Veteran industrialist Adi Godrej on Wednesday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will lead to considerable increase in the GDP in the next six months.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, took to Twitter to congratulate BJP chief Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani for their successful election to the Rajya Sabha.
The 19-year-old world junior record holder has an outside chance of clinching a medal and he will feature in the qualification round tomorrow.
"During the audit carried out by TERM Cells, total 284 numbers of BTSs installed on various mobile towers by various TSPs have been found exceeding the prescribed EMF radiation limits as on June 30, 2017," telecom minister Manoj Sinha said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Qatar has a population of 2.4 million people, 90 percent of whom are foreigners, including many from south Asia working in construction.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on wednesday dedicated the directory to the public, while commencing his tour of various districts from Gorakhpur.
India's top male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched two successive titles at Indonesia and Australia and reached the finals at Singapore Open, will open his campaign against Russia's Sergey Sirant.
Gold imports from South Korea, with which India has a free trade agreement since January 2010, has jumped to USD 338.6 million during July 1 and August 3 this year.
India ranks 43rd in this year’s GRI and has the same score compared to last year. Its sub-indices all rank in the bottom five.
Laya Joneydi was appointed as the vice president for legal affairs, while another woman, Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, was named as a special adviser for citizens' rights.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump was trying to send a strong message to North Korea when he said it would face "fire and fury" if it threatened the United States.
Pakistan`s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif led a defiant procession on Wednesday to his party`s stronghold in the eastern city of Lahore as thousands rallied along the route, weeks after he was deposed by the Supreme Court.
The 25-year-old was spotted by locals lying unconscious and was taken to the nearby Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
France on Wednesday praised the "determination" of Donald Trump after the US president ramped up his rhetoric against North Korea over its weapons programmes.
The Taliban released 235 villagers held after the insurgents captured a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, but the government faced growing pressure over why it had taken so long for security forces to arrive in the area.
There are factors like regional balance, geographical reach, financial burden and smooth human resource transition that have to be looked into while taking a merger decision, the official said, adding that there should not be merger of a very weak bank with a strong one as it could pull the latter down.
Brussels; Belgian officials waited a month for information from Dutch counterparts after finding traces of an insecticide in eggs, Belgium`s farm minister said on Wednesday, adding that the Netherlands had known about contamination since last November.
The EU warned Poland Wednesday to obey the logging ban, saying it would add any breach to a broader Brussels case against Warsaw over democratic standards.
Mumbaikars are facing a harrowing time on Wednesday due to silent protest march being held by the 'Maratha Kranti Morcha' to press for its various demands, including reservation for Marathas. Nearly 5-8 lakh members of the politically powerful community are participating in the mammoth 'mook morcha' (silent procession) which began from Jijamata Udyan Byculla and culminate at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that maintaining the cleanliness and 'aviralta' (ever-flowing nature) of Ganga was the responsibility of all, as rivers were connected to the development of present and future generations.
Tejashwi Yadav appealed to people to stand up against forces which are working to create a divide in society and the country.
The coalition of Arab states forced the closure of Sanaa airport to all but very limited UN flights in August last year saying it was necessary to prevent arms smuggling.
In yet another incident, a driver of an app-based cab service provider in Mumbai was arrested after a woman passenger alleged that he was masturbating in the car.
J Kumar Infraprojects, Parsvnath, and others have moved SAT against Sebi terming them as 'shell companies'.
Duterte easily won presidential elections last year after promising an unprecedented war on drugs in which tens of thousands of people would be killed.
