Sri Lanka makes graphic warning on cigarette packs mandatory

Sri Lankan parliament has unanimously passed a law that makes it mandatory for putting graphic warning on cigarette packs.The move is part of the three regulations passed under the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act to discourage smoking in the country.Minister of Health Maithripala Siris...

Lanka Aviation Min rejects proposal for direct flights to India from East & North

Facebook buys WhatsApp for $16bn

Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp for 16 billion dollars, with an additional 3 billion dollars given to WhatsApp's founders and employees. It is the social networking giant's biggest acquisition to date. WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users and is popular with peopl...

Emerging markets' turmoil, deflation in Europe threat to economic recovery: IMF

The International Monetary Fund says risks of turmoil in emerging markets and deflation in Europe are threatening the global economic recovery. The warning that the recovery is still weak and significant downside risks remain comes as central bankers and finance ministers from the G20 prepare to mee...

Govt sourcing large chunk of defence products at home: MoS Def

Government is sourcing a large chunk of defence products at home with its expenditure on domestic procurement accounting for more than 60 percent ofits total expenditure on their purchase. Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh said this in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. He said the expenditure...

Aid, skill development must for small industries outside corporate fold: Rangarajan

The Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister C. Rangarajan underlined the need for providing finance and skill development to the small industries outside the corporate fold.Speaking at a seminar in Chennai, he said such industries which have a wider reach and employed large n...

India, Bahrain to expand cooperation in key areas including trade & business

India and Bahrain today decided to expand their cooperation in key areas, including trade and business with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and visiting King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa holding wide-ranging talks in New Delhi. Besides bilateral matters, Dr Singh and King Khalifa deliberated on region...

India earns revenue of nearly 22 mn Euro in 2012-13

India earned a revenue of nearly 22 million Euro in 2012-13 by launching satellites of foreign countries. Germany topped the list with eight satellite launches followed by Canada with five, Japan three and Austria, Denmark and Switzerland two each. The other countries whose satellites were launched ...

India earns revenue of nearly 22 mn Euro in 2012-13

India earned a revenue of nearly 22 million Euro in 2012-13 by launching satellites of foreign countries. Germany topped the list with eight satellite launches followed by Canada with five, Japan three and Austria, Denmark and Switzerland two each. The other countries whose satellites were launched ...

Cross LoC trade to resume in J&K tomorrow

In Jammu & Kashmir, cross-LoC trade will resume from tommorow after remaining suspended for a month following alleged seizure of narcotic substance at Salamabad Uri on January 18. Our Srinagar Correspondent reports that the decision to resume trade was taken at a meeting at Kaman post on the...