalifulla, however, said expert panel will give final a recommendation on annual cap on excavation of iron ore within six months. It sa...

Indians have topped the list of foreign investors in real estate in Dubai, pumping in 1.6 billion dollars during the first quarter of 2014.According to Dubai Land Department, Indians were at the top spot for international investment, both in terms of the number of investors and the amount of expendi...

ED summons TMC candidate from Balurghat in connection with Saradha scam

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Arpita Ghosh,Trinamool Congress candidate from Balurghat, in connection with the investigation of the Saradha chitfund scam. Ghosh was associated with one of the television channels of the Saradha Group, and along with other employees of the channel in April ...

Govt to continue Rs. 3,300 per tonne raw sugar export subsidy for April & May

The government has decided to continue with the export subsidy of 3,300 rupees per tonne on raw sugar shipments for the months of April and May. In February this year, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, had approved an incentive for export of four million tonnes of raw sugar for two ye...

Foreign investors pour in Rs 6,783 crore this month

Foreign investors have pumped in 6,783 crore rupees in the domestic stock market so far this month on hopes a reform-oriented government will be formed after the general elections. Total investment by Foreign Institutional Investors, FIIs in equities since January 2014 has risen to about 28,979 cror...