Trade between India and the Latin American and Caribbean region has shown impressive growth – standing at $46 billion – up from $2 billion in 2000, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj but said while the growth in impressive, it is not commensurate with the potential that exists. In an address to Latin American dignitaries, […]
Companies from across the world have bid for the project to build Smart Cities in India, said Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu who added that the French want to take up three of the cities. In an interview to Media India Group, Naidu, who was in France for a three-day visit, called for […]
By- Dr. Pradeep Neupane (B.A.M.S.) It is a well known factor that to have a restful sleep is very important for the normal biological function. It is considered in Ayurveda that the quality and quantity of our sleep is as essential to our health and well-being as our dietary habits. The right amount of restful […]
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US investors, India on Thursday gave a major tax concession to foreign companies that don’t have a permanent set-up in India but operate out of countries with which New Delhi has double tax avoidance treaties. Technically, the ministry of finance has decided to amend the Income Tax […]
Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to the US, several US lawmakers have hoped it would deepen Indian investment in the US and drive more development in India with use of US technological knowledge. “Under your leadership, our bilateral relationship has been revitalised and India has undergone a domestic transformation while engaging with the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sought Ireland’s support for reforms of the UN Security Council within a fixed time frame and India’s permanent membership as he held talks with Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny. Modi, who arrived here earlier in the day on a day-long visit, said he exchanged views on a broad range […]
US President Barack Obama has said that his summit meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this month will be “useful” and generate “a lot of outcomes”. Responding to questions after addressing members of the Business Roundtable on Wednesday, Obama said these outcomes would be “around things like energy and climate change, around improvements […]
The festive season beginning with the onset of Ganesh Chaturathi (September 17) may not give a desired boost to real estate sector that is facing slow down for the last two years. Residential real estate is reeling under weak sales due to a liquidity crunch, unaffordable prices, high interest rates and large scale delivery defaults […]
Climate change would be in focus at the India-Africa Forum Summit here this October with India proposing that the 54 African countries join a Solar Group of nations to tap the sunÂ’s rays for energy while forming another grouping with the coastal countries to harness ocean wave energy. As the October 26-30 mega diplomatic event […]
A rapid expansion in the manufacturing accelerated India’s factory output growth to 4.2 percent in July against a marginal rise of 0.9 percent in the like month of last year, official data showed on Friday. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which released the data on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), the revised […]