India's GDP likely to grow 7.4% this fiscal, at 7.6% in 2019-20: UN Report

New Delhi (IANS): The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 percent in the current fiscal and its GDP growth will rise to 7.6 percent in 2019-20, before tapering down to 7.4 percent in 2020-21, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.

China imposes anti-dumping duty on Indian chemical import

Beijing (IANS): China has imposed anti-dumping duty on Indian and Japanese ortho-dichlorobenzene (ODCB) which will be effective from Wednesday.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry on Tuesday said the Chinese market had suffered damage due to the…

2 illegal miners die in Dhanbad

Ranchi (IANS) Two persons involved in illegal mining died on Wednesday when a coal mine in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district caved in, police said. Rescue operations are on fearing more miners may be trapped.

Some persons were extracting…

Ships carrying Indian crew catch fire off Russia, 10 killed

Moscow (IANS): At least 10 people were killed in a fire that broke out onboard two ships, both carrying Indian crew, near the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea and Russia, according to emergency officials.

Preliminary information said…

BJP accuses TMC of vandalising posters ahead of Shah's rally

Malda (West Bengal) (IANS): The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers of vandalising posters and decorative gates ahead of party chief Amit Shah's rally here.

"Gates,…

India to issue chip-based e-passport: Modi

Varanasi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said work is on to issue chip-based e-passports to Indian citizens under a centralized passport system.

"Our embassies and consulates are being connected to the Passport…

UP Shia Waqf chief wants all primary madrasas shut

Lucknow (IANS): Uttar Pradesh's Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shut down all primary madrasas across the country to save a majority of the Muslim population from getting affiliated…

Jharkhand CM tables Rs 85,429-crore deficit budget

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who also holds the finance department, on Tuesday tabled a Rs 85,429-crore deficit budget for the state for 2019-20 in the state assembly.

He is the first Minister who tabled the budget for…

Jharkhand BJP legislator suspended for a day from House

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon suspended ruling BJP legislator Dhullu Mahto for a day on Tuesday.

The BJP legislator had raised the displacement and compensation issue with regard to Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL),…

China's economic growth rate slowest since 1990

Beijing (IANS): China's economy grew 6.6 percent in 2018, the weakest annual performance since 1990, confirming a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy that could threaten global growth, according to official data on Monday.

China's…