The Indian selectors have chosen Ajinkya Rahane as the captain for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin will be rested. Harbhajan Singh is back to the ODI team. The request to be rested came from the players, said chief selector Sandeep Patil. The national selectors met in […]
Showing an anti-consumer bias in the Indian banks’ approach on interest rates, a new IMF study shows they are faster in effecting a hike in lending rates, but a rise in their deposit rates is not so quick. The IMF research also showed that banks are as such slow in effecting a change in their […]
India and Thailand today signed a number of important agreements, including the double taxation avoidance treaty, and exchanged instruments of ratification on the extradition treaty inked in 2013, which provides for the legal framework for seeking extradition of fugitive offenders. The tax treaty provides for the framework to avoid double taxation and prevention of fiscal […]
The government is considering importing onions to boost domestic availability of the commodity and prevent spike in its prices. Retail prices of onion have already risen by up to 40 per cent in metro cities in the last one year. The maximum increase in prices is seen in Delhi, where onion is costing Rs 34/kg […]
An earthquake of moderate intensity of 5.6 on the Richter Scale rocked Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal besides Bhutan today leaving three injured and a lion sculpture of an ancient temple damaged. India Meteorological Department officials said the quake shook Assam, including its capital Guwahati, Meghalaya, West Bengal and neighbouring Bhutan at 6.35 AM. The epicentre […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced concern over the declining sex ratio in 100 districts of the country, with situation being “more serious” in Haryana, and pitched for a campaign to save girls through the social media. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on radio, he, however, refrained from speaking on politics or recent […]
Recently, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel held a meeting through Video Conference with Industrial Associations and GIDC Officials. Gujarat government will soon device an Exit Policy for Unused Industrial Plots in GIDC estate in Ahmedabad city.
Today in Ahmedabad, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashish Khetan announced that AAP would strengthen its organizational base in Gujarat like Delhi. Khetan who is appointment as the observer of Gujarat, briefed media about the party’s future plan in Gujarat. “Our aim is to intensify the party from booth level like we did in Delhi, it […]
Today, Lalit Modi, ex IPL commissioner alleged that Chennai Super Kings’ players Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina are involved in betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a new controversy, Lalit Modi tweeted his 2013 letter to ICC CEO Dave Richardson where he cast aspersion on the integrity of these players and […]
Government is likely to infuse additional USD 1.8 billion (about Rs 11,500 crore) in public sector banks this fiscal over and above USD 1.2 billion earmarked in the Budget, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said today. “Will put additional USD 1.8 billion in PSU banks apart from USD 1.2 billion budgeted this year,” he told reporters […]
