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The central government is in the middle of discussion with countries in the Middle East about a scheme under which they can exchange crude oil for food. Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan today has said that India is in talks with UAE and some countries from Middle East to have a ...

The Rajya Sabha has finally passed the landmark Real Estate Bill yesterday keeping in mind the interests of home buyers and home developers equally to combat corruption and lastly inefficiency. Union Minister of Urban development Venkaiah Naidu calls the bill a milestone which will make consumer the king. Real estate ...

India has topped among best emerging markets but the country needs to discuss about the increasing stress and vulnerabilities of corporate finances and asset quality difficulties of state-run banks to sustain the recovery process, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The corporate finance vulnerabilities only will increase if not being ...

India has signed a landmark deal with Bangladesh yesterday of $2 billion in its biggest ever overseas credit line. The deal came after 5 years of signing a credit agreement of $1 billion with Bangladesh. This $2 billion line of credit (LOC) is by far the biggest that India has ...

The Cabinet has finally approved of a Rs. 8,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana to provide free of cost cooking gas or LPG connections to women members of economically weaker households. The corpus budget would be utilized for three years with an aim to provide to thoroughly and speedily provide ...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is going to launch India’s sixth navigation satellite named IRNSS-1F today at 4pm on trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C32 in the orbit at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The 54-hour countdown for the launch started on Tuesday at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in ...

Indian Railways is in talks with 7 insurance companies to provide the passengers with insurance cover for train travel. Once the agreement is signed, passengers will be able to buy insurance cover by paying an additional premium while booking their tickets. Minister of State for Railways Mr. Manoj Sinha revealed ...

The Indian Railways is all set to establish a special wing to conduct in-house research. The research wing, named SRESHTA (Special Railway Establishment for Strategic Technology and Holistic Advancement), will mainly include scientists and railways experts. Indian Railways at present has its own research firm known as Research Design and ...

The state government of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday launched affordable internet services to every household through the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd (TACTV). CM J Jayalalithaa launched the scheme of providing affordable internet connectivity to every household across the state via video conferencing. The TACTV has already launched ...

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu presented the Rail budget speech which quite stood up to his promise of ‘innovative solutions’. The budget that he presented will have many new trains to cater the increasing demand for the railways. The main agenda that came out from his budget speech is to become an ...