Finance ministry to go green, print less copies of Economic Survey, Budget

Finance Ministry has decided to go green and print lesser number of copies of the Economic Survey and Budget. This step has been taken on the recommendations of a Parliamentary Standing Committee. The copies of the two important documents would be available online once they are tabled in Parliament....

China sacks Head of its Securities Regulator

China has removed the Head of its Securities Regulator as it tries to tackle major volatility in its stock markets. Xiao Gang was replaced by Liu Shiyu as the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC. Mr Xiao was in charge when China's markets crashed in mid-2015. At one...

Volvo recalling 59,000 cars across 40 markets over engine fault

Swedish car maker Volvo is recalling 59,000 cars across 40 markets over a fault that can temporarily shut down the engine. The software fault is restricted to five cylinder diesels from the 60 and 70 series constructed from the middle of last year. Group spokesman Stefan Elfstrom said, the fault cou...

Centre taking steps to boost exports: Nirmala Sitharaman <br/>

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has said, the Centre is taking steps to boost exports. Talking to reporters at Tiruchirapali in Tamil Nadu yesterday, she said that decline in exports is because of fall in global economy. She said, no licence is given for importing firecrac...

Kalraj Mishra lays foundation stone of Technology Centre in Himachal

In Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister of Micro Small &amp; Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra laid the foundation stone of Technology Centre at Bhatoli Kalan village in Baddi area of Solan district on Saturday.Upon completion of centre Himachal would get a big boost to meet its tooling requirement w...

Upcoming Budget will be citizen-centric: Jayant Sinha

The upcoming Budget will be citizen-centric with a focus on farm sector, job creation and eradication of poverty, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said today.In his pre-Budget message on Finance Ministry&apos;s YouTube channel, the minister said the Budget will be forward-looking. It w...

China sacks Head of its Securities Regulator

China has removed the Head of its Securities Regulator as it tries to tackle major volatility in its stock markets. Xiao Gang was replaced by Liu Shiyu as the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC. Mr Xiao was in charge when China&apos;s markets crashed in mid-2015. At one...

In Assam, the three-day long Vibrant North East event has come to an end this evening in Guwahati.The second edition of the event was jointly organized by the Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development and ASSOCHAM in association with DoNER and Food Processing Ministry.M H Khan, Member of Central ...

US official says, India's plan to develop 100 smart cities can enhance quality of life for its citizens

India&apos;s plan to develop 100 smart cities can enhance quality of life for its citizens and help the country meet all environmental goals, an US official has said. US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews, who travelled to India leading a delegation of 18 companies from America on a Smar...

Google can now translate text from any mainstream language into Sindhi and Pashto and vice versa

Google can now translate text from practically any mainstream language of the world into Sindhi and Pashto and vice versa. With the addition of Sindhi and Pashto, Google Translate now offers the service in a total of 103 languages spoken by 99 per cent of the online population, the tech giant claime...