Second unit of MAPS to be functional by June end
byChennai, May 8 (IANS) India’s atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) is likely to install a new transformer for…
Business
Sensex trades flat, capital goods and bank stocks plummet
byMumbai, May 8 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading flat in afternoon trade Wednesday following heavy selling pressure in…
Tripura to ask CBI to probe illegal chit funds in state
byAgartala, May 8 (IANS) The Left Front government in the northeastern state of Tripura has decided to ask the CBI to probe the illegal…
US consumer credit goes up
byWashington, May 8 (IANS) US consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in March, less than half of the 8 percent…
China’s export rises
byBeijing, May 8 (IANS) China’s exports increased 14.7 percent year on year in April, while import surges 16.8 percent, the General Administration of Customs…
Parliament disrupted as BJP calls for PM’s resignation
byNew Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Parliament was disrupted Wednesday as the BJP persisted with its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over irregularities…
Decline in US honeybee population endangers many crops
byWashington, May 8 (IANS/EFE) The population of honeybees in the US declined by 31 percent last winter, a situation that endangers a number of…
Puerto Rico acquires site of former US Navy base
bySan Juan, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said that the island’s government has acquired the property of a former US…
Brazil cuts interest rates on small business loans
bySao Paulo, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced here a reduction in the interest rate on public loans for owners of…
Odisha’s iron ore output could rise by five percent
byBhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) Odisha’s iron ore production is likely to rise by about five percent in the financial year ending March 2014, a…