Oil prices, interest rates to put pressure on India's fiscal deficit: Moody's

Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Global credit ratings, research and risk analysis firm Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday said higher oil prices and interest rates might put pressure on India's fiscal and the current account deficit.
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Lalu surrenders in Ranchi CBI court

Ranchi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday surrendered before a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here to serve his sentence in a fodder scam case.

Lalu Prasad…

Modi in Kathmandu, will meet BIMSTEC leaders

Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived here in Nepal on Thursday to participate in Fourth Bimstec Summit will be meeting heads of state from the member nations.

Modi was received by Nepal's Deputy Prime…

Modi for Bimstec cooperation in anti-terror operations, natural disasters

Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought cooperation among all seven Bimstec member-nations in anti-terror operations as well as during natural disasters in the region.

Addressing the 4th summit of the…

Lynching bad for India's reputation: Alphons in China

Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) Incidents of lynching have hurt India's image, Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, who is in China to draw in more tourists, has admitted.

The minister, however, said that the ban on beef has not affected tourism in the…

Landslide kills three in Uttarakhand, five still trapped

Dehradun, Aug 29 (IANS) Three people were killed and five others are suspected to be trapped under rubble in Uttarakhand's Tehri district following a landslide on Wednesday, police said.

Heavy rains are lashing most parts of…

CM Das lauds Madhumita for winning silver medal in Asiad 2018, announces Rs 10 lakh reward

Chief Minister Raghubar Das has congratulated Jharkhand's Madhumita along with the other members of the team for winning a silver medal for the country in the compound event of Archery at the ongoing 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.

On…

Indian firms lead IT transformation in Asia: Dell EMC

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) When it comes to IT transformation, 17 percent of organizations in India have achieved the fully Transformed status -- a much higher percentage than was observed in other Asian countries researched (4 percent), a Dell…

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao held, police link him with plot to kill PM

Hyderabad, Aug 28 (IANS) The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here, with a family member quoting the detectives as saying that he was linked with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

India's first manned space mission to send 3 persons

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) India's first manned space flight - Gaganyaan - is expected to send three persons, including a woman, into space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km.

Giving…