She said that the increased trade integration, geopolitical uncertainties and high accumulated debt levels necessitate strong global coordination without waiting for the slowdown to become a crisis. She referred to it during her intervention at the Working Lunch Session of the Development Committee, the Ministerial level Committee of the International ... Read More »

Addressing the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, the Finance Minister said, India is firmly committed to the path of fiscal consolidation. She further added that India has taken diverse policy levers as part of the Modi government’s series of reforms to address the challenges being posed ... Read More »

Prominent leaders across all the political parties are made their last ditch efforts to woo the voters.  In Maharashtra, a total of 288 constituencies will go for election on Monday. By size of electorate, Wardha is the smallest constituency and Panvel is the largest. Among 3,237 candidates in race, there ... Read More »

The life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated by performing Dandi Yatra. Participants in huge number took part in the Yatra which was made vibrant by young students and their enthusiasm.A stall featuring books of Publications Division at the  Book Fair on the 150 Years of the Mahatama Gandhi ... Read More »

The peaceful demonstration was a change of scene after Barcelona saw its worst night of disturbances in decades on Friday  as masked youths blocked roads with blazing garbage bins and hurled rocks at security forces, who responded by firing repeated rounds of smoke grenades and tear gas. Spain’s acting interior ... Read More »

They streamed into the streets around the country’s parliament in Beirut, as well as elsewhere across the country, despite calls for calm from politicians and dozens of arrests on Friday. The demonstrators are demanding a sweeping overhaul of Lebanon’s political system, citing grievances ranging from austerity measures to poor infrastructure. ... Read More »

Armed officers found the inmates when they raided a school in the Rigasa district of Kaduna. All the inmates were found in chains and said they were beaten. There are 22 women among them. Two Cameroonians and two people from Niger were among those rescued. Last month police rescued more ... Read More »

Mary Kom claimed her eighth world medal at the recently-concluded championships in Russia and the BFI now plans to send the Manipuri boxer for the Olympic qualifiers in China, moving away from the previous decision to give direct selection only to the gold and silver winners. Read More »

The two Lok Sabha seats where by-polls will be held are Samastipur in Bihar and Satara constituency in Maharashtra.Assembly constituencies for which by-polls will be held are – 11 seats of Uttar Pradesh, 6 in Gujarat, 5 seats each in Kerala and Bihar, 3 in Sikkim, 4 each of Punjab ... Read More »

One of the top and leading private sector banks in the country, ICICI bank offers an array of personal banking services like loans, credit cards etc. ICICI credit cards are some of the top-rated credit cards available in the market, they not only are a source of convenient short-term funding ... Read More »

Incidentally, Mr Johnson’s plan to get Parliament to approve his divorce deal with the European Union was thrown into doubt today, as lawmakers were first given a vote on whether – yet again – to delay their final decision on Brexit.  At a rare weekend sitting of Parliament, Johnson implored ... Read More »

The non-banking financial corporation had come under the ED’s scanner after investigations revealed that a loan of 2,186 crore rupees extended by DHFL to Sunblink Real Estate Private Limited had reached D-company in Dubai. Read More »

There are 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra. The main contest is between BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and Congress-NCP combine. MNS, BSP, CPI(M) and CPI are among other parties contesting. A total of 3,237 candidates are in the fray. The number of voters in the state is 8,98,39,600.   In Haryana, the ... Read More »

The President expressed happiness about India’s engagement with the key Southeast Asian country that has brought people’s causes within its expanding ambit. In the last 28 months, 35 babies from the Philippines have undergone successful liver transplant in India as a part of the Philippines-India Pediatric Liver Transplant Program. The ... Read More »

He has come up with numerous eco-friendly projects for the nation. In this contemporary epoch, energy resources are depleting in an excessive manner, which is also degrading the environment in a shoddy way. To curb this menace, Verma, with his untiring efforts, has attained over 60 IPRs which have developed ... Read More »

“Bei Bei is part of our family,” Steve Monfort, director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, said in a statement. “We’re sad he’s leaving, but excited for the contributions he will make to the global giant panda population.”The bear and his parents are a favourite among visitors, said a zoo spokeswoman. ... Read More »

Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera said in a statement that FATF in Paris informed the removal of Sri Lanka’s name from the blacklist commending the new measures taken by the country on financial security. Sri Lanka was first included in the blacklist in 2011. By 2012, Sri Lanka was listed ... Read More »

Johnson was required by law to send the delay request after MPs refused to back his Brexit deal on Saturday, but has insisted Britain must leave the European Union on October 31 as planned. The Downing Street source said Johnson had sent a photocopy of the letter contained in the ... Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with members of the creative and entertainment world on ways to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The interaction was held at his residence at Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister said that Gandhi Ji is ... Read More »

the President said that Philippines is India’s natural partner in ASEAN region, and there have been upswing in trading activities between two nations, however, there is need to further accelerate the trade ties between two nations. He also said that ASEAN-India trade cooperation has witnessed an increase of 19 percent ... Read More »