New Delhi (IANS) The new year could see the balancing of trade between India and China a bit. Three joint working groups on trade, services and investment will meet next month to discuss issues affecting bilateral trade and investment. Among these, market access for Indian companies in China is a major [...]

Pilani (IANS) While faculty and infrastructure deficits are major hurdles in increasing the reach of education in India, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) vice chancellor Bijendra Nath Jain says there is a need to take note of the changing pedagogy and using technology to fill the gaps in the [...]

Bhubaneswar  (IANS) A demonstration was staged at Rayagada in Orissa to demand an immediate resumption of bauxite supplies to Vedanta’s alumina refinery at Lanjigarh to protect the livelihood of thousands of people. The demand was made after a peaceful protest Thursday by over 500 labours who staged a demonstration at the [...]

Bangalore (IANS) Infosys Ltd posted Rs.2,369 crore (Rs.23.69 billion) net profit for the third quarter (Oct-Dec) of this fiscal (2012-13), registering a flat growth year-on-year (YoY) in rupee terms. In a regulatory filing Friday, the IT bellwether said consolidated income for the quarter under review (Q3) increased 12 percent YoY to [...]

Chennai (IANS) Two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto Ltd is targeting sales of around 4,000 units per month of its newly-launched 100cc motorcycle Discover 100T in Tamil Nadu while the monthly national target is around 45,000 units. Launching the new bike here Thursday, general manager R. Chandrasekar said: “We are targeting monthly sales [...]

Washington (IANS) India and China are ranked 119th and 136th respectively and both termed “unfree” according to the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom published annually by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation. The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s freest economy, and its most repressed, according to the [...]

Islamabad (IANS) The main accused in a Rs.82 billion scam in Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has been arrested in Abu Dhabi with the help of Interpol, after the man hid from the law for eight months. Former OGRA chairman Tauqeer Sadiq was arrested Wednesday, an official of the [...]

Mumbai (IANS) Josephine Selvaraj from Tamil Nadu was conferred the 20th Jankidevi Bajaj Puruskar for her initiative in spreading awareness about advantages of honey and bee keeping. Selvaraj’s initiatives are aimed not only at providing better health and income with less investment but has provided employment to many rural women in [...]

New Delhi (IANS) The government will divest 10 percent stake in Oil India in the second fortnight of this month and follow this up by disposing of 9.5 percent holding in NTPC in February, a top finance ministry official said today. “We will come out with Oil India issue in the [...]

Pune/New Delhi (IANS) Two- and three-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto today launched its 100 cc motorcycle Discover 100T priced at Rs.50,500 (ex-showroom New Delhi). “The all-new Discover 100T delivers the power of a 125cc with the economy of a 100cc to bring in the joy of riding to this segment,” said K.Srinivas, [...]