ICRISAT and ICAR Join Hands for Crop Improvement: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have signed an agreement to work together. ICRISAT and ICAR Join Hands for Crop Improvement In a bid to benefit small farmers in India and globally, Indian Council of Agricultural Research […]

Mobile payment platform Chillr to launch UPI: India’s first multi-bank mobile payment platform Chillr is all set to launch its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) facility by March-end, which will enable customers of nearly 45 banks to make payments on a single platform. Mobile Payment Platform Chillr to Launch UPI Chillr is a multi-bank mobile banking app […]

5 Indians on WEF’s 2017 young global leaders list: It selects 100 young leaders, under 40, who are tackling world’s challenges with innovative ideas. 5 Indians on WEF’s 2017 young global leaders list Five Indians, including Paytm founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Shruti Shibulal, promoter, and director of The Tamara Hospitality. […]

Lucknow, Aug 17: The Uttar Pradesh government has told the Allahabad High Court that it did not approve of its decision to remove the chief executive officer (CEO) of Noida and Greater Noida Authority, Rama Raman, officials said on Wednesday. This was communicated to the court which earlier asked the state government if it had […]

Mumbai, Aug 12: Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Friday following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 276.98 points or 0.99 per cent higher during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 78.75 points or 0.92 per cent higher […]

New Delhi, Aug 12: Yesterday’s billionaires are India’s most defaulting billionaires today, said journalist Josy Joseph while releasing his book ‘A Feast of Vultures – The Hidden Business of Democracy in India’ here on Thursday. “Defaulters of the 1990s, when I started reporting, are today’s most defaulting billionaires. I am sure today’s defaulters will be […]

Chennai, Aug 12: Lower net profit or net loss and higher provisioning against bad loans marked the first quarter results of three government-owned Indian banks declared on Friday. Leading the pack was the State Bank of India (SBI) that reported a net profit of Rs 2,520.96 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 — […]

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India’s Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for setting up solar power plants. Yet, there are ways to meet DCR in a way that it does not violate the multilateral trading norms. To backtrack a bit, the national solar target was revised to an ambitious 100 GW in 2015, […]