China trumpets environmental gains from curbing plastic bags
byBeijing, June 1 (IANS/EFE) China has saved the equivalent of 6 million tonnes of petroleum over the past five years since prohibiting supermarkets and…
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Narayana Murthy back as Infosys executive chairman
byBangalore, June 1 (IANS) Indian IT bellwether Infosys Ltd Saturday appointed its co-founder and chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy as executive chairman and additional…
OPEC leaves oil output target unchanged
byVienna, June 1 (IANS/EFE) The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed here Friday to leave its oil output target unchanged at 30 million…
Infosys appoints Narayana Murthy as chairman again
byBangalore, June 1 (IANS) Indian IT bellwether Infosys Ltd. Saturday appointed its co-founder and chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy as the executive chairman and…
US consumer spending falls
byWashington, June 1 (IANS/EFE) Consumer spending, which makes up more than two-thirds of US gross domestic product, fell unexpectedly by 0.2 percent in April,…
China’s manufacturing PMI rises
byBeijing, June 1 (IANS) China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector rose to 50.8 percent in May from 50.6 percent in April,…
China to improve dairy industry
byBeijing, June 1 (IANS) Chinese government has decided to boost the quality of domestic dairy industry. The Chinese cabinet Friday announced detailed plans in…
Steep power tariff hike in UP, domestic, rural consumers worst hit
byLucknow, June 1 (IANS) Power tariff has been hiked quietly by a whopping 40 percent in Uttar Pradesh. This is the steepest hike in…
Petrol rates hiked by 75 paise, diesel by 50 paise a litre
byNew Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Indian Oil Corp Friday hiked petrol price by 75 paise per litre and that of diesel by 50 paise…
British town gets its first Sikh mayor
byLondon, May 31 (IANS) A Sikh man has for the first time become the mayor of the town of Warwick in England’s West Midlands…