Emirates loses traveller’s bags, told to pay Rs.2 lakh
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Emirates airline has landed in trouble for losing a passenger’s luggage during a flight to Athens. India’s top consumer…
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India need to improve energy efficiency: Chu
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) India, which meets almost 80 percent of its energy requirements from overseas purchases, must improve efficiency to cut dependence…
Frog weddings in northeast India to appease rain god
byAgartala/Guwahati, April 16 (IANS) In a ritual to appease the rain god, villagers in Tripura and Assam married off frogs hoping that it would…
Truckers threaten Goa blockade
byPanaji, April 16 (IANS) Hundreds of truckers and trade associations from Karnataka and Maharashtra Tuesday threatened to blockade Goa after it imposed a hefty…
2G case: Mittal, Ruia appear in Delhi court
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia Tuesday appeared before a Delhi court following summons…
Dry weather affects rubber plants in northeast India
byAgartala, April 16 (IANS) Immature rubber plants of two-four years are drying up in India’s northeastern region owing to prolonged dry weather, leaving the…
Mumbai to host pharma convention
byMumbai, April 16 (IANS) The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) will host a three-day pharma convention from April 24, an official said…
Nestle to sell infant formula business in Mexico
byMexico City, April 16 (IANS/EFE) Swiss food giant Nestle will sell the infant nutrition business it acquired as part of the purchase of US-based…
Bulgarian n-reactor shut down due to outage
bySofia, April 16 (IANS/EFE) One of the reactors at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant was shut down due to an outage, but there is…
Google doodle celebrates India’s first passenger train
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) With a chugging train trailing a plume of smoke in a backdrop of palm trees and what looks like…