Spread the love       India expresses readiness to initiate negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty with Canada; aim Rs 4.65 lakh crore trade by 2030 India has offered to begin talks with Canada on a Bilateral Investment Treaty at the earliest, as both countries look to deepen economic ties and increase bilateral trade to CAD 70 billion, or INR 4.65 lakh crore,...

Spread the love       Sudden movement in closing period triggers outcry online. MUMBAI: In the first monthly expiry of derivatives contracts on BSE after the introduction of Closing Auction Session, popularly known as CAS, sensex and Bankex, BSE’s banking index, witnessed wild swings, triggering social media outcry. The sharp movement in indices and some of their constituents also gave rise to...

Spread the love       PM Modi’s bilateral with Russia President Putin will follow EAM Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow this week NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will have a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the upcoming SCO summit in Bishkek, said govt while announcing Modi’s two-nation central Asia tour to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan that begins Saturday....

Spread the love       NDRF has deployed 20 teams — 11 in UP and nine in Bihar. NEW DELHI: National Disaster Response Force Thursday said there is no adverse impact of Nepal’s glacial lake outburst floods on Indian side even as Centre and states are monitoring the situation in bordering districts of UP and Bihar to mitigate any risk from excessive...

Spread the love       The road transport ministry has decided to onboard Engineers India Ltd for the inspection work NEW DELHI: As concerns rise over deficiencies in quality of work and premature failures in expressways and NH projects, the road transport ministry will engage a third-party inspection agency (TPIA) for inspection and examination of around 5,000 km of expressways and highway...

Spread the love       Though Kiren Rijiju made no comment about an immediate session. NEW DELHI: Keeping the opposition on edge by dropping indications about the possibility of Parliament being reconvened, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment to women for speedy implementation of the women’s reservation law and govt is working...

Spread the love       E20, which contains 20% ethanol, was introduced nationwide last year. NEW DELHI: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd chairman and MD Sanjay Khanna said Thursday the company was looking into the feasibility of giving consumers the option of E10 petrol alongside existing E20, only to walk back the comment, which was at odds with the Centre’s position.“We are looking...

Spread the love       Raelynn McMurchy (left) with her husband, Tucker, and daughter, Ella, launched an online petition over high power bills When Raelynn McMurchy opened her electricity bill this month, the amount was more than twice her family’s monthly rent. The bill totalled $1,373, including a $598 security deposit that her power company required after she fell behind on earlier...

Spread the love       The cascading mass of water and rock swept down nearly 200km in a matter of hours, wiping out entire settlements. NEW DELHI: Death toll in the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet flood rose to 389 by late Thursday, Nepal police said, as rescuers continued searching for hundreds swept away or cut off along the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli corridor. Three casualties are...

Spread the love       (Representative image) In Faridabad, a mother is accused of assaulting her toddler son with a paper cutter, causing serious injuries to his neck GURGAON: A woman allegedly attacked her two-year-old son’s neck with a paper cutter at their home in Faridabad on Wednesday afternoon, seriously injuring the child. The woman was arrested after her husband filed a...