Global oil giants show interest in BPCL as bidding deadline nears

New Delhi (IANS) As the deadline for submitting the Expressions of Interest (EoI) for 52.98 per cent stake in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) nears, big names in the global oil market are showing interest in picking up the majority stake…

Disengagement at LAC with China intricate, requires constant verification: Army

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Army on Thursday stated that the disengagement process at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China is intricate and "requires constant verification". It also emphasised that India is taking the de-escalation process…

Govt permits operation of Electricity Futures in India

New Delhi (IANS) In a major reform initiative, the government has permitted opening up of derivative market in the power sector like any other commodity, allowing both power generators and consumers to enter futures contracts and use it as a new hedging…

World waking up to China's threat, will confront it: Pompeo

New York (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the world is waking up to the threats from China and it will be confronted as never before by democracies.

Referring to the threats from Beijing to countries around the world,…

Coordinated social engineering attack has hit us: Twitter

San Francisco (IANS) Facing the worst-ever scam in the history of social media, Twitter on Thursday acknowledged hackers have taken control of its internal system and tools as they made over $100,000 in bitcoin scam (the figure was still growing)…

IT stocks lift equity indices, Infosys surges 14%

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices traded on a positive note on Thursday morning supported by healthy buying in IT stocks.

Shares of Infosys rose nearly 14 per cent on the BSE to touch a 52-week high of Rs 947.85 per share. At 10.25…

Jharkhand records highest ever cases in a day at 316, total cases at 4,562

Ranchi, Jul 15: The state on Wednesday recorded its highest ever tally as far as detection of cases on a single day was concerned as a total of 316 cases were found after which the total number of cases so far in Jharkhand has crossed 4,500 mark.

Database of migrant workers prepared, 37.2 pc express interest in farming

Ranchi: Out of the 4.50 lakh migrant workers who have returned back to Jharkhand 37.2 percent of migrant workers have expressed their desire to work in farming.

The Rural Development Department under Mission Saksham Mobile App has identified…

Bokaro DC assumes charge, becomes first blind DC to hold charge of district

Bokaro: Rajesh Kumar Singh on Wednesday took over as the new DC of Bokaro, thus becoming the first blind DC to get charge of a district.

In a function held at the collectorate here he took charge from outgoing Bokaro DC Mukesh Kumar. Speaking…

Need collective efforts to tackle Human Trafficking: CM

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has called for collective efforts to tackle Human trafficking.

The Chief Minister has ordered for the safe return of a 16 year old girl hailing from Gumla district who has been rescued from the clutches of…