Growth Rate of Eight Core Industries fall in last 1 Year |
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According to the data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on 30 January 2012, the growth rate of eight core industries slowed down to 3.1 per cent in December 2011 from 6.3 per cent in December 2010. These eight sectors had recorded a 6.8 per cent growth in November 2011. The decline in c....... More »
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The President of Mali Amadou Toumani Toure visited India |
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The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure visited India on 11-12 January 2012. India and Mali signed 3 agreements during this visit. Both nations also issued a joint declaration on this occasion. This is the first-ever exchange of visit at this level between India and Mali.
The State Visit ....... More »
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India signed Five Agreements with Trinidad and Tobago |
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Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago Kamla Persad Bissessar visited India from 5 January 2012 to 14 January 2012. India and Trinidad & Tobago on 6 January 2012 signed five agreements during her visit. The agreements are as following: 1.Memorandum of Understanding between India and Trinida....... More »
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Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar visited India |
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Kamla Persad Bissessar visited India from 5 January 2012 to 14 January 2012. Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She is the seventh person to hold this position. She is the country's first female Prime Minister. She was sworn in as Prime Min....... More »
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India and Mali signed Three Agreements and issued a Joint Statement |
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The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure visited India on 11-12 January 2012. India and Mali signed three agreements during this visit. The agreements are as following; 1.MoU on Co-operation in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources between the Ministry of Mines of the Government of In....... More »
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Breather perhaps, but Chidambaram still in trouble |
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New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court ruling on the 2G scam may have provided him a breather. But Home Minister P. Chidambaram, facing unending flak since 2009, is still not out of danger zone in the case.
For a politician who has seen meteoric rise, there seem to be no end to troubles do....... More »
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2G case: Supreme Court quashes 122 telecoms licences |
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday telecoms licences issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale be revoked, striking a decisive blow against corruption that plagues the country and roiling the world's second biggest cellular market.
The ruling applies to 122 licence....... More »
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Army defies age revision order |
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New Delhi, Feb. 2: The army has practically refused to implement last week's order from the defence ministry to change the date of birth of its chief, General V.K. Singh, in its official personnel records.
The unprecedented case, army chief versus the Union of India, is scheduled to come ....... More »
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Egypt's worst soccer disaster |
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PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Seventy-four(74) people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday when Egyptian soccer fans staged a pitch invasion in the city of Port Said, the deadliest incident since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak from power.
Angry politicians decried a lack ....... More »
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India's rising fiscal deficit a big worry |
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Most of India's budget targets remain far from completion in the first nine months of FY12. But, in one category, the government is all set to break the barrier. The govt. has already run up a fiscal deficit of 92.3% of its budget estimates in 9mFY12. This is mainly on the back of lackluster tax....... More »
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