The price of oil fell Wednesday as traders digested rising US crude inventories and as profit-taking set in one day after striking a record high point $126.98 per barrel. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for June
Lebanon's tourism sector was dealt another setback after the opposition closed all roads leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis said on Wednesday. "We are missing a lot of opportunities to attract tourists to Lebanon. First
Powerful propaganda officials stressed the importance of 'correct guidance of public opinion' and ordered a strengthening of political consciousness among journalists
Violating a truce that has been in force since 2003, Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an incident that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as worrisome.
Terrorists struck for the first time in Jaipur triggering eight serial blasts in a span of 12 minutes on Tuesday evening in crowded market areas and near a Hanuman temple in the walled city leaving at least 60 killed and
Rejecting the contentions of the distributors that it was virtually not possible for them to ensure that the customers receive IMCL's feed at their households, the TDSAT Chairman Justice Arun Kumar said them to ensure it. IMCL had approached TDSAT
It will have an initial capacity of 2,00,000 cylinders and plans to ramp up its capacity to one million cylinders in the next three-four years, a press release issued here said. The investment in the first phase of operations is
Use of BlackBerry for purpose of enforcement was initiated in January 2008. While BlackBerry is used for imposing spot fines, automation centres generate police notices for recorded violations. These two which were working under different domains with different databases so
The survey findings released on Tuesday say nearly 68 per cent of women and men prefer men in charge because they are "faster in taking decisions, quicker in disposing of assigned jobs, more focused and straight towards their work, and
The coal policy may help Tatas for setting up coal-based power plants in Bangladesh. As there is no guarantee for natural gas supply, the group is not likely to go ahead with its steel and fertiliser plants, said sources. The
Efforts are on to get necessary clearance from the environment ministry for construction of a new international airport in Navi Mumbai, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said. "The National Coastal Zone Management had also given an in-principle go-ahead for
Net direct tax collections rose 132 per cent to Rs 12,642 crore (Rs 126.42 billion) in the first month of the current fiscal, as against Rs 5,441 crore (Rs 54.41 billion) in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal.
This year, MindTree improved from 68th in 2007 and has been ranked 54th, while also being named one of the 20 best companies by services offered in the category of product research, development and manufacture. The list is published in
The government had earlier approved the imposition of such fees for the new Bangalore and Hyderabad airports being developed under public-private partnerships. Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram are among the 35 smaller airports being developed by the AAI, all of which are
The MoU was signed in presence of visiting French Minister of State for Transport Dominique Bussereau, Minister of State for Railways Naranbhai Rathwa, Chairman and Managing Director SNCF International (French Railways) Jean-Pierre Lubinox and Railway Board Chairman K C Jena.
Robrecht Himpe, who is the CEO Flat Europe and Amaud Poupart-Lafarge (Africa and CIS) are the new members of the management committee. Further, Andre van den Bossche and Narendra Chaudhary would be retiring from the committee in due course. Bossche
With companies looking to provide the right balance between professional demands and personal lives for its employees, HR experts believe the concept is one of the main drivers to stem attrition and enhance productivity. Global science products and services firm
The offer of increased investment was made during a presentation by the Dubai-based companies for India's Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee, in Dubai on Wednesday. The minister said this after going through a presentation on 'Dubai's growth and plans
The secondary steel producers have assured that they will reduce prices of their flat products by Rs 4,000 per tonne and maintain the new price line for the next three months," Steel Ministry Secretary R S Pandey said after a
Tagged with hefty sums, the paintings of a host of Indian artists would be auctioned in Hong Kong on May 24-25. Among others, top-tier works by Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Anju Dodiya, and Atul Dodiya will be up for grabs
