A strong Consumer Interest Protection Authority will be established in the country to protect the interest of the consumers. This was disclosed by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and PDS Ram Vilas Paswan at Kochi in Kerala Friday night. He said, it would not be parallel to the existing con...

RBI Guv hails govt's direction to state-run banks to act without fear, favour

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has hailed the government direction to state-run banks to act without fear or favour. Addressing a function in Mumbai, Dr. Rajan stressed on the need for independent institutions with public credibility and confidence in the country. He pointed out that it is not resource...

FIIs pull out Rs 1700 cr from equities so far in Jan

Overseas investors have pulled out nearly 1,700 crore rupees from the Indian stock markets in January, so far, following a steep fall in crude oil prices amid slowing global growth.The outflow comes after investments from Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) in the equities hit a 10-month low of 2...

US House, Nebraska State Court approve Keystone Pipeline

In US, House of Representatives have passed legislation approving the construction of a controversial oil pipeline. The move followed a key court ruling that removes a major obstacle to the long delayed project. Friday was the tenth time since 2011 that the House has passed a bill approving the Keys...

Indonesia's Transport Ministry suspends 61 domestic flight routes

Indonesia's Transport Ministry said it has suspended 61 domestic flight routes operated by national flag carrier Garuda and a group of budget airlines because they do not have permits. The suspensions followed a probe into the Indonesian aviation sector after an AirAsia plane that crashed o...

Govt. sets target of replacing streetlights in the national capital by LED lights within a year

The Government has set a target of replacing all five lakh streetlights in the national capital by LED lights within a year. Power Minister Piyush Goyal said this at a function of signing of MoU in New Delhi Friday between South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and Energy Efficiency Services Limit...

RBI Governor hails the government direction to state-run banks to act without fear or favour

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has hailed the government direction to state-run banks to act without fear or favour. Addressing a function in Mumbai, Dr. Rajan stressed on the need for independent institutions with public credibility and confidence in the country. He pointed out that it is not resource...

Consumer Interest Protection Authority will be established in the country to protect interest of consumers: Ram Vilas Paswan

A strong Consumer Interest Protection Authority will be established in the country to protect the interest of the consumers. This was disclosed by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and PDS Ram Vilas Paswan at Kochi in Kerala Friday night. He said, it would not be parallel to the existing con...

US House of Representatives pass legislation approving construction of a controversial oil pipeline

In US, House of Representatives have passed legislation approving the construction of a controversial oil pipeline. The move followed a key court ruling that removes a major obstacle to the long delayed project. Friday was the tenth time since 2011 that the House has passed a bill approving the Keys...

LIC to insure one third of India's population by partnering with PMJDY: Arun Jaitley

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that LIC would soon insure about one third of India's population by partnering with Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana. Addressing LIC employees at its corporate office in Mumbai, Mr. Jaitley said that LIC is a role model of how a Public...