Haryana to replace defective power meters by October
byGurgaon, June 20 (IANS) Haryana will soon launch a campaign to replace all defective electricity meters and computerise all electricity bill cash collection centres…
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Middle-class Indians hard hit by rupee’s fall: Survey
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) As the Indian rupee slumps to new lows, the country’s middle class has been forced to cut back on…
Sensex closes over 500 points down; banks, metals fall
byMumbai, June 20 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets closed Thursday’s trade provisionally down more than 500 points as the Indian rupee…
Essar Steel raises $1 billion through overseas loan
byMumbai, June 20 (IANS) Essar Steel Thursday said it has raised $1 billion overseas loan through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) with a view to…
Sensex plunges over 500 points; banks, metals fall
byMumbai, June 20 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets plunged over 500 points in late afternoon trade Thursday as the Indian rupee…
Dabur Nepal, ICIMOD partner to promote herbal garden
byKathmandu, June 20 (IANS) Dabur Nepal, a subsidiary of Dabur India, and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) here, have entered into…
Cabinet restructures welfare schemes
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Aiming to facilitate implementation of the centrally-sponsored welfare schemes, the union cabinet Thursday merged many of them to bring…
Erratic weather to hit second flush Assam tea
byKolkata, June 20 (IANS) Erratic rainfall and extremely high temperature are feared to affect production of the second flush Assam tea crop, while production…
Was Char Dham Yatra stopped after heavy rain warning ?
byDehradun : Though the number of dead in the gruesome tragedy that hit Uttarakhand is officially being put at a little over 200, senior…
Rupee hits another record low; government steps in
byMumbai/New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Indian rupee slumped to another record low of 59.93 against the dollar Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve…