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April 6, 2016 8:25 AM

ECoR becomes largest freight loading railway zone<br/>

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has once again achieved a record in revenue loading performance and placed itself as the largest Freight Loading Railway Zone in 2015-16. During 2015-16, the East Coast Railway loaded 173.49 million tonnes of freight as compared to 161.91 during the last year, registeri...

April 6, 2016 8:23 AM

MCL emerges top coal producer in FY 2016

The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has become the number one coal producer in the country by producing a record 137.90 million tonne (MT) of coal in 2015-16, contributing 39 per cent to the growth of the Coal India Limited. Briefing to press last evening in Bhubaneswar, MCL chairman AK Jha said t...

April 6, 2016 7:31 AM

India remains bright spot in global economy: IMF

International Monetary Fund said, with strong growth and rising real income, India remains a bright spot in the global economy. In a policy address, in Frankfurt, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde said, India has reduced spending on costly energy subsidies so it can invest more in growth-enhancing social ...

April 6, 2016 7:31 AM

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%; Keeps CRR unchanged

Reserve Bank of India today cut key interest rates by 25 basis points in its first bi-monthly monetary policy review for the 2016-17 fiscal. With this, Home, auto and other loans are set to become cheaper. However, RBI has kept Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged at 4 per cent.The RBI also introduced numbe...

April 6, 2016 6:49 AM

Board of Trade to meet today to discuss steps to boost exports

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair a meeting of 70-member Board of Trade today to discuss ways to boost exports. This is the first meeting of the reconstituted Board of Trade (BoT), a top advisory body on trade. It was reconstituted as per the provisions of the Foreign Trad...

April 5, 2016 10:27 PM

Board of Trade to meet tomorrow to discuss ways to boost exports<br/>

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the meeting of 70-member Board of Trade tomorrow to discuss ways to boost exports, which are in negative zone since December 2014. It is the first meeting of the reconstituted Board of Trade (BoT), a top advisory body on trade. It was reco...

April 5, 2016 4:57 PM

British Petroleum to pay over $ 20 bn to US govt for Gulf oil spill

Oil and gas giant British Petroleum will pay over 20 billion US Dollars to the American government as damages over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest environmental settlement in US history as well as the largest-ever civil settlement with a single entity. A US judge yesterda...

April 5, 2016 4:11 PM

India remains bright spot in global economy: IMF

International Monetary Fund said, with strong growth and rising real income, India remains a bright spot in the global economy. In a policy address, in Frankfurt, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde said, India has reduced spending on costly energy subsidies so it can invest more in growth-enhancing social ...

April 5, 2016 1:04 PM

Inflation could rise on bad monsoon, currency decline: Moody's

Moody&apos;s Investors Service today said the 25 basis point cut in the policy rate by RBI is in line with market expectations and cautioned that inflation could rise in the event of unfavourable monsoon and a sharp currency depreciation. Moody&apos;s said a moderate growth in India, spare c...

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