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September 28, 2009 3:25 PM

Anand Sharma visits Russia to boost trade

India Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is arriving in Moscow later on Monday with a large business delegation on a three-day visit to boost bilateral trade. Sharma will address the third India-Russia Business Forum on Tuesday at which the Indian industry would be represented by over sixty...

September 28, 2009 12:20 PM

Japanese share prices open lower

Japanese share prices opened lower on Monday. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 114 points, or 1.11 per cent, to 10,151 in the first few minutes of trading.

September 28, 2009 11:02 AM

Oil prices fall

Oil prices fell in Asian trade amid lingering worries over energy demand in the United States. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, dropped 21 cents to 65.81 US Dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for November delivery was off 39 cents to 64.72 US Dollars.

September 27, 2009 7:09 PM

Kolkata to Varanasi cruise service from Monday

A cruise on the river Ganga from Kolkata to Varanasi will be launched tomorrow by the West Bengal Tourism DevelopmentCorporation Limited.This will enable the tourists, both from homeand abroad, to revisit the country's colonial past. A specially designed vessel, RV Bengal Pandaw, designed o...

September 26, 2009 1:08 PM

Talks on to resolve Air India strike

Talks between executive pilots on strike and Air India Management is now on in New Delhi to resolve the deadlock and to discuss about their demands regarding the reduction in their productivity-linked incentives (PLIs). Two Air India flights Mumbai and Kabul were disrupted this morning as the pilots...

September 26, 2009 1:07 PM

Talks on to resolve Air India strike

Talks between executive pilots on strike and Air India Management is now on in New Delhi to resolve the deadlock and to discuss about their demands regarding the reduction in their productivity-linked incentives (PLIs). Two Air India flights Mumbai and Kabul were disrupted this morning as the pilots...

September 26, 2009 11:29 AM

Decisive recovery in infra industries, grew by 7.1% in August

Showing a decisive recovery, the country's six key infrastructure industries grew by 7.1 per cent in August, this year, against 2.1 per cent in the same month a year ago. Cement was on top of the table expanding by 17.6 per cent in August, compared to mere 1.9 per cent growth in the same mo...

September 26, 2009 10:50 AM

Govt set to implement Goods and Services Tax across the country

The Government is all set to implement Goods and Services Tax across the country by April next year. This was stated by Chairman Central Board of Excise and Customs Mr. V. Sridhar at a seminar on e-business practices in New Delhi yesterday. He also said that Government is working on introducing EU l...

September 26, 2009 10:38 AM

Two air India flights cancelled due to agitation

Two Air India flights were on Saturday cancelled due to an agitation called by a section of the national airlines' pilots to protest the up to 50 per cent reduction in their productivity-linked incentives (PLIs). According to Air India officials, Air India's flights to Mumbai and K...

September 26, 2009 9:32 AM

Govt eyes 8 mln tonnes of more food grains output this Rabi

The government on Friday set a target of eight million tonnes of more food grains production in the Rabi season, including 3.5 million tonnes of additional rice to make up for losses of summer-sown crops due to drought.It has now targetted to achieve 124.18 million tonnes of food grains during the R...

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