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December 16, 2015 7:49 AM

WTO meet: India, China press for Doha round conclusion

Trade ministers from 47 countries, including India, China and several African nations, have asked the WTO members to redouble efforts to conclude pending issues of the long-stalled Doha Round. On the first day of the WTO ministerial meeting in Nairobi, the 47 nations said, they recognise that a comp...

December 16, 2015 7:48 AM

WTO meet: India, China press for Doha round conclusion

Trade ministers from 47 countries, including India, China and several African nations, have asked the WTO members to redouble efforts to conclude pending issues of the long-stalled Doha Round. On the first day of the WTO ministerial meeting in Nairobi, the 47 nations said, they recognise that a comp...

December 16, 2015 7:06 AM

ISRO to launch six Singapore satellites today

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch six Singapore satellites this evening from its spaceport at Sriharikotta in Andhra Pradesh, some 90 kilometre north of Chennai. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C29 with the payloads on-board is set to take off at 6 pm today and insert the...

December 16, 2015 7:06 AM

ISRO to launch six Singapore satellites today

Singapore will be launching six satellites in India today to help in areas like urban planning and disaster management across Southeast Asia. The launch, of the rocket carrying the six satellites, will take about 20 minutes. To achieve a speed of seven kilometres per second, it will have to be loade...

December 16, 2015 7:03 AM

CBI raids 14 places in graft charges against Delhi CM's Principal Secretary

CBI has carried out raids at 14 places in connection with a corruption case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and six others. <br/><br/>These raids were carried out at the office and residence of Mr. Kumar in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in...

December 16, 2015 6:54 AM

Mudra Yojana: Rs 1.22 lakh cr loan disbursement target for banks

Finance Ministry has said banks will disburse credit to tune of Rs 1.22 lakh crore to small and marginal entrepreneurs during the current fiscal under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). <br/><br/>Public sector banks are expected to disburse Rs 70,000 crore and private sector and for...

December 16, 2015 6:53 AM

Petrol price cut 50 paise/litre, diesel by 46 paise

Petrol price has been cut by 50 paise and diesel by 46 paise a litre. The new Price came into effect midnight last night. Indian Oil Corporation said, petrol will now cost 59 rupees 98 paise a litre, while diesel will cost 46 rupees 9 paise a litre in Delhi.<br/><br/>This is the second c...

December 15, 2015 8:32 PM

Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended

The Government has enhanced the monetary limits of certain transactions which require quoting of PAN. The monetary limits have now been raised to Rs. 10 lakh from Rs. 5 lakh for sale or purchase of immovable property, to Rs.50,000 from Rs. 25,000 in the case of hotel or restaurant bills paid at any ...

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