Spanish Treasury opens secondary bond market to individuals
byMadrid, April 8 (IANS/EFE) Individual investors will be able to buy and sell Spanish sovereign debt starting Monday, the Spanish Treasury said. Small investors…
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Trinamool afraid to hold panchayat polls: Jairam Ramesh
bySiliguri, April 7 (IANS) West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress government has no intention of holding the panchayat polls as it fears its loss of popularity…
Seventh pay panel to meet ex-servicemen’s aspirations: Army chief
byBarrackpore (West Bengal), April 7 (IANS) Conceding that the current pension benefits for the country’s ex-servicemen are not sufficient, army chief General Bikram Singh…
Old Stavanger, Norway has a glimpse of rural Uttarakhand, Himachal
byStavanger (Norway) : While the Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) and the Kejarag, a large stone wedged between two mountains about 1000 metres above the fjord,…
China’s growth is good for Asia, says President
byBoao (China), April 7 (IANS) China’s rapid economic growth will create development opportunities for the rest of Asia and the world, President Xi Jinping…
Starbucks to open outlets in more Indian cities
byNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Encouraged by the “tremendous response”, Starbucks Coffee is planning to expand to more locations to tap the full potential…
12 billion mobiles in the next 10 years (Comment)
byOne kilogram. That’s what it weighed, the bulky prototype used for a wireless phone call by a Motorola engineer in 1973. For the real…
Business leaders should pay attention to climate change: Pachauri
byKolkata, April 6 (IANS) Exhorting business leaders and stakeholders to pay attention to the protection of the vital global commons related to earth’s climate,…
Modi event’s venue changed to ensure more seats
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Industry body FICCI has changed the venue of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s address to its women’s wing in…
Enterprises should adapt to climate change: R.K. Pachauri
byKolkata, April 6 (IANS) Stressing on the need to “mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases as part of the overall solution”, renowned environmental scientist…