Finance Minister P Chidambaram has expressed confidence that economy will register a 5.5 to 6 per cent growth in the current fiscal moving up from last year’s 5 per cent. He also asserted that the government will ensure fiscal consolidation by containing deficit. Mr Chidambaram, who completed one year in the office, told reporters in […]
The number of jobless in the eurozone fell for the first time in more than two years in June. The jobless total in the eurozone fell by 24,000 to 19.26 million, the first decrease in the jobless total since April 2011. However, the unemployment rate stayed at a record 12.1 per cent. The IHS Global […]
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that government will act boldly and decisively to revive economic growth. Speaking at a book release function in New Delhi this evening, Dr. Manmohan Singh said that his government is committed to accelerate the pace of economic reforms. Observing that last couple of years have been challenging, he […]
Union Minister for Shipping Mr. G K Vasan today announced in Mumbai the new Guidelines for determination of tariff for major port projects in the country. The new simplified guidelines are expected to pave way for increased investment flows into the port sector. Addressing a press conference, Mr Vasan said “the new guidelines allow the […]
Petrol will be dearer by 70 paise and diesel by 50 paise per litre from midnight tonight. The hike is exclusive of state taxes. With this, petrol will now cost 71 rupees and 28 paise per litre in Delhi, 74 rupees and 49 paise in Chennai, 78 rupees and 61 paise in Mumbai and 78 […]
Mumbai : In 1913, a gentleman named Walter A. Sheaffer began a company in the backroom of his jewellery store in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA. He had an idea about “pen-filling apparatus” that would work on a lever system and wanted to create ‘the pen.’ A century later, Sheaffer Pens has expanded across the world […]
Jakarta : Due to a limited runway capacity at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Garuda Indonesia has been forced to postpone its flight service to London, which had initially been planned for 2 November 2013. Reason being, the pavement classification number (PCN) of the runways and apron at Soekarno-Hatta Airport do not meet the required level of strength, […]
Mumbai : More than 5.5 million tourists visited Dubai in the first half of 2013, representing an 11.1 per cent year-on-year increase, indicating that Dubai is on the way to achieving its Tourism Vision for 2020.The first half visitor number results, released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) today, show increases across […]
Mumbai : Kick-starting their new relationship, Kaspersky Lab and Comguard conducted their first channel partner meet in Delhi to galvanize partners to align with them to create new opportunities for mutual growth. About 40 partner organizations attended the meet, where both Kaspersky Lab and Comguard detailed out their GTM plans and provided an overview of […]
Leading UK Fraud prevention consultancy and analyst UKFraud is calling on the insurance industry to accelerate activity in its management of fraud and fraudsters. In its latest research, UKFraud recognises that huge in-roads have been made into combatting insurance fraud in the UK, but believes that in these times of big data analytics and […]
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