Economy

Ms Sheela Thomas, IAS, took over as Rubber Board Chairman on Monday. A 1985 batch IAS officer, Ms Sheela Thomas is a native of Kollakadavu near ...

Global sugar prices may remain firm as production in cyclone-hit Australia is expected to plunge to a 20-year-low of 3.6 to 3.8 million tonnes in ...

India Meteorological Department (IMD) seems to have withdrawn the ‘active’ status indicated for a fresh western disturbance expected to hit northwest ...

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based urban renewal, infrastructure planning and execution of civic works is needed for Belgaum city. Mr ...

In response to a report in Business Line and The Hindu on a contract that was concluded between ISRO arm Antrix and private company, Devas ...

Physical rubber prices showed a mixed trend on Monday. The under current was weak as sheet rubber slipped to Rs 237 (238) a kg both at Kottayam and ...

With arabica coffee prices ruling at record highs, the country's growers are making as much money as in the mid-90s. Arabica parchment producers will ...

India and Isle of Man have signed a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) in London on Friday last. This is the second TIEA being signed by ...

Think Panipat and you think battlefields. But for Larsen &Toubro, which has built the 9.3-km long elevated stretch on National Highway 1 branded ...

Britain needs to refocus its efforts on exporting goods and services to countries such as India, a prominent forecasting group warned here on Monday.

In a move to cast a wider net, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has written to the Centre seeking to bring non-governmental ...

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the electricity market regulator, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), and the forward markets ...

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), the navratna defence PSU, is opening a product support centre at the Kinfra Hi-Tech Park at Kalamassery near here, which ...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has told the Department of Telecom that all spectrum allocated to various Government agencies should ...

Representatives from the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are visiting India this week to learn more about the country's ...

The Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Anand Sharma, said that he took up with the US Commerce Secretary, Mr Gary Locke, on Monday the issue of the ...

Aided by strong show on the corporate tax front, the Centre's net direct tax collections grew 20.45 per cent in April-January 2011 to Rs 3.18 lakh ...

A new inflation series for tracking consumer level price information is slated to be released on February 18. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme ...

The US Commerce Secretary, Mr Gary Locke, on Monday expressed concern over India's “tariff and non-tariff barriers.” He said these “market barriers” ...

Jet Airways, has been selected as a Power Brand among leading corporate enterprises in India, the airline said in a statement. “The parameters are ...

In a move to cast a wider net, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has written to the Centre seeking to bring non-governmental ...

Three police posts are stationed at the table-top mountain, the site for the Jaitapur nuclear plant, where locals have been protesting for about five ...

India has found itself unique brand ambassadors. A group of foreigners — from Australia to Belgium — are promoting travel to India. The group ...

The country’s natural rubber production increased by 1.3 per cent to 98,800 tonnes in January this year from 97,500 tonnes a year ago buoyed by ...