Base effect: India's WPI inflation zooms to 12.94% in May

New Delhi (IANS) Base effect, along with high transportation fuel cost, lifted India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 12.94 per cent in May from a rise of 10.49 per cent in April.

Significantly, this is the highest…

Equity indices recover to end at record closing highs

Mumbai (IANS) Key Indian equity indices recovered by the end of the day's trade on Monday to settle at record closing levels, after a largely subdued trade for most part of the session.

The BSE Sensex closed at 52,551.53, higher by 76.77…

Pak, India agree to share ownership of Basmati rice

Islamabad (IANS) In a rare agreement between two arch-rivals India and Pakistan, which have a history of long-time rivalry with disputes on every front from sea to land, exporters from both sides of the border have mutually agreed to share the ownership…

Year after Galwan clash: Indian Army develops military infra, deploys around 60K troops

New Delhi (IANS) A year after the Galwan valley clash in eastern Ladakh, China is still sitting at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) while India has geared up for a long grind.

Indian and Chinese military delegates have had 11 rounds of talks…

MoS Finance counters Bengal FM's charge of ignoring dissent, says GST Council reflects collective spirit

New Delhi (IANS) Following the conclusion of the 44th meeting of the GST Council on Saturday, a war of words erupted on Twitter between Union Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, and West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra, over the way…

India handed over 577 intruders to B'desh since 2018

New Delhi (IANS) In a gesture of mutual cooperation and emphasis on the well-being of the border populations of both the countries, India has handed as many as 577 Bangladeshi intruders to the neighbouring country since 2018, and the numbers this…

TN notifies Renault Nissan industrial dispute arbitration

Chennai (IANS) The Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd and its workers union have created a history by going in for an arbitration to settle wage revision and other aspects, said a union official.

The Tamil Nadu government recently…

Leopard sighting in densely populated Srinagar area triggers panic

Srinagar (IANS) Panic gripped the densely populated Natipora area in Srinagar on Sunday after a leopard was sighted.

Two weeks ago, a minor girl was mauled by a leopard in the Humhama area after which the animal was declared as a man-eater…

'Arrested Chinese intruder a PLA-run university student'

Kolkata (IANS) Agencies investigating Chinese national Han Junwe, arrested while illegally crossing into India, say he was a student of a Peoples Liberation Army-run university, where he studied English.

Han, produced in Malda district court…

GST Council meet begins, may consider duty cuts on medical supplies

New Delhi (IANS) The 44th meeting of the GST Council, the second this year in the midst of the second wave of Covid pandemic, began on Saturday morning through video conferencing.

The meeting is being chaired by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman…