India embarking on significant reforms & will grow more than 7%: IMF

International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said India is embarking on significant reforms and will grow at more than 7 per cent. Speaking at an event in United States, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said, China is rightly re-balancing its economy, albeit slower growing economic model but it will...

Air India to introduce 3 more flights on Australia-India air route next year

Air India will introduce three more flights on the Australia-India air route next year, increasing the frequency to 10 flights per week. Air India chairman and managing director Ashwani Lohani said that the response to Air India's non-stop flight between Delhi and Sydney-Melbourne has been ...

OPEC announces deal to cut output for first time in 8 years

The price of oil has surged after Ministers from the world's biggest oil nations announce a deal to cut output for the first time in eight years. Members of the oil producers Opec cartel agreed to the modest cuts to ease fears of a glut, reports said.Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanga...

Govt fixes export quota of white sugar to EU for 1 year<br/>

Government has fixed an export quota of ten thousand tonnes of white sugar to the European Union under a certain provision for the one-year period. The Director General of Foreign Trade yesterday said that it has allocated white sugar under concessions to European Union for the period October 2016 t...

India moves up 16 spots to 39th rank in Global Competitiveness Index

India has jumped 16 places in Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released by the World Economic Forum. For the second year in a row, India climbed 16 positions to occupy the 39th spot out of 138 countries which were reviewed. Switzerland, Singapore and the US remain as the world&apos;s mo...

India has jumped 16 places in Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released by the World Economic Forum. For the second year in a row, India climbed 16 positions to occupy the 39th spot out of 138 countries which were reviewed. Switzerland, Singapore and the US remain as the world&apos;s mo...

'Krishi Unnati Mela' pulls a huge crowd of farmers, villagers <br/>

?In Uttar Pradesh, four day &apos;Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati Mela&apos; which began on Monday at Nagla Chandrabhan of Mathura is drawing huge crowds of farmers and villagers. The four day event organised at the birthplace of great Jansangh ideologue Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay will have...

World Bank agrees to name Jim Yong Kim to 2nd term as President

The board of the World Bank has unanimously agreed to name Jim Yong Kim to a second term as President. Kim had been the only candidate in a process. In a statement announcing the decision, the Bank&apos;s board offered a strong endorsement of Kim&apos;s record, including setting the goal of ...

India has jumped 16 places in Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released by the World Economic Forum. For the second year in a row, India climbed 16 positions to occupy the 39th spot out of 138 countries which were reviewed. Switzerland, Singapore and the US remain as the world&apos;s mo...

ETCA attempt to boost bilateral trade between India, Sri Lanka: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has said that there are a lot of opportunities for expansion of bilateral trade between India and Sri Lanka and the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) between the two countries is an attempt to facilitate...