India building roads, bridges in Myanmar
byNew Delhi: A concept of Asia as one entity, linked by road, rail and sea, is taking shape and India is contributing towards it by…
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SP and BSP to rescue, government wins FDI vote in Rajya Sabha
byNew Delhi: The government today won the vote in the Rajya Sabha on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, two days after it sailed through…
Brazil to invest $25.8 bn to modernize ports
byBrasilia: Brazil’s government Thursday unveiled plans to invest 54.2 billion reais ($25.8 billion) over the next four years to modernize the country’s ports. The goal…
Has the stock market revived for an appetite of fresh IPOs
byThe Sensex stocks have outperformed the new issues on the bourse in the past two years but now there seems a revival of the…
Kerala Tourism bags Conde Nast travel award
byThiruvananthapuram: Kerala Tourism has won the Conde Nast Traveller award for putting India on the global travel map. The new award category introduced by the…
Kashmir sectarian unrest diverts year ender footfalls to Himachal
byShimla: Fallout of recent sectarian clashes in Srinagar has spiked year-ender booking at hotels across the state, even as the tourism department has planned…
India to become second fastest growing aviation market by 2016: IATA
byNew Delhi: Air transport body International Air Transport Association (IATA) Thursday said India will become the second fastest growing aviation market in the world by…
‘Synthetic fuels could replace crude oil in US’
byWashington: The US could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel,…
Prime Minister directs fast-tracking transport projects
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked for fast-tracking major railway, road and port projects whose slow development could become the biggest “game stopper”…
European bank accounts lose $47 mn in cyberattack
byMadrid: More than 36 million euros ($47 million) were stolen earlier this year from some 30,000 bank accounts in Europe in a cyberattack dubbed “Eurograbber”,…