Jharkhand governor announces Rs.5 crore for Uttarakhand
byRanchi, June 20 (IANS) Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad Thursday announced assistance of Rs.5 crore to flood-hit Uttarakhand where over 250 people from Jharkhand were…
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51 percent of Indian workforce self-employed: Survey
byBangalore, June 20 (IANS) Around 51 percent of Indian workers are self-employed, mostly in rural areas, while 33.5 percent of them are casual labour…
Jairam sanctions Rs.340 crore for flood-ravaged Uttarakhand
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday announced a special package of Rs.340 crore for flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. The rural development…
Sonia Gandhi lays foundation of Suratgarh power plant units in Rajasthan
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday laid the foundation stone of the seventh and eighth units of…
Avoid landslide-hit Kinnaur, Himachal advises visitors
byShimla, June 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Thursday issued an advisory asking the tourists not to visit landslide-hit Kinnaur district and a few parts of…
Rupee, Sensex slump as Fed signals stimulus exit (Roundup)
byMumbai/New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Indian rupee slumped nearly two percent to hit a new record low of 59.98 against a dollar and…
Natarajan calls for corpus fund to tackle sea oil spills
byMumbai, June 20 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Thursday called for setting up a corpus fund to help quick response to…
Idea Cellular slashes 2G data rates by 90 percent in 8 circles
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Idea Cellular slashed its data tariff by 90 percent across eight circles for the 2G data plan users and…
Technopark IT firm inks deal with Etisalat, Afghanistan
byThiruvananthapuram, June 20 (IANS) Technopark-based Flytxt has signed up with Etisalat Afghanistan to deploy their platform NEON to drive segmented marketing campaigns and to…
Sensex slides more than 500 points (Roundup)
byMumbai, June 20 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets closed Thursday’s trade more than 500 points down on capital outflows following a…