Fashion rules at the city’s biggest EDM festival
Mumbai : Fashion and music came together as the youth of the city grooved to the high octane performances of the likes of Richard Durand and others at Gitanjaligifts.com Partido concert held at Hotel...
View ArticlePig disease virus detected in India for first time
For the first time in Mizoram and perhaps in the country, virus of a pandemic disease which causes reproductive failure in breeding stock and respiratory tract illness in young pigs has been detected...
View ArticleObama orders new eco sanctions on Iran
The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on Monday on Iran and its nuclear programme, targeting the country’s currency and auto industry and seeking to render Iranian money useless outside the...
View ArticleIPL betting: Vindoo,Meiyappan and six others granted bail
Actor Vindoo Dara Singh and Chennai Super Kings or CSK principal Gurunath Meiyappan, arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, were today granted bail by a Mumbai court....
View ArticleCountry poised to achieve record foodgrain production for 3rd consecutive year
The country’s food grain production is poised to cross 260 million tonnes to achieve a record production for a third consecutive year.Speaking exclusively to Prasar Bharti this morning, Agriculture...
View ArticleOver 65 countries sign treaty regulating global arms trade
More than 65 countries have signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. The United States however announced that it will sign the treaty soon. The announcement...
View ArticleIPL fixing:Delhi police invoke MCOCA provisions to strengthen case against...
Delhi Police has invoked stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, MCOCA, against cricketer Sreesanth and 25 others arrested in the IPL spot-fixing case. Police sources said...
View ArticleIndia’s share in global investment to double by 2030: WB
India’s share in global investments expected to almost double by 2030, a World Bank report said on Monday, among the developing countries, China and India are expected to be the largest global...
View ArticleSharif to be sworn in as PM tomorrow
Nawaz Sharif is expected to be sworn in for a record third term as Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Wednesday with a very small cabinet comprising close aides, shortly after he is formally elected to the...
View ArticleIntomics enters €5.2M personalised cancer diagnostic project
The project will optimize treatment of cancer patients based on the cancers’ individual genetic fingerprint. Intomics will use its leading biomedical data analysis capabilities to help choose the right...
View ArticleMahindra drives into compact car segment with Verito ‘Vibe’
Mumbai : Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), a part of the US $16.2 billion Mahindra Group, today unveiled its eagerly awaited sub 4 metre, compact car, the Verito Vibe. Designed and developed...
View ArticleL&T Group Company Wins Saudi Aramco Contract
Mumbai : A Joint Venture Company of L&T – Larsen Toubro Arabia LLC, has achieved a major breakthrough in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by securing a large EPC contract from the Saudi Arabian Oil...
View ArticleHIL’s Golan Aerocon Plant First to Get CII-GreenCo Gold Rating
Hyderabad : Green Buildings Materials Pioneer HIL (www.hil.in) (BSE: 509675 NSE: HILEQ) announced today that its 240,000 cubic meters AEROCON Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Blocks manufacturing...
View ArticleZydus’ revolutionary diabetic drug LIPAGLYN to hits the market soon
India : The Zydus Group announced a breakthrough in its research efforts with Lipaglyn (Saroglitazar), a novel drug targeted at bridging an unmet healthcare need for treating Diabetic Dyslipidemia or...
View ArticleImport duty on gold hiked to 8%
With spiralling gold imports putting huge pressure on the Current Account Deficit, government on Wednesday night hiked the import duty on the metal to 8 per cent, up by 2 per cent, in a bid to rein in...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Iran over nuclear programme
Six world powers engaged in stalled talks with Iran over its nuclear programme said on Wednesday it was “essential and urgent” Tehran cooperates with the UN atomic agency over allegations of bomb...
View ArticleThousands of angry strikers join protests in Turkey
Thousands of striking workers took to the streets of Turkey’s cities on Wednesday, loudly joining calls for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to step down as mass protests against his rule...
View ArticleNATO agrees outlines of 2015 Afghanistan mission
NATO defence ministers on Wednesday agreed the broad outlines of its next mission in Afghanistan after it completes a difficult withdrawal from its longest combat operation next year. “We have just...
View ArticleNawaz Sharif formally elected Pakistan’s PM
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was formally elected Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Wed by an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly, setting the stage for an unprecedented third term as premier....
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